Family Legal Care is thrilled to announce that the New York Community Trust has awarded us a renewal grant of $200,000 for the next phase of our Digital Justice Initiative! We are so grateful for our partnership and honored to have been selected for this grant to complete a program evaluation and marketing campaign to help get our digital justice tools to more parents and caregivers who need them to best advocate for themselves and their families in Family Court.
The first grant, awarded in 2022, funded the first phase of our Digital Justice Initiative, which addresses gaps in the Family Court’s online resources through user-friendly online tools.
The first of these tools, our Family Law Navigator, allows parents and caregivers to answer just a few simple questions about their family law topic, and generates a detailed, customized report with information related to their case. We also built our Guided Court Forms, which are designed to make it easy for litigants to understand, complete, and download essential court documents from any web-connected device. The most recent addition, our Family Law Explained videos, is a series of 12 digital shorts in English and Spanish. These videos are designed to help parents and caregivers navigate New York Family Court by explaining complicated family law topics in plain language with fun, approachable animation.
With this renewal grant, Family Legal Care will be able to conduct a program evaluation and expand our marketing to ensure these tools reach as many litigants as possible—furthering our mission to support equal access to justice for all.