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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