Funding Sources for Pro Se Assistance Programs

State Justice Institute,1650 King Street, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703/684-6100; www.statejustice.org.  The State Justice Institute (SJI) awards grants to improve the quality of justice in State courts nationwide, including grants to facilitate pro se litigants' access to the courts.

State or local funding sources for pro-se assistance programs reported by state teams in their responses to a preconference survey:

• State legislative appropriations; judicial branch budget; county appropriations

• Interest on Lawyers’ Trusts Accounts (IOLTA) and state bar foundations

• Department of Health and Welfare (Idaho)

• Executive branch’s human services budget (Vermont)

• Title IV-D funds (reimbursement for child support enforcement activities)

• Sales of forms and manuals

• County and state legal aid offices

• Department of Public Safety (STOP Violence Against Women Grant Program, Missouri; funds pilot project to allow women to file for ex parte order of protection from designated shelters)

• Department of Housing Preservation (New York City, for Housing Court Initiative in the Civil Court of the City of New York)

The Pro Se Forum was initially funded by a grant from the State Justice Institute (SJI-99-N-042-U00-1).  Points of view expressed on this website do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the State Justice Institute or the American Judicature Society.