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Providers have shown no interest in relaunching LCJC and no funding
                                         seems to exist to do so.
                                     ▪  Educate and increase awareness among judges and judicial staff;
                                            o  Outreach to Judiciary
                                                   ▪  Participated in judicial outreach at Family, Juvenile and
                                                       City Court Judges Conference, and LSBA Annual
                                                       Meeting with LDJA past president Judge Randow.
                                                       Participation in the Clerk of Court conference was
                                                       postponed due to cancelation of conference because of
                                                       the pandemic. Engaged LDJA members and City Court
                                                       Judges Association for assistance with bench card and
                                                       trainings on evictions laws under the CARES Act.
                                                   ▪  ATJ Staff worked with Board of Directors for the
                                                       Louisiana Chapter of the Association of Family and
                                                       Conciliatory Courts regarding possible presentation.
                                                   ▪  Coordinating with the Judicial College and members of
                                                       the judiciary regarding upcoming opportunities for
                                                       outreach and trainings.
                                                   ▪  Outreach efforts to the Louisiana Supreme Court
                                                       Justices and judges in Concordia East Carroll, West
                                                       Carroll, Madison, and Tensas Parishes are underway
                                                       regarding the ATJ Commissions Justice for All report
                                                       and GIS mapping project.
                                                   ▪  ATJ Staff is coordinating a presentation at the 3rd Circuit
                                                       Judges Association Conference in Natchitoches in
                                                       March 2022 that will focus on training judges on SRL-
                                                       related issues and other ATJ projects.
                                                   ▪  In September, ATJ Staff and the Judicial College co-
                                                       hosted an Evictions CLE which focused on Eviction
                                                       Diversion Programs. The presentation was put together
                                                       with the help of legal aid attorneys, district and city court
                                                       judges, and LSBA past-president Barry Grodsky.
                                                   ▪  ATJ Staff helped prepare LSBA past-president Alainna
                                                       Mire and Judge Woodruff-White to give an ATJ
                                                       Continuum of Legal Services presentation for lawyers
                                                       and judges at the New York CLE in November.
                                                   ▪  2022 Alternative Legal Status & Supportive Decision
                                                       Making training sponsored by the Legal Services for
                                                       Persons with Disabilities Committee in partnership with
                                                       the Louisiana Judicial College at the Annual Judge’s
                                                       Spring Conference on April 7th-8th.


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