The Oklahoma Bar Journal March 2023
B ar F oundation N ews
OBF Announces 2023 Housing Protection and Community Redevelopment Grantees
T HE OKLAHOMA BAR Foundation is proud to announce $207,500 in grants to six nonprofit organizations for fiscal year 2023 program fund ing. These Grantee Programs provide legal services to low- income Oklahomans in the areas of foreclosure and eviction, domestic violence, civil legal aid and commutation.
2023 HOUSING PROTECTION AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT GRANTEES
Grantee
Area of Service
Funding Amount
Community Action Agency (LASO)*
Canadian and Oklahoma counties $23,000
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma – Mortgage Foreclosure Defense OCU School of Law – Pro Bono Housing Eviction Legal Assistance Program
Comanche, Cotton, Pittsburg and Tillman counties
$29,000
Oklahoma County
$50,000
Safe Center (LASO)*
Stephens and Jefferson counties
$48,000
Tulsa County Public Defender – Project Commutation Tulsa County
$51,500
Tulsa County Bar Association
Tulsa County
$6,000
Total
$207,500
*Indicates embedded attorney from Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma (LASO)
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THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL
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