Oklahoma Bar Journal
Bar Foundation News | OBF Announces 2023 Housing Protection and Community Redevelopment Grantees
The Oklahoma Bar Foundation is proud to announce $207,500 in grants to six nonprofit organizations for fiscal year 2023 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.
2023 HOUSING PROTECTION AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT GRANTEES
| Grantee | Area of Service | Funding Amount |
| Community Action Agency (LASO)* | Canadian and Oklahoma counties | $23,000 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma – Mortgage Foreclosure Defense | Comanche, Cotton, Pittsburg and Tillman counties | $29,000 |
| OCU School of Law – Pro Bono Housing Eviction Legal Assistance Program | Oklahoma County | $50,000 |
| Safe Center (LASO)* | Stephens and Jefferson counties | $48,000 |
| Tulsa County Public Defender – Project Commutation | Tulsa County | $51,500 |
| Tulsa County Bar Association | Tulsa County | $6,000 |
| Total | $207,500 |
*Indicates embedded attorney from Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma (LASO)
Originally published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal – OBJ 94 Vol 3 (March 2023)