Outlined below is a list of grants adjudicated at the June 20, 2020 Board of Governors meeting.
Funding totalling $5,750,000 was approved for the following 28 continuing and on-track programs:
$2,470,000
BC Courthouse Library Society
Operating Grant
$390,000
Greater Vancouver Law Students’
Legal Advice Society Law Students Legal Advice Program
$315,000
Disability Alliance BC Society
Advocacy Access Appeals Program and Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) Advocacy Program
$190,000
Archway Community Services
Regional Community Legal Advocacy Program
$190,000
Ecojustice Canada Society
BC Litigation Program
$190,000
Kettle Friendship Society
Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program
$190,000
Together Against Poverty Society
Legal Advocacy Program
$140,000
MPA — Motivation, Power & Achievement Society
MPA Court Services Program — Vancouver
$130,000
Archway Community Services
Legal Advocacy Program
$100,000
Nelson Cares Society
The Advocacy Centre — Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
Active Support Against Poverty
Legal Advocacy Program
$95,000
Chimo Community Services Society
Outreach & Advocacy Program
$95,000
Contact Women’s Group Society
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
Fort St. John Women’s
Resource Society Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
Kamloops and District
Elizabeth Fry Society Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society
Family Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society
Poverty Law Legal Advocacy Program
$95,000
M.O.S.A.I.C.
Legal Advocacy Program
$95,000
Nicola Valley Community Justice Services Society
Nicola Valley Advocacy Centre Program
$95,000
Opportunities Career Services Society
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
Penticton and Area Access Society
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
Port Alberni Friendship Center
Outreach Legal Advocacy Program
$85,000
South Peace Community Resources Society
Outreach Legal Advocacy Program
$75,000
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
Rural Education and Access to Lawyers Initiative (REAL) Program
$55,000
Social Health & Economic Development Society of Bella Coola
Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program
$50,000
Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Fostering National A2J Coordination Program
$25,000
Provincial Court of British Columbia
Provincial Court Judicial Internship Circuit Court Program
$15,000
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
Access to Justice Week (A2J Week) Program
Funding totalling $480,000 was approved for the Major Projects Initiative:
$250,000
BC Courthouse Library Society
Abbotsford Courthouse Library Implementation
$230,000
Access to Justice BC
Access to Justice (A2J) Service Innovation Lab