Massachusetts Legal Assistance

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.

Mlac received funding to establish the access to counsel pilot project, aimed at expanding access to full legal representation for low-income tenants and owner-occupants facing eviction in massachusetts.

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.