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Notice #: 05521405
Public Notices

Notice to Applicants
Request for Application No. J06124

The Hawaii Justice Foundation, as Administrator for the Judiciary, State of Hawaii is now accepting applications for grants from the Indigent Legal Assistance Fund
for the period of July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007

The Indigent Legal Assistance Fund was created by HRS Section 607-5.7, as amended, to meet the critical, civil legal needs of Hawaii’s low-income population to ensure equal access to justice, and to minimize the substantial burden on the courts created by unrepresented litigants.

To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must meet the criteria established by HRS Section 607-5.7, as amended, and make an application in accordance with the administrative procedures established by the Judiciary, at the time of application. The primary standards require applicants to:

1. Be a nonprofit organization operated exclusively in Hawaii;
2. Have a governing board that serves without compensation;
3. Have at least one year’s experience in providing direct civil legal services to indigents; and
4. Agree to use any grant received from this fund exclusively to provide direct civil legal services to indigent persons.

Applicants must have provided direct civil legal services to indigent persons for at least one year prior to the application due date of Thursday, April 13, 2006 in order to be eligible for grants from this fund.

Grants from the Indigent Legal Assistance Fund are distributed among all eligible organizations according to a pro-rata formula specified by HRS Section 607-5.7, as amended, and in accordance with procedures established by the Judiciary.

Application forms are available from:

Hawaii Justice Foundation, ILAF Administrator
P.O. Box 1230
Honolulu, Hawaii 96807-1230
Telephone: (808) 537-3886
Facsimile: (808) 528-1974
E-mail: hjf@hawaii.rr.com

Application Deadline: THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS IS THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2006. TO BE CONSIDERED, ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE EITHER POSTMARKED BY APRIL 13, 2006 OR PHYSICALLY DELIVERED BY 5:00 P.M., HONOLULU STANDARD TIME, TO THE ADDRESS BELOW. FACSCIMILE OR E-MAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

If you wish physically to deliver your grant application to HJF, your grant application must be brought to the following address on or before 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 13, 2006:
Hawaii Justice Foundation
c/o Roger W. Fonseca, Esq.
Torkildson Katz Fonseca Moore & Hetherington
Topa Financial Center, East Tower
700 Bishop Street, 15th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813

Hawaii Justice Foundation
ILAF Administrator for
The JUDICIARY, STATE OF HAWAII
(SB05521405 2/24/06)