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BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has awarded $780,000 to 13 non-profit legal service organizations as part of her Immigrant Legal Services Grant Program. The grant recipients will receive funding to provide legal services in all 14 Massachusetts counties to recently arrived immigrants to help them access immigration relief and work authorization.
“Our recent arrivals who are lawfully paroled into this country and eligible for work authorization and other immigration relief, want nothing more than to work to support their families,” said AG Campbell. “With this grant, we aim to help organizations on the ground that are working hard to provide vital legal services to newly arrived immigrants. While we could not fund all organizations, I am grateful to all organizations that do this work, and proud to partner with our grant recipients to protect and support immigrants in Massachusetts.”
This grant program will fund capacity-building activities, including the implementation of new technology solutions or upgrades to case management systems, leveraging relationships with law schools, law firms, shelters, and community-based organizations, providing clinics o to help new arrivals access immigration-related legal relief, and equipping staff...
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