Judicial Council Committee Awards Grants for Civil Legal Services

After a competitive application process, the Judicial Council of Georgia Standing Committee on Grants, successor to the Judicial Council Domestic Violence Committee, has awarded Domestic Violence grants totaling $2,608,532 to seven nonprofit agencies, a $727,500 Kinship Care grant to Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. in collaboration with Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc., and two Medical Legal Partnership grants totaling $397,214 to Atlanta Legal Aid and Georgia Legal Services. The Domestic Violence funds are used to provide direct civil legal assistance to low- income victims of domestic violence and their children. The Kinship Care funds are used to provide civil legal services to kinship caregivers and children living with caregivers to provide stable homes and care. The Medical-Legal Partnership funds are used to provide civil legal services to patients and families with low incomes who are being treated at Georgia hospitals through Medical-Legal Partnerships.

The Georgia General Assembly first appropriated funds to the Judicial Council of Georgia for its Legal Assistance to Families Victimized by Domestic Violence Project in 1999, and funding has continued each subsequent legislative session. This is the fourth year the Georgia General Assembly has appropriated funds to the Judicial Council for its Legal Assistance to Kinship Care Families Project. This is the second year the Georgia General Assembly has appropriated funds to the Judicial Council for its Medical-Legal Partnership Program.

For Fiscal Year 2025, the following nonprofit agencies received Domestic Violence grants:

The following nonprofit agencies received Kinship Care grants:

The following nonprofit agencies received Medical-Legal Partnership grants:

For more information about the Judicial council of Georgia or the grants, visit www.georgiacourts.gov.

For more information:
Bruce Shaw
[email protected]