LLF Grants

2024 Grant information coming soon!

Recent Grant Recipients and Initiatives:

7 Local Nonprofits Awarded $99,500 in 2023 - Congratulations Community Grant Awardees!

• MidPenn Legal Services ($32,500): A grant has been awarded to MidPenn Legal Services to fund the Safe at Home Family Law Attorney for two years. This program has been operational since 2005 and the work of the family law attorney has benefitted hundreds of families.
• Bench Mark Program ($20,000): This grant supports the Juvenile Probation Gun Program and provides a training update for Street Law’s Legal Life Skills program. The aim is to create a safe learning environment for young adults to understand legal concepts through scenario-based learning with input from legal experts, judges, attorneys, and law enforcement officers.
• Parish Resource Center ($10,000): The grant will provide funding for PRC’s Immigration Services, which will offer accredited training to advocates helping local immigrant communities navigate the U.S. immigration system legally.
• Compass Mark ($10,000): Support for the Family Services Advocate Program, which focuses on identifying and advocating for the unique needs and rights of children with incarcerated parents at Lancaster County Prison. The program provides assessments, case management, relationship support, and evaluations for each enrolled child.
• Safe Communities ($10,000): The funding will assist the PA Dutch Interpreters Project, which aims to recruit and assist PA Dutch speakers from Plain communities in Lancaster County in becoming certified court interpreters.
• Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office ($10,000): This grant will fund document translation services, making legal documents and informational materials accessible in Arabic, Nepali, Spanish, and Swahili, thereby improving access to court documents for non-English speakers.
• Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition ($7,000): This grant will support the Legal Name Change Clinic, which provides trans and non-binary individuals with legal assistance and guidance to navigate the legal name change process.

6 Local Nonprofits Awarded $84,000 in 2022 - Congratulations Community Grant Awardees!

• A $65,000 grant has been awarded to MidPenn Legal Services to fund the Safe at Home Family Law Attorney. This program has been operational since 2005 and the work of the family law attorney has benefitted hundreds of families.
• A $5,000 grant is awarded to Compass Mark to support a Family Services Advocate Program. This program identifies, supports, and advocates for the unique needs and rights of children with an incarcerated parent at the Lancaster County Prison. Each child enrolled in the program receives a needs assessment, case management, relationship support, and pre/post evaluations.
• Advoz has been awarded a $5,000 grant for their Reimagining Community Conflict and Dialogue Program to provide subsidized opportunities for community members to be trained in conflict and communication skills, undertaking a series of circle processes to facilitate healing among community and law enforcement officers, and providing free landlord/tenant, neighbor-neighbor, and other mediation services in our community.
• A $5,000 grant will be awarded to Spanish American Civic Association (SACA) Broadcasting – WLCH FM to produce an additional podcast legal series, “Surviving the Law.”
• The Bench Mark Program will receive a $2,500 grant to support the training update for Street Law’s Legal Life Skills program. This program aims to provide a safe environment for young adults to learn scenario-based legal concepts from legal experts, judges, attorneys, and law enforcement officers.
• Lastly, a $1,500 grant will be awarded to Tenfold to assist low-income renters seeking to resolve landlord/tenant issues by funding attorney consultations.