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input from IFP Committee members as LSLI revised IFP
                                                       statutes and sent a bill with those revisions to the
                                                       legislature. The bill did not move through the legislature
                                                       because of the truncated session.
                                       Partner with Louisiana Bar Foundation to launch Legal Navigator
                                         Program.
                                            o  Collaborated with Louisiana Bar Foundation to submit a Justice
                                                For All grant application. If received, the funding will support the
                                                assessment of civil legal aid and social services resources in
                                                Louisiana. This assessment will later be used in developing the
                                                LBF’s Legal Navigator.
                                            o  The Louisiana ATJ Commission was awarded a Justice For All

                                                (JFA) grant, a project housed by the National Center for State
                                                Courts, which provides funding  to support a three-part process
                                                that results in an inventory assessment and strategic plan for
                                                how Louisianans access resources to address civil legal needs.
                                                This grant outputs will be used to benefit development of the
                                                Civil Legal Navigator.
                                            o  The JFA Kick-off event was held in Baton Rouge in conjunction
                                                with the LJCC and brought traditional and non-traditional
                                                stakeholders together to share their perspectives on civil legal
                                                needs and how people interact access legal information and
                                                resources.
                                            o  ATJ is moving forward with traditional and non-traditional
                                                stakeholders to assess statewide inventory and gaps in
                                                available resources and services to address civil legal needs.
                                            o  The series of in-person meetings to collect input from Justice
                                                Community providers, end-users and community programs
                                                became a series of virtual meetings, GIS data collection and
                                                other avenues to obtain input to complete assessment of
                                                Louisiana's civil legal aid and social resources. Work continued
                                                in a most determined way.
                                            o  Commission finalizing strategic plan resulting from survey
                                                results and GIS data to move into the implementation phase of
                                                the Justice For All Project.
                                            o  The Civil Legal Navigator launched on a limited number of civil
                                                legal topics--including divorce, child custody, employment law,
                                                and private landlord-tenant law--and is accessible via the
                                                LSBA’s Find Legal Help page and LA.FreeLegalAnswers.org.
                          ■      The State Bar fosters development in civil legal aid.
                                       Continue to facilitate ATJ Pro Bono Subcommittee;
                                            o  Two-hour pro bono track held for pro bono providers at 2019
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