The deadline has been set for qualified legal services organizations and their superior court partners to submit a proposal for funding to provide legal representation in civil cases to qualified low-income persons under the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act.

Letters of interest must be submitted by 5 p.m. this Friday, November 5.

If an agency does not submit a letter of interest it WILL NOT be eligible to submit a response to the RFP for funding that will be circulated later this fall. However, proposals, partners and projected budgets may be changed in response to the RFP.

Please review the following documents, which include a memorandum from Justice Earl Johnson, Jr., Chair of the Shriver Civil Counsel Act Implementation Committee requesting Letters of Interest, along with the letter of interest requirements and required attachments and consider applying for these funds, here: http://www.calegaladvocates.org/library/folder.335289-Shriver_Civil_Counsel_Act_AB_590_materials. A copy of the authorizing statute, AB 590 (Feuer), Stats. 2009 Ch. 457) is included for additional background.

For more general information on the act, please click here: http://www.calegaladvocates.org/about/item.2410-LAAC_Advocacy.