The Oklahoma Bar Journal November 2022

B ar F oundation N ews

Oklahoma Bar Foundation Announces Grantee Partners

T HE OKLAHOMA BAR FOUNDATION is excited to announce $643,624 in grants to 37 nonprofit programs for funding for fiscal year 2023. These programs are expected to assist over 58,000 Oklahomans with legal services and support, including children and families, court-ordered diversion program participants, domestic violence sur vivors, refugees, immigrants and others in need of civil legal aid and law-related education. Grant funding for OBF Grantee Partners is made possible from Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) and OBF fundraising, including the OBF’s 75th anniversary event, Diamonds & Disco.

OBF GRANTEE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

Lives Impacted

Grantee

Program/Service

Area of Service

Amount

CASA of Canadian County

Advocacy for Abused Children Canadian County

$10,000 $10,000

131

CASA of Southern Oklahoma Advocacy for Abused Children Carter County

72

CASA for Kids

Advocacy for Abused Children Kay, Logan and Payne counties

$7,500

212

CASA of Northeast Oklahoma Advocacy for Abused Children Rogers, Delaware and Washington counties

$10,000

202

CASA of Oklahoma County

Advocacy for Abused Children Oklahoma County

$10,000

726

CASA of Western Oklahoma Advocacy for Abused Children Beckham, Custer and Washita counties

$10,000

223

Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma

Immigration Legal Services Muskogee, Osage and Tulsa counties

$15,000

890

Catholic Charities of Oklahoma City

Immigration Legal Services Canadian, Cleveland and Oklahoma counties $25,000

624

Cleveland and Oklahoma counties

Center for Children and Families Court Ordered Divorce and Co-Parenting Program

$12,000

1,537

Citizens for Juvenile Justice Citizens for Juvenile Justice

Literacy Initiative

Oklahoma County

$4,399.50 75

Connect to Redirect Program Oklahoma County

$4,725

1,500

Craig, Delaware and Ottawa counties

Community Crisis Center

County Court Advocates

$7,000

550

Domestic Violence Intervention Services

Domestic Violence Legal Program

Tulsa and Creek counties $12,000

3,312

Historical Society of the U.S. District Court Western District Law-Related Educational Film Statewide

$2,500

400

Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Civil Legal Services for Low-Income Oklahomans

Statewide

$85,000

25,000

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