Program areas at MLAC
General support to Legal service programs - mlac awards funds as general support to eligible non-profit organizations in Massachusetts which provide Legal Assistance to low income clients in civil Legal matters.
The Massachusetts Legal Assistance project (mlap) is a multi-year grant from the Massachusetts state legislature to fund three special projects: the medical Legal partnerships project (mlp), the high-quality education for all project (edu), and the family preservation project (fpp).the mlp provides people with low incomes access to Legal Assistance in a healthcare setting. It addresses health-harming Legal needs, promotes health equity, and improves overall health outcomes by allying health care providers and attorneys. The edu works to dismantle barriers to fair, equitable, and high-quality education for students from families with low incomes. The fpp is providing Legal Assistance and related support services to families at the early stages of involvement with the department of children and families with the goal of keeping families intact.
Mlac was awarded, as a coordinated statewide administration of civil Legal services (csal), a grant from the Massachusetts office for victim Assistance (mova). This is a contract that is funded through victims of crime act (voca) funding. The purposes of this grant is to implement the Massachusetts civil Legal aid to victims of crime initiative (clavc) to expand the capacity of Legal services programs (the programs) in the state to provide Legal Assistance to victims of crime with civil Legal aid issues related to their victimization, including in particular those crime victims referred by mova. Mlac will serve as recipient for clavc grant. It will exercise appropriate oversight, implement fiscal control, carry out reporting, and make sub grants to the programs to fulfill the obligations according to the contract terms.
Program service initiatives - projects that advance collaboration among Legal aid programs and ensure that limited resources are used as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Mlac provides administrative services for the iolta committee, which oversees the disbursement of iolta funds.