January 16, 2024 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid Awarded Grant from Texas Access to Justice Foundation to Enhance Children’s Health and Security
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Houston, TX — Lone Star Legal Aid is proud to receive a grant from the Texas Access to Justice Foundation aimed at advancing children’s well-being in regions across Texas. LSLA will offer education services, ensuring children have the support they need to thrive academically. A second initiative will expand LSLA’s Medical Legal Partnerships and address critical issues related to children’s health and security, including access to much-needed benefits.
Paul Furrh, LSLA’s CEO, stated, “We are immensely grateful to the Texas Access to Justice Foundation for their generous grant. This funding will empower us to make a lasting impact on children’s lives, addressing critical issues related to education, benefits, and healthcare.”
Access to education, benefits, and healthcare are fundamental to the well-being of all children, particularly those in low-income families. Lone Star Legal Aid is dedicated to making these necessities accessible for youth across East Texas.
LSLA will focus its Education Services in Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Henderson, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties. Other counties in Texas will be reached by our collaborative partners Disability Rights Texas and Legal Aid of Northwest Texas.
LSLA will focus its Access to Benefits/Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) efforts in Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller and Wharton counties. Other counties in Texas will be reached by our collaborative partner Texas Legal Services Center.
About Texas Access to Justice Foundation
The Texas Access to Justice Foundation, established by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1984, serves as the primary state-based funding source for civil legal aid in Texas. Committed to the vision of ensuring equal access to justice for all Texans, regardless of their income, the Foundation administers funds to support nonprofit organizations providing legal aid to approximately 100,000 Texas families annually. For more information, visit www.teajf.org.
About Lone Star Legal Aid
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations by providing free legal education, advice, and representation. LSLA serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines, who live in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties in Southwest Arkansas. LSLA focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety, stability, health, and wellbeing; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, the aging, survivors of crime and disasters, the unemployed and underemployed, the unhoused, those with limited English language skills, and the LGBTQIA+ community. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at www.LoneStarLegal.org.
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Clarissa Ayala
