Oklahoma Bar Journal
Bar Foundation News | OBF Announces 2022 Housing Protection & Community Redevelopment Grantees
By Candice Pace
The Oklahoma Bar Foundation is proud to announce $203,000 in grants to six nonprofit organizations for fiscal year 2022 program funding. These grantee programs provide legal services to low-income Oklahomans in the areas of foreclosure and eviction, domestic violence, civil legal aid and commutation.
2022 Housing Protection & Community Redevelopment Grantees:
| Grantee | Area of Service | Funding Amount |
| Community Action Agency (LASO)* | Canadian and Oklahoma counties | $20,000 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma – Mortgage Foreclosure Defense | Comanche, Cotton, Pittsburg and Tillman counties | $25,000 |
| OCU School of Law – Pro Bono Housing Foreclosure & Eviction Assistance Program | Oklahoma County | $45,250 |
| Safe Center (LASO)* | Stephens and Jefferson counties | $45,000 |
| South Tulsa Community House (LASO)* | Tulsa | $22,500 |
| Tulsa County Public Defender – Project Commutation | Tulsa County | $45,250 |
| Total | $203,000 |
*Indicates embedded attorney from Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma (LASO)
Ms. Pace is OBF director of development & communications.
Oklahoma Bar Journal – OBJ 93 Vol 2 (February 2022)