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Tell Us About Your Accomplishments
(For all remaining questions, please use additional space as needed.)
Provide brief summaries of at least three cases your program has worked on during the report period. Explain the problem(s) faced by the client(s) and the assistance provided by your program. If available, include or attach client quotes that express the impact of these services. (Please note: we frequently use these summaries, without client names, to illustrate to others the important work done by LFW grantees. If you do not want a particular summary to be shared, please indicate that below.)
Case One:
Case Two:
Case Three:
tell us about emerging issues, obstacles and solutions.
Please describe emerging issues affecting the legal needs of the clients that you serve, including if your program has experienced an increased demand for legal help as a result of the economic downturn. For each of these emerging issues, please describe: (a) indicators you see that show the trend and (b) your programs plans to address the emerging issue.
Please describe any obstacles or issues you encountered that affected your programs ability to achieve the purposes of the grant. Indicate how you addressed those obstacles.
tell us about your staff and volunteers.
Tell us of all personnel changes that affect the program funded by this grant.
Briefly describe any training received by staff during this period. Which trainings did your staff find to be most effective?
Did you complete staff evaluations for all staff, including evaluation of the program director by the board, as described in the grant application? If not, please describe your plan for implementation.
Using the chart below, please indicate the total number of volunteers who participated in the delivery of legal services during the reporting period. Do not include compensated attorneys (VOCA-funded, GAAP referrals, etc.).
Volunteers (Number of Persons)AttorneysParalegalsOthersa. Served on panel(s)b. Provided case services during periodc. Provided other services during period
Definitions:
Served on panel(s) Number of volunteers who are signed up to participate in the program; may or may not have been requested to provide services during the reporting period.
Provided case services Actually provided services on one or more full-representation cases during the reporting period.
Provided other services Provided services such as teaching a pro se class, staffing an advice clinic, etc., as well as in-house services such as intake, answering phones, clerical support, accounting, etc.
Using the chart below, indicate hours of service performed by volunteers. Use reported figures or estimate, using your best professional judgment.
Hours of Volunteer/Pro Bono ServiceAttorneysParalegalsOthersa. on case servicesb. on other servicesTOTAL
Estimate the dollar value of the services reported in #5. Briefly describe the basis of your estimate.
Please describe any efforts made during the reporting period to recruit, train and/or recognize volunteers.
Tell Us About Your Board
If you are an independent organization, please provide the following information about your governing board. If your program is part of a larger organization, please provide this information about both your advisory board and the governing board of the sponsoring organization.
Advisory
GoverningNumber of board members:
__________
__________Number of board members who are WSBA members:
__________
__________Number of board meetings held during this report period:
__________
__________Dates of the meetings:
__________
__________
Average number of board members in attendance at each meeting:
__________
__________
Please describe any training on board governance or client advocacy issues received by your governing or advisory board during the report period.
E. Tell Us About Your Clients
What were the primary intake and screening mechanisms used by your program during the report period?
For programs outside of King County, approximately what percentage of the cases handled by your program came through CLEAR?
For programs in King County, please provide an update on your experience receiving referrals from the 211 system.
What steps did you take during the report period to remove access barriers for clients with special needs (such as non-English speakers, people with physical or cognitive disabilities, etc.)?
How many of the closed cases reported on your six-month CSR or CRF involve services to undocumented persons?
Have your eligibility criteria changed since your program submitted its last LFW grant application? If so, please describe the changes. If you have served clients who do not meet your low-income criteria, please indicate how many you served during the report period. Describe criteria by which exceptions are made.
Did you receive any client grievances during the reporting period? If so, briefly explain how they have been or will be resolved.
F. Tell us about your cooperation and collaboration with other community groups.
List the primary legal services providers and/or community groups with which you worked during the period, and describe your collaborative work with them.
List any new partners or allies you have made in the report period. Describe how you will work together.
G: Resource Development
Please describe the ways your program participated in the Alliance for Equal Justices two resource development efforts:
The Equal Justice Coalitions work to raise support from the State Legislature.
The Campaign for Equal Justices work to raise private support from the legal community.
If your program pursued grants from public or private foundations or other major funding sources, please let us know to which organizations you submitted letters of inquiry or applications, the amount of the request, and the status of your request. (We will pool this information so that Alliance members can better coordinate fundraising efforts.)
The following two questions should be answered for the full 2009 calendar year, not just the final six months.
Describe any non-cash or kin-kind contributions your program received in 2009 other than volunteer services.
Please list the source and amount of non-LFW funding received by your program during 2009.
Individuals* $Community block grants$Local Bar Association/Foundation**$VOCA & VAWA$Bar Sections$Federal Stimulus Funds$Attorney Fees$Other Federal$United Way$State$Other Workplace Gifts$County$Special Events$City$Other Foundations$Client Fees$Religious Institutions$Fellowships & Interns$Unions$Work Study$Cy Pres Awards$Courthouse Facilitator$Earned Revenue$Other (specify)$Other (specify)$Other (specify)$
* Includes donations, bequests and other planned giving
** Includes dues check-offs and other contributions
E. Supplemental Information
Did you produce any written, audio/visual or electronic materials during the period with grant funds? If so, please provide a brief description.
How could the Legal Foundation provide additional technical or other support to your program?
Please share any additional information that would be helpful in understanding your program.
UPLOADING REPORTS TO THE LEGAL FOUNDATION:
In lieu of CSR and Age/Race reports, please upload aggregate case data to the Legal Foundation by selecting Synchronize with LFW in the Administration tab of your programs Legal Server site. Set filters for closed cases between 1/1/2009 and 12/31/2009.
To access the online narrative report, go to HYPERLINK "https://lfw.legalserver.org/" https://lfw.legalserver.org/. Log in using your program username and password (provided to you via email from Patricia Cormier), then look for the narrative report link on the right side of the screen. You may then complete each field, cutting and pasting from your Word document. At the end of each section, you may save the portion of the form that you have completed so far. See email from Andrea Axel for more detailed instructions for finalizing your report.
Please complete Quarterly Cash Flow and Quarterly Financial Reports as usual using forms found at HYPERLINK "http://www.legalfoundation.org" www.legalfoundation.org. Save the signed, completed forms as PDF files and then upload them according to instructions found by clicking on the Upload Quarterly Cash Flow and Financial Reports link on the right side of your screen.
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Using only the space provided, present an executive summary of your programs most significant accomplishments during the period, highlighting the following information:
Services that benefited low-income people in Washington;
Numbers of people who benefited from your services;
Changes in the nature or number of services you provided, compared with prior years;
Significant developments that affected your programs capacity to deliver legal services, e.g., the addition of a weekly clinic or the loss of funding which resulted in personnel cuts;
The role that LFW funding played in these accomplishments;
How the selected accomplishments relate to your program priorities.
In the space provided, present an executive summary of your programs most significant accomplishments during the report period.
Legal Foundation of Washington
Year-end Annual Grant Narrative Report
2009
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