2016 Kentucky Bar Foundation Grants
$262,688 in Grant Money Awarded
| Organization | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center | Impact Kentucky: A Campus Collaborative to Uproot Sexual Violence | 7,500 |
| Children’s Law Center | Kentucky Juvenile Justice Jeopardy: Understanding Rights & Positive Interactions with Law Enforcement | 40,000 |
| Chrysalis House, Inc. | Accessing the Court System & Resolving Legal Issues for Chrysalis House Women | 15,000 |
| Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) | Statewide Financial Literacy Program | 16,458 |
| Governor’s Scholars Program Foundation | Governor’s Scholars Program – Political & Legal Issues Focus Area | 8,000 |
| The International Center | New Life Project – Preventing Violence & Supporting Survivors in the Refugee & Immigrant Communities through Education, Legal Assistance & Job Readiness | 17,500 |
| Kentucky Association of Food Banks, Inc. | Legal Food Frenzy: A Hunger Relief Campaign | 2,500 |
| Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Interpersonal Protective Orders (IPOs): Kentucky’s New Tool to Protect Survivors of Dating Violence, Stalking & Sexual Assault | 34,000 |
| Kentucky Equal Justice Center | Maxwell Street Legal Clinic: Dispelling Myths, Reuniting Families | 10,000 |
| Kentucky Guardianship Association (KGA), Inc. | KGA Guardianship Training Video | 5,000 |
| Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. | Immigration Legal Services Fee Subsidies for the Most Vulnerable Refugees & Immigrants Project | 10,000 |
| Mission Behind Bars & Beyond | Mentor Coordinator & Trainer for Volunteers Working with Returning Citizens | 10,500 |
| Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass Inc. | Protecting Kentucky’s Residents from Financial Exploitation: A Manual for Long-Term Care Facilities | 7,510 |
| Purchase Area Sexual Assault & Child Advocacy Center | Educating Child Abuse & Sexual Violence Victims & Families on Legal & Family Resources | 1,395 |
| Restorative Justice Louisville (RJL) Inc. | RJL Family Group Conferencing | 10,000 |
| S.O.C.K.S. (Save Our Children Keep them Safe), Inc. | Kentucky Youth Homelessness Prevention Guide . . . A Legal Rights & Responsibilities Handbook | 3,325 |
| Sunrise Children’s Services | Saving Children & Preserving Families – Expansion into Florence, London & Pikeville | 20,000 |
| Uspiritus, Inc. | Improving Child Welfare & Court Collaboration | 10,000 |
| KBF Scholarship | Louis D. Brandeis School of Law | 10,000 |
| KBF Scholarship | Salmon P. Chase College of Law | 10,000 |
| KBF Scholarship | University of Kentucky College of Law | 10,000 |
| KBA Distinguished Judge Award - Judge Benjamin F. Shobe, Louisville (Posthumously) | Legal Aid Society, Inc. | 1,000 |
| KBA Distinguished Judge Award - Judge Benjamin L. Dickinson, Glasgow | Kentucky Legal Aid (to be designated for Barren County) | 1,000 |
| KBA Distinguished Lawyer Award - William E. Johnson, Frankfort | Kentucky Bar Foundation | 1,000 |
| KBA Distinguished Lawyer Award - William E. Johnson, Frankfort | University of Kentucky College of Law | 1,000 |