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At a time when people are increasingly appreciating the importance of data, and when civil legal aid programs are increasingly relying on data, the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School (ncforaj.org) has undertaken an Outcomes Project with grant support from New York Community Trust to identify best practices for using data to track and report on outcomes achieved by clients of civil legal aid programs in New York City. The project includes interviews with civil legal aid leaders, civil legal aid funders (in philanthropy and in government), and leaders in fields other than civil legal aid (for example, health and education) to gather information about challenges and solutions in working with data to track outcomes. This session will offer an opportunity to talk about strategies for outcomes measurement and to learn more about the project. All interested persons are invited to join the conversation.
To rebuild communities affected by presidentially declared disasters, Congress may appropriate additional funding to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as Disaster Recovery grants. Featuring civil legal aid providers and community partners who have experience with CDBG Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants, this panel will provide an overview of the CDBG-DR program and how legal aid providers can access and utilize this funding to address the significant disaster recovery needs of their clients.