LAWYER TRUST
ACCOUNT BOARDAvailable Grant Funds [26 Pa.B. 2678] The Lawyer Trust Account Board expects to issue IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts) grants to qualified recipients in September, 1996.
Applications for grant funding must be postmarked to the Lawyer Trust Account Board by June 21, 1996. Applications postmarked after this date may not be considered for funding.
Recipients of IOLTA funds must meet all the general criteria and all of the criteria for one of the two categories identified below.
I. General Criteria
Qualified recipients must:
1. Be a not-for-profit Pennsylvania Corporation.
2. Be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
3. Operate only within Pennsylvania.
4. Have as their primary purpose the provision of civil legal services without charge.
II. Category Criteria
1. General Legal Services
a. Operate to provide civil legal services to eligible clients and victims of abuse.
b. Funds for such services must be:
i. appropriated by the General Assembly.
ii. received under contract with the Department of Public Welfare.
2. Specialized Legal Services
Provide direct specialized legal services primarily to individuals from the classifications identified below:
a. elderly;
b. disabled;
c. homeless;
d. seasonal farmworkers;
e. victims of crime or abuse.
Requests for grant applications can be made and details on the IOLTA program obtained by contacting Alfred J. Azen, Lawyer Trust Account Board, P. O. Box 1025, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1025, (717) 238-2001.
GERALD MCHUGH,
Chairperson[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-904. Filed for public inspection May 31, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
