The IEJF administers grants funded by three distinct state appropriations. Click below for the most recent awards.
Civil legal aid grants
IL-AFLAN grants
Cannabis Expungement grants
Call 855-452-3526 to speak to an attorney if you are a veteran, service member, national guard, reservist, spouse or dependent in need of civil legal aid.
Check out our grantee @ILAO in the news!
Our Executive Director @trossILAO is featured in this week's story on #Eviction by @WSILNews https://wsiltv.com/2020/07/30/illinois-eviction-moratorium-extended-through-august-22/
Our grantees are on the front lines of the eviction crisis. @LegalAidChicago's Dennericka Brooks provides expert commentary in this CBS news piece on the major struggles renters are confronting during the pandemic. https://cbsn.ws/2DkJt7a
An important look at the damaging impact of wealth inequality in Chicago and the policies that led to it
We wrote for the @chicagotribune about the disinvestment that happens (still) to Black and Latino Chicagoans, rooted in redlining and segregation, and how these policies have affected wealth-building, education, healthcare and food: https://www.chicagotribune.com/living/health/ct-life-inequity-data-policy-roots-chicago-20200726-r3c7qykvvbfm5bdjm4fpb6g5k4-story.html
A look at how empowering communities through 'movement lawyering' can help increase access to justice. https://bit.ly/336V44F