$18,000 to Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence for the Contextualizing Sexual Violence in Ohio’s Legal System project which with create two training series to increase legal professionals knowledge about sexual violence and providing trauma-informed care, and educate survivors on legal system options. Serving all 88 counties.

$50,000 to strengthen the Prison Visitation Program in two Ohio facilities: Pickaway Correctional Institution and the Northeast Reintegration Center while also expanding to additional facilities across Ohio. This project facilitates open and uncensored dialogues in an effort to humanize incarcerated participants with a focus on a more successful reentry into society.

$25,000 to Ohio Domestic Violence Network for their Seeking Freedom & Safety: Legal Information for Community Based and Incarcerated Survivors project which will update Self Help Legal Manuals in English and Spanish and distribute them to domestic violence programs statewide; additionally educational workshops will be offered to incarcerated survivors on topics of judicial release, clemency, and more.

$35,000 to create and distribute a policy brief focused on the mental health and well-being of system-involved children and youth, focused on children involved in the juvenile justice system and including impacts of other systems, such as children services and behavioral health. The brief will highlight the mental health conditions and treatment access challenges experienced by system-involved youth, as well as potential changes to law and other policies that could lead to improved health and well-being for these youth.

$35,000 for the Legal Assistance for Unaccompanied Minor Children to protect children’s rights by helping them navigate the overwhelmingly complex immigration process with appropriate legal representation in immigration proceedings.

$15,000 to Northeast Ohio Worker Center for the Worker Justice Project which will support wage theft clinics providing education on wage theft, overtime, classification, and harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Counties Served: Cuyahoga, Ashland, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland, Ashtabula, Geauga.

$50,000 to the University of Cincinnati Foundation to support the Social Justice and the Law: Assessment and Application in Ohio project which will conduct an assessment of the inclusivity, diversity, and racial equity of the legal profession in Ohio.

$41,170 to The Ohio State University Foundation for their Collaborating on Educational Approaches to Enhancing Broad Representation in the Ohio Legal Profession, Other Professions, and Leadership Following the SCOTUS Rulings on Affirmative Action Project.  Invite approximately 80 Ohio stakeholders, to elicit new ideas to encourage broad participation in the educational pipeline moving forward and engage in problem-solving discussions about implementing widely- supported options for doing so.

$52,770 to The University of Toledo Foundation for the Launch into Law project which seeks to increase the number of historically underrepresented students enrolled in law school.

$19,550 for The Summits for Racial Justice project to create targeted events to address racial and systemic discrimination against BIPOC workers in the workplace.