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Reinvestment reforms passed in 2017. The group submitted a
grant application in July 2019 to facilitate the coordinated
provision of legal services.
o Create stakeholder group to identify alternative funding options
Conversations included at Legal Aid Directors quarterly
meeting to examine alternative funding through foundations
and state entities (Kellogg, DCFS, etc.).

■ The State Bar develops resources to ensure optimum funding of civil legal aid
providers.
 Facilitate the work of the Technology Committee and Disaster and IFP
Committees;
Successfully obtained resolutions from the Louisiana legislature
requesting the LSLI to examine the IFP statutes to determine whether
revisions/clarifications may eliminate the variation in applications
among judicial districts.
 Assess technical capacities of civil legal aid providers;
Technology Committee developed assessment tool to determine
statewide capacities.
 Assess statewide technology needs of the Civil Justice Community and
develop priority list of possible initiatives and projects;
 Assess training needs and develop appropriate resources;
o Host annual Louisiana Justice Community Conference
The 2019 Louisiana Justice Community Conference will be
hosted at the Crowne Plaza Executive Center on October 10-11,
2019.
o Provide targeted training throughout the year on public interest
legal issues
Facilitates the 2019 Substantive Law Training Series for Public
Interest attorneys, providing CLEs in-person and via simulcast.
Recorded trainings and made available online through the LSBA
Vimeo page and ProBono.Net. Trainings with materials on
Family Law, Domestic Violence, Successions, Social Security
Disability, Consumer and Bankruptcy are currently available.
 Coordinate the statewide legal services disaster response plan;
Successfully tested new disaster response plan during Hurricane Barry.
 Identify and assess current substantive legal issues faced by civil legal
aid providers; and
o Coordinate substantive law task forces (CINC, Elder Law, Family
Law, Housing and Consumer Law, Public Benefits)

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