Notice to Applicants
Request for Application No. J07151
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, 2007 to June 30, 2008
The Indigent Legal Assistance Fund was created by HRS Section 607-5.7, as amended, to meet the critical, civil legal needs of Hawaiis 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 either a nonprofit organization incorporated and operated exclusively in Hawaii and determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax or a program operated exclusively in Hawaii by an accredited nonprofit law school, which organization or program provides as its primary purpose and function civil legal services to indigent persons;
2. Have a governing board that serves without compensation;
3. Have at least one years 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 April 13, 2007 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 FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007. TO BE CONSIDERED, ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE EITHER POSTMARKED BY APRIL 13, 2007 OR PHYSICALLY DELIVERED BY 5:00 P.M., HONOLULU STANDARD TIME, TO THE ADDRESS BELOW.
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 p.m. April 13, 2007:
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
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
(SB05527790 02/23/07)
