Introduction by Deirdre M. Kelly
Raise Your Glass is one of OCBA Charitable Fund’s two annual social events to raise money for local legal charities. (The other is the Judge Kenneth Lae Charity Golf Scramble, now scheduled for October 19, 2020, at Pelican Hill Golf Course.) For the past several years, Raise Your Glass has brought together the conviviality of wine tasting, good food, and pleasant company in support of the Charitable Fund’s great causes. In this year of COVID-19, however, it transformed into “Raise Your Glass at Home!” Though we missed seeing everyone in person at our usual Newport Beach Country Club venue, we were still able to come together to “tour the world through wine from our armchairs.”
Amelia Singer, one of the hosts of Hulu’s The Wine Show and UK Ambassador for the California Wine Institute, guided us through a selection of six delicious wines from around the world in an informative and funny wine tasting event. Our own Christina Zabat-Fran maintained a lively repartee with Amelia, moderating questions from our participants (we had over 200 registrants!) during an interactive Zoom experience that continued even after the main program was done. Most importantly, even in this difficult time, we raised nearly $30,000 for local legal charities and pro bono organizations. A huge thank you to event co-chairs, Nikki Miliband and Christina Zabat-Fran, to wine chairs Kate Corrigan, Howard Privette, and Christina Zabat-Fran, and to the OCBA staff who brought it all together!
Over the past several years, the Charitable Fund (along with the OCBA’s Lawyer Referral & Information Service (LRIS)) has raised and donated approximately $3 million to local pro bono legal providers and legal related charities. We asked last year’s grant recipients to describe how OCBA Charitable Fund grants have helped them do the good work that they do.
California Youth Connection (CYC) engages in youth development and leadership skills building, conducts local and statewide advocacy, trains child welfare staff and other professionals working with foster youth, and conducts outreach and education in local communities. CYC’s Orange County chapter also participates in CYC’s statewide advocacy work, which is organized around a sophisticated system of youth-led policy development that has been created and refined by foster youth over decades.
During COVID-19, we are seeking resources for our youth members to address technology, housing, and education needs.
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law’s Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Protection Clinic is grateful for the generous grant we have received from the Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund to support our work providing legal services to low-income survivors of family violence. The Clinic strives toward two equally important, intersecting goals. One goal is to provide the highest quality legal services to low-income survivors of family violence seeking protective orders and related civil relief. The other is to teach law students the law and procedure, lawyering skills, and pro bono values they need to provide highly competent, trauma-informed, client-centered legal services to low-income clients. Clinic faculty and students provide legal education workshops, legal advice, extended legal services, and at times, representation in court. The Clinic is located in the Orange County Family Justice Center and collaborates with legal and social service programs throughout the county to provide holistic legal services for survivors of abuse.
Domestic violence increases in times of economic and social challenges, and we have seen increased incidents of family violence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay-at-home rules have made it more difficult for clients to seek assistance, and too many clients have lost housing and critical resources when they are most in need of protection. When stay-at-home orders began, clinic students took an active role in testing remote service platforms and in designing outreach and evaluation materials to be most accessible to clients. Since the stay-at-home orders have been relaxed, we have received many more calls for legal assistance. We continue to respond to these requests, as we collaborate with our private and nonprofit partners more than ever to serve our clients. We are always appreciative of Orange County lawyers willing to assist us in providing legal services on a pro bono basis, and we are deeply grateful for the continued support of the OCBA Charitable Fund and the opportunity to serve the community.
The Collaborative Court Foundation provides support to participants in the various Orange County Collaborative Court Programs (Programs) such as Drug Court, DUI Court, Veteran’s Court, and Mental Health Courts to help them overcome substance abuse and/or mental health issues and become productive members of society. We believe that participants and society greatly benefit when individuals with disabilities—especially those who are working very hard to overcome those disabilities—receive the help they need to succeed rather than remain tethered to the criminal justice process. All our support, which includes emergency housing, transportation vouchers, dental and eye care, as well as food and other necessities, is provided only after the County has determined need and submitted a written request.
The 2020 OCBA Charitable Fund awarded a $10,000 grant to the Collaborative Courts Foundation to pay for participant needs related to employment such as transportation, supplemental mental health counseling, tattoo removal, and personal necessities such as food and clothing. This grant is the only source of funding for these services.
Coronavirus-related restrictions have resulted in the layoff, reduction in hours, or outright termination of many Program participants—many of whom worked in service industries such as restaurants. As of June 15, 2020, we’ve paid more than $9,000 in direct client support in the OCBA grant service categories. We expect requests for support in these service categories will continue and probably increase as the protection afforded by the stimulus programs lapse and the recession continues to disproportionately impact low-income wage earners.
While requests for services are likely to increase, we know that coronavirus restrictions are having a significant—and negative impact on potential revenue from other sources. We are grateful for donations made to the Foundation at P.O. Box 633, Laguna Beach, CA 92651.
Community Legal Aid SoCal (CLA SoCal) was established sixty-two years ago as the Legal Aid Society of Orange County by the Orange County Bar Association Lawyers’ Wives to fill the need of a growing number of Orange County residents who could not afford legal counsel. Today, as CLA SoCal, we have expanded our service area and our mission to help our neighbors fight injustice by providing compassionate, high-quality legal aid and advocating for stronger communities.
Nearly all of those we serve are otherwise unable to afford or obtain legal counsel, including low-income individuals, those experiencing homelessness, the elderly, and victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, and discrimination. Our legal practice areas focus on removing barriers to fair and equitable access to the fundamental elements that all individuals require to lead thriving lives, and to be functional and productive members of society: (1) Family Security, (2) Housing Defense, (3) Access to Healthcare, (4) Economic Justice, (5) Immigration, and (6) Seniors.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges, CLA SoCal successfully adapted our operations. The Intake and Assessment team continues to serve clients and have not missed a beat. Our advocates are conducting telephone appointments, developing virtual clinics, and effectively using resources like CourtCall, a system that enables them to remotely make court appearances for their clients. Continuing through the year, we expect to see a greater need for our services as the impact of the pandemic increases. The number of people who have been thrust into an unfamiliar new reality and find they now need our free legal services, for issues like evictions and unemployment, are undoubtedly growing.
We welcome the support for our work, mission, and clients from the members of the OCBA, especially in these times, and hope they will consider joining us through their pro bono service or a charitable contribution.
Constitutional Rights Foundation–Orange County (CRF-OC) is a local non-profit, non-partisan education organization inspiring middle and high school students through civic and educational experiences. CRF-OC organizes and operates six different programs: (1) Mock Trial, (2) Law Day, (3) Constitution Day, (4) Orange County Career Forum, (5) Peer Court, and (6) our new Middle School Moot Court oral advocacy competition.
These programs address the critical need for civic learning in secondary education, promote an understanding of our democratic institutions, and help students acquire skills needed to achieve success beyond high school. The two biggest challenges we face are (1) adapting our programming in light of COVID-19 and school restrictions and (2) funding.
Adapting our Programs: We anticipate that in 2020-2021, due to COVID-19 restrictions and changes in school operations, we will be required to modify some of our programs. This involves shifting our program calendar and adopting technology to pivot some of our programs into online experiences, while retaining interactive elements. We are also exploring alternative formats for our courtroom competition programs and if there is a viable way to conduct Peer Court sessions while maintaining required confidentiality for the involved juveniles.
Funding: Our funding primarily comes from our Annual Benefit fundraiser and donations from private foundations, corporations, law firms, and individuals. Our Annual Benefit is currently scheduled for October 27, 2020. If we are able to hold our event, we foresee a potentially significant drop in the proceeds. Understandably, several of our corporate or foundation supporters have shifted their giving priorities to the emergency needs created by COVID-19 in our community and many of our corporate, law firm, and individual donors are experiencing their own economic difficulties. As a result, we expect CRF-OC will face serious financial challenges this year. More information can be found at www.crfoc.org.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Orange County’s mission is to provide a powerful voice and a meaningful connection for children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and abandonment.
Even in the best of times, child welfare systems in California are beleaguered, underfunded, and stressed. There are too few social workers for foster children and their birth families. And caseworkers are often overworked within a huge bureaucratic system. Juvenile Dependency judges have caseloads of 500 children, and children’s attorneys are likewise overloaded. Last year, California had 83,000 children living in foster care—the largest number of any state in the nation.
Sadly, history has shown us that child abuse increases when there is heightened family stress such as that brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Closing schools was disastrous for abused children. Teachers are the primary reporters of child abuse. But now those protective eyes and ears are not on children who may be being seriously hurt at home. And face-to-face child welfare visits have been essentially nonexistent during this time. Thus, services and support were going down just when the potential for child abuse was on the rise.
CASA volunteers are empowered by the Juvenile Court to play a powerful part in California’s foster care system. Moreover, their involvement as a mentor and an advocate for foster youth has been a critical lifeline for kids during this COVID-19 crisis. We cannot let this global health pandemic evolve into a child abuse pandemic. We need CASAs now more than ever. And we need more of them. We know we will be seeing a rise in child abuse and in children entering foster care. As such, CASA continues to recruit volunteers and conduct virtual training. We welcome your participation and support. Please visit us online at www.casaoc.org to learn more.
Through the generous support of the 2020 OCBA Charitable Fund, the Elder Law and Disability Rights Center (ELDR Center) is excited to build our newest program: a partnership with the court and community to provide education legal services to vulnerable youth. Despite the global pandemic and court closures we have re-structured our approach and are moving forward with the plan. This grant allowed us to develop a Q&A portal for parties in the juvenile court to submit legal questions about education for youth with special needs. Through partnership with the Court and the Department of Education (DOE) we will submit systemic issues for review directly to the DOE. We anticipate that, empowered with knowledge, those who hold the education rights for these youth will be able to resolve most issues through the portal. And we are prepared to represent those who can’t.
Founded as a non-profit in 2016 the ELDR Center provides free and low-cost legal services to low-income seniors, people with disabilities, and their families with a unique sliding-scale model. Since 2016, we have been champions of change in how to serve those experiencing homelessness, combatted elder abuse in every form, and brought end-of-life planning to those who couldn’t afford it. Our approach begins to catch those who fall into the justice gap—unable to access traditional legal services or afford private counsel. With our flexible model, we continue to innovate as we increase access to justice in Orange County.
Ready to get involved? We are excited to have your help! As a small and growing organization we rely on OCBA member volunteers for your time, your donations, and your skills. Over the coming year, there will be opportunities to join our growing board, to participate in our “Ask a Lawyer” education series, and to take on pro bono matters. Please email us at info@eldrcenter.org to discuss how you can get involved.
Human Options is dedicated to educating Orange County on relationship violence, advocating for those affected by abuse, extending a safe place for victims, and empowering survivors on their journey. Human Options has been working fervently to meet the dynamic and changing needs of our clients as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. With families quarantined and practicing social distancing, victims of domestic violence can become even more isolated than they already are. We know that in stressful times like this, violence in an already unhealthy home often escalates. Our hotline and outpatient centers have already seen a spike in calls. Our legal advocacy department has also seen an increase in requests for services as the courts have begun to reopen.
We are actively looking for pro bono volunteers to assist clients in drafting domestic violence restraining order applications and in representing clients at these hearings. All of our staff are working diligently to provide the support our clients need while following county guidelines for everyone’s safety. Our primary focus is ensuring that the residents of our shelters have access to basic needs. Our vulnerable population of residents need assistance in stabilizing so that they are not forced back into dangerous living environments. Our greatest need as an agency is essentials for clients and staff. We need food, cleaning supplies (disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer, hand soap), and personal protective equipment (thermometers, disposable masks and gloves). Our staff is working 24/7 to ensure that our clients feel supported and can access services to ensure their continued safety.
Laura’s House was established in 1994 to deliver domestic-violence-related services throughout Orange County. The goal is to provide advocacy programs that educate the community about abuse with the aim of breaking the multigenerational cycle of violence to create healthy families and communities, and to provide shelter and support programs that provide valuable assistance to abused clients and children to prepare them to live independent and violence-free lives. Our mission is: Changing social beliefs, attitudes and the behaviors that perpetuate domestic violence while creating a safe space in which to empower individuals and families affected by abuse. Laura’s House responded to COVID-19 by ensuring that we prioritize the safety of individuals seeking our services by adapting our programs for those who are not safe at home.
Through our legal advocacy program, we provide survivors of domestic violence with a range of services that address their legal rights and help them secure appropriate assistance and support to ensure their safety. The legal advocacy program has been working diligently after COVID-19 to ensure all services are still available to individuals in need of a restraining order, family law assistance, immigration, and additional resources. We have been providing legal assessments and consultations for clients, identifying their individual circumstances and needs for safety and protection, and offering information regarding their options and procedures and preparing restraining orders on their behalf while assisting them in gathering evidence for court proceedings.
Our goal is to help individuals navigate the changes the court has implemented to filing their temporary restraining order applications and restraining order hearings during COVID-19. In response to the growing legal needs of individuals and uncertainty, it is important for all agencies and supporting partners to communicate updates and changes to ensure that no individual who is not safe at home is unsupported.
Project Youth OCBF case managers continue to provide emotional support as well as practical, everyday assistance to help mitigate stressors due to the impacts of COVID-19.
What our help looks like for youth and families is weekly wellness checks inclusive of needs assessments, education of COVID-19 resources and information, and linkages to resources. For those in need of more support, we offer intensive case management services connecting families to additional resources, assistance with our program homework assignments or school work, education on alcohol and other drugs, legal awareness, parenting skills, and family communication.
What our immediate feet on the ground looks like is providing food and immediate essentials to our youth and their families through food drives and grocery gift card support. Each month, we provide over 100 families support through food drives. Daily, we provide financial support through our pandemic relief gift card program. In just ten weeks, we have disbursed over $25,000 in food and gift cards to over 500 youth and their families.
OCBA members can help by donating food and gift cards for our food drives. Items needed are peanut butter, jam, tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce, pasta, oatmeal, cereal, potatoes, rice, beans, cans of tuna, canola oil, fresh fruit, tomatoes, tortillas, and canned goods. For more information call Karen Ruan at 714-480-1925 ext. 101 or via email kruan@pyocbf.org. These support services are needed now since so many of our low-income families have suffered new economic downturns due to COVID-19 impacts. Our offices are open Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. to drop off donations, or donate funds directly and we will do the shopping.
The Orange County Gang Reduction and Intervention Partnership (OC GRIP) provides student and parent interventions that extend educational and recreational opportunities for students in order to improve academics, increase school attendance, and improve students’ attitudes, with the goal of preventing minors from joining criminal street gangs.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office founded OC GRIP in 2007. Today, there are 98 Deputy District Attorneys who volunteer with OC GRIP, sharing their experiences as lawyers and encouraging students to pursue a career in law or law enforcement, reject criminal street gangs, and be a positive contributor to society.
OC GRIP is in 65 schools in Orange County. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OC GRIP has tailored all program components to comply with Emergency Distance Learning. Student intervention meetings are led by full-time Deputy District Attorneys who are assigned to OC GRIP. They educate students and parents on gang laws, truancy laws, and behaviors that contribute to the delinquency of a minor. Student meetings occur over telephonic conference calls with the student, family, and the GRIP team, who offer support services. Intervention meetings are for students who have been identified by the school as showing an interest or exposure in criminal street gangs. OC GRIP continues to hold these intervention meetings remotely, with the lead Deputy District Attorney, Waymakers case managers, local law enforcement, school principals, and others on the teleconference call to address the student’s behavior and family’s needs on a more focused level.
It is critical that prosecutors continue to adapt and partner with law enforcement, schools, and local organizations to help students make good choices and reject gang behavior. The generous grant from OCBA to OC GRIP is an example of community partners taking responsibility and affecting positive change in Orange County. For more information, visit www.ocgrip.org.
Observing even a few hearings in our immigration courts is enough to understand why Immigration Judge Dana Leigh Marks refers to the process as “death penalty cases in a traffic court setting.” The ABA describes the U.S. immigration court system as “irredeemably dysfunctional and on the brink of collapse” and proposes specific remedies to “ensure due process and insulate the courts from the capriciousness of the political environment.”
It was in this context that the Orange County Justice Fund (OCJF) was created in 2017 through a collaboration of attorneys, law professors, and grassroots leaders to ensure that no Orange County resident will face deportation without an attorney, and to provide support to those eligible for release from detention on bond so they can do so without being financially devastated.
Thanks to the generosity of donors, including the Charitable Fund Grant from the OCBA in 2020, we have participated in the bond payments of over 45 individuals in ICE detention since our bond fund was established in 2019, thus reuniting parents with their children and bringing people back into their communities, where their safety, physical and mental health are greatly improved.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need to release detainees from detention where social distancing is not possible, and where even before the pandemic there was a history of inadequate healthcare, many documented cases of deaths in detention, and where the number of cases is rising fast. The likelihood of finding legal representation, avoiding deportation, and returning to a healthy and productive life with loved ones goes up significantly after release from detention.
Most respondents in immigration court have no attorney, and bond amounts are rising. To address the unmet needs, OCJF welcomes donations and appreciates the support, recognition, and the raised awareness provided by the OCBA. Please visit ocjusticefund.org.
The Public Law Center (PLC) provides access to justice for low-income residents. Now in its 39th year, PLC works with 1,500 Orange County lawyers, paralegals, law students and others who volunteer their time and expertise to assist low-income and vulnerable Orange County residents. PLC’s work is a mix of direct representation; brief counsel and advice; recruitment, training, and mentoring of lawyers and law students; community education; advocacy before local, state, and federal policymakers; and strategic impact litigation to challenge societal injustices.
Our clients’ cases cover a wide range of issues including domestic violence, human trafficking, guardianship, housing, health, bankruptcy, asylum, family law, consumer fraud, and immigration. We also provide free legal advice and representation to Orange County nonprofits, so they can better meet their legal obligations and focus on providing services, and to low-income micro-entrepreneurs.
At the beginning of the pandemic, PLC focused on securing Temporary Restraining Orders for survivors of domestic violence and seeking the release of detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center given the COVID-19 related risks for those detainees. In addition, PLC engaged in advocacy at several levels to protect Orange County families from experiencing homelessness. When the courts began the process of re-opening, we began to see the beginnings of a title wave of eviction cases.
In one new initiative, PLC partnered with Start Small Think Big to launch a Pro Bono Remote Legal Assistance Clinic for Nonprofits and Small Businesses to help them navigate legal issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The remote clinic provides assistance on a wide range of matters, including CARES Act and other government economic relief programs, employment and staffing issues, meeting contractual obligations, insurance coverage, and commercial lease matters.
Throughout the pandemic, PLC has continued to welcome new and returning volunteers. Contact Leigh Ferrin at lferrin@publiclawcenter.org to learn more.
The UC Irvine School of Law is proud to offer the Pre-Law Outreach Program (POP) for an eleventh year this summer. POP has provided education and inspiration to more than 300 undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds since the program’s inception in 2010. POP helps students understand the demands of law school, prepare for the law school application and admissions process, and be inspired to one day use their legal skills to give back to their community. POP alumni have enrolled in and graduated from law schools throughout the country.
There is no charge for students admitted to the program, which provides: A certificate for a free online LSAT Review course provided by Blueprint LSAT, Inc.; detailed information on the law school admissions process; detailed information about the costs of law school and available financial aid; advice about excelling in law school from law students, faculty, and recent graduates; information about careers in law from practicing lawyers in many fields; and limited scholarships for transportation and/or housing costs.
POP 2020 will be offered remotely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programming, which includes speakers, attorney and law student panels, and presentations, will be offered via Zoom. Mentoring opportunities will be offered to students, and we request the OCBA’s continued involvement with and support of POP in mentoring our students, even if remotely or by phone. We plan to offer in-person networking events for POP participants and their mentors and members of the legal community later in the year, when it becomes safe to host such gatherings in accordance with state and county guidelines. Potential logistical challenges for POP 2020 participants include access to reliable internet and adequate hardware, and we request the OCBA Charitable Fund’s flexibility to ensure that POP participants have the necessary resources to engage with our program successfully.
With a commitment to encouraging diversity in the legal profession, the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) has led the Saturday Academy of Law (SAL) since 2009. SAL is a program that provides ninth grade students with a unique opportunity to improve their reading, writing and critical thinking skills while learning more about the legal profession and higher education opportunities. More than 500 students have completed the program.
SAL was created as an opportunity to expose students from diverse backgrounds to the practice of law, and help them understand that a career as an attorney is a viable option. The program creates a pipeline of law school candidates who represent the diverse backgrounds and experiences of Orange County residents, with the hope that many will return to their communities to serve underrepresented populations.
From the beginning, our vision has been to reach as many ninth graders as possible. SAL includes three Orange County school districts: Anaheim Union High School District, Garden Grove Unified School District, and Santa Ana Unified School District. These three school districts represent the areas with the greatest need, highest percentages of English language learners and first-generation high school students in our community.
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on SAL is still unclear. We are working closely with the school districts we serve to determine the best method to offer SAL to students in the fall. Remote learning is an option that requires adequate hardware and internet connectivity for each student, while staggered learning schedules will require additional staff resources. As information from the state and county becomes available, we will adjust accordingly. We appreciate the continued support of the OCBA Charitable Fund and appreciate flexibility in our use of grant funds to meet the new and changing needs of our students.
Now more than ever, low-income Veterans are at risk of homelessness and suicide. Veterans Legal Institute® (VLI), located in the heart of Orange County, is one of the nation’s few military-specific legal aids. Reflecting the values of service, its mantra is to serve those who have sacrificed so much for our great nation. VLI provides pro bono legal assistance to homeless and low-income current and former service members to eradicate barriers to housing, healthcare, education, and employment and to foster self-sufficiency. In other words, VLI is a safe haven for veterans and their families who can’t afford to access the very justice they signed a blank check to defend.
Veterans need your help. Receiving over 2,500 inquiries per year, VLI has a constant flow of civil cases. The help of an attorney often takes our veteran clients from hopeless to housed, or from unemployed to gaining meaningful employment. VLI is seeking attorneys to take cases pro bono in bankruptcy, veteran benefits, SSI/SSDI, guardianships, discharge upgrades, estate planning, immigration, consumer law, and more. Further, due to family law court closures during COVID-19, there has been an increase in family law inquiries. VLI needs attorneys to volunteer to provide document preparation for family law clients who are in pro per in the areas of (1) summary dissolution; (2) modification of parenting time; (3) modification of child support; and (4) modification of spousal support. Further, when courts reopen, VLI anticipates multiple hearings and will need volunteers to act as appearance attorneys for VLI (not attorney of record). To learn more about our available cases, please visit our case list at https://conta.cc/3gVFJbz.
There are a variety of legal, social, and financial avenues to serve at Veterans Legal Institute. Please reach out to learn more by contacting VLI at abalta@vetslegal.com, visiting www.VetsLegal.org, and following our social media @VeteransLegalInstitute.
Women’s Transitional Living Center’s (WTLC) mission is to help individuals and families escape the depths of domestic violence and exploitation, which we accomplish through shelter and housing services, supportive services such as counseling and legal advocacy, and prevention education services that work to create a safer and healthier world for all.
Since March, WTLC has experienced a surge in requests for services, receiving double the number of calls to our 24/7 helpline as the same time last year. The majority of callers were seeking shelter or housing support, and over 80% of those who called either disclosed that they were not U.S. Citizens or declined to share information regarding their citizenship status, indicating to us that undocumented survivors in our community are in a particularly vulnerable position right now. It remains more important than ever to ensure legal advocacy services remain safe and accessible to all.
In response to COVID-19, WTLC’s Legal Advocacy staff increased the level of case management for participants, making connections to resources and working to ensure all survivors remained informed as the courts implemented their own safety precautions. We have additionally introduced regular live streams to help ensure the community remains informed during this time. Topics include Courts During COVID, Navigating Immigration, and Legal Information—presentations are offered in English and Spanish and are designed to share information and act as an entry point to services for survivors.
The most pressing current needs for WTLC’s Legal Advocacy Services are funding for technical assistance memberships such as CLINIC or ASISTA, which allow us to provide knowledgeable, up-to-date information and resources to survivors in need of immigration support; pro bono attorney consultations or representation, especially in the area of immigration law; and flexible, unrestricted monetary donations to ensure we remain responsive to the varied stabilization needs of survivors in our program.
Conclusion
During these extremely difficult times, it is crucial that we continue to support organizations like these so that they can do what they do best—help people with their legal problems and educate the public about the legal system and civics. They will need even more help this year as their needs increased dramatically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sponsorships are still available for OCBA’s Charitable Fund Golf Scramble taking place at Pelican Hill on October 19. Please consider becoming a sponsor so we can continue to help support the important work being done, as described above. Sign up at OCBACF.org. Thank you!