News Release
Texas Access to Justice Commission
The 81st Texas Legislature approved a $20 million
appropriation for the biennium dedicated to civil legal services to help
offset a dramatic drop in funding due to low interest rates’ affect on the
Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account (IOTLA) program, a primary funding source
for legal aid in TAJF Board member and Nearly 40 nonprofits receive grant funds from the
Texas Access to Justice Foundation. In As job losses and a slow economy affect everyone,
poor and low-income Texans suffer disproportionately as
their need for basic civil legal services increase.
More than 5.1 million Texans qualify for legal aid and
there is only one legal aid lawyer for every 11,512
Texans who qualify.
Legal aid organizations help more than 100,000
low-income # # # The Texas Access to Justice Commission was
created in 2001 by the Supreme Court of The Texas Access to Justice Foundation (www.teajf.org),
created by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1984, is the primary state-based
funding source for the provision of civil legal aid in Texas. The
organization is committed to the vision that all Texans will have equal
access to justice, regardless of their income. The Foundation administers a
variety of funding sources, which are earmarked to assist nonprofit
organizations in providing legal aid to approximately 100,000 Texans each
year.
Contact: Kimberly Schmitt
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