Overview

Expectations

Keys to Delivery System

Action Teams

Meeting Review

To develop a preliminary action plan at the regional level that supports a comprehensive, integrated legal services delivery system statewide.

Agenda

Introductions, Meeting Overview

Legal Services Planning Update

Action Planning

· Meet people

· Concerned about LS to poor & where are we going

· See if we can build bridges with bar associations

· Work to help people be successful

· Finding attorneys to help people in need

· To be educated and see what can do to work cooperatively

· Learn more about needs, get nuts & bolts of how to coordinate

· See how to expand and bring LS to immigrants

· To find out what is available to Indian people

· Update on LS and to collaborate more with GCLF re seniors

· Believe that poor people should not be trod upon. To find out what to do or how to get an agency formed.

· Take one thing to implement to assist in providing services

· Share what we do, communicate Christian mandate is to not turn people away.

· Learn more about coordination with other agencies

· Access advice for rural elderly

· Find out how to entice local bar members to participate

· Hope to create new partners for LS to poor

· Move to more concrete solutions

· Information about who does what

· Learn from everyone about what is available, make connections

· ID 7 people willing to work for 2 years to double funding in 5 years

· Gossip on consolidations and funding situation. How to coordinate to do impact work. Problems with taskforce functions

· Figure out how to augment LSP so can go where LSP cannot go

· Keep in mind who we are representing

· Group to come to one mind about why we are here and look at how to do that in the best way for clients.

· More information about how to level the legal playing field

· Work with open heart and understand who we are talking about.

After presenting the keys to an integrated, comprehensive legal service delivery system participants were asked:

What was encouraging?

· Better understanding; Commitment to improve system

· Good intention; Maximize resources i.e. meaningful referrals

· Effort to maximize and coordinate resources; That we are here

· Recognition by LSC of the problem (this is key)

· All addressing unmet needs; Maximize resources

· Coordinated concerns regarding problem

· Training youth; Better understanding

· All here addressing unmet needs

· What about non LSC; Assurance of case acceptance

· 1 for 1500+ large number of groups in state

· Resources in state scarce; census count; Large # groups in state

· low funding (47 out of 50) (low % private money);

· Inaccurate census count (can mean reduction of funding, erosion of services); not in this lifetime

· Negative competition between LSP i.e. census

· Greater number of under-served in some areas; Sources of $

· Legislative advocacy component;

· Hispanic representation in this meeting; Interaction with non-Texans

· No faith that it would happen in this lifetime

· Gaps in services (criminal, elder, contributions by non-pro bono attys)

· Shame, Shanda, and Siuchi

· Inclusion of clients from this meeting (Missing)

· MASS (Mothers and fathers for the Advancement of Social System)

· Elder problems diverse special areas of law no adequate representation for Aids & family law advocate representation to poor.

· Non-lawyers referring to lawyers

Jeff, Marci, Judy R., Kay

Linda, Rita, Becky, Marilyn, Steve L., Maria, Allison, Janice

Educate state leadership:

Magali, Tom Cleo, Jackie, Steve M.

Educate public through the media (outreach):

Judy H, Rebecca, Dai, Ken, Tom, Magali

Provide and participate in training, seminars, and meetings:

Cleo, Doug, Marian

(see page 2)

§ Enjoyed meeting people from various orgs

§ Facilitation very good

§ Lunch - wonderful

§ Discovered that a lot of us were thinking along same lines

§ Good hotel

§ Start earlier, maintain breaks so we can share info informally

§ Ended up w/ specific tasks

§ New people processed a lot of info in short time

§ Liked way that everything was explained

§ Would like to get a copy of the transparencies

§ What directions will other regional meetings be going?

§ What was purpose of Legos?

Collaborative Actions:

Collaboratively seek funding and expand types of LS cases

Coordinate and disseminate legal service information

Educate state leadership

Educate public through the media (outreach)

Provide and participate in training, seminars, and meetings

Team Members:

Jeff, Marci, Judy R., Kay

Linda, Rita, Becky, Marilyn, Steve L., Maria, Allison, Janice

Magali, Tom Cleo, Jackie, Steve M.

Judy H, Rebecca, Dai, Ken, Tom, Magali

Cleo, Doug, Marian

Tasks and Deadlines:

Get filing fee information

Approach target foundations by June 15

Who: Paul and Dwayne

Get in touch with Julie Oliver at TLSC to identify service providers by Jan 15

Steve M. find out status of case

Draft amicus or interveion (30 days)

Who: Tom and Magali

Contact El Paso bar within 30 days; Meet with Julie within 60 days

Symposium or conference for poor to raise consciousness with legal representative, attorneys, media, civic leaders religious leaders, judiciary, service providers, celebrities by end of June to announce that the event will happen

Follow up to open doors

Who: Ken Ramsey et al by June 30

Sensitivity training

All service providers and legislators

Do training in tandem with March State Planning Meeting

Name

Organization

Address

Telephone

E-Mail

Paul Furrh

East Texas Legal Services

414 E. Pillar, Nacogdoches, TX 75961

(409) 560-1450

Paulfurrh@netdot.com

Dwayne Bilton

Gulf Coast Legal Foundation

1415 Fannin, 3^rd Floor, Houston, TX 77002

(713) 652-0077

Gclf@neosoft.com

Steve McIntyre

Gulf Coast Legal Foundation

2201 Market Ft., Galveston, TX 77550

(409) 763-0381

Scmcintyre@aol.com

Janice Lanier

DET COG

274 E. Lamar, Jasper, TX 75951

(409) 384-5704

Jlanier@detcog.org

Cyndy Schneider

Legal Services Corporation

750 1^st St. NE, Washington, D.C. 20002

(202) 336-8803

Schneider@lsc.gov

Regina Rogoff

Legal Aid of Central Texas

2201 Post Road, Suite 104, Austin, TX 78704

(512) 447-7707

Douglas Caddy

Corpus Justice

7941 Katy Freeway #296, Houston, TX 77024

(281) 405-8998

Marilyn Head

Corpus Justice

PO Box 38906, Houston, TX 77238

(281) 405-8998

Judy Rienstra

Jefferson County Bar Association Foundation

1149 Pearl, Ste. 337, Beaumont, TX 77701

(409) 835-8647

Jcba@director.org

Jacqueline Ugogi

Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse

405 Main #911, Houston, TX 77002

(713) 224-9911

Rhondag@avda-tx.org

Becky Blasingame

Family Violence Center

15555 Kuykendall, Houston, TX 77090

(281) 885-4673

Stephen Lee

Southeast Texas Legal Clinic

3400 Montose #233, Houston, TX 77006

(713) 739-7007

Slee582896@aol.com

Jeff Skarda

Attorney

PO Box 52730, Houston, TX 77052-2730

(713) 223-5301

Earl Bledsoe

Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation

13403 Cypress N. Houston, Cypress, TX 77429

(281) 469-0730

Ebledsoe@houston.rr.com

Marian L. Mostiller

GCBWL

2714 Almeda Place, Houston, TX 77045

(713) 433-1775

Betty J. Luke

South Texas College of Law

1602 San Jacinto, Houston, TX 77002

(713) 652-0009

Bluke@stcl.edu

Emily Reeves

Southeast Texas Legal Clinic

3400 Montrose #233, Houston, TX 77006

(713) 523-7852

Ejreeves@neosoft.com

Linda Good

East Texas Legal Services, Inc.

PO Box 6109, Huntsville, TX 77342-6109

(409) 295-5136

Linda.good@etls.org

Tom Adolph

Baker & Botts

3000 One Shell Plaza, Houston, TX 77002

(713) 229-1372

Tadolph@bakerbotts.com

Dal-Shan Wong

Asian American Legal Center

4747 Bellaire #115, Bellaire, TX 77401

(713) 668-8327

Daishanw@aol.com

Rebecca Walton

PO Box 1756, Kounty, TX 77625

(409) 246-8699

Francis Battise

Rt. 3, Box 640, Livingston, TX 77351

(409) 563-2058

Magali S. Candler

Associated Catholic Charities

2900 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77006

(713) 874-6792

Ken Ramsey

Houston Legal Clinic

4300 Lyons Ave., Suite 300, Houston, TX 77020

(713) 670-9949

Kelken@flash.net

Judy Hudgens

1314 Winchester, Conroe, TX 77385

(409) 321-2643

Jhudgens@ibm.net

Alison Schmidt

Community Partnership for the Homeless

PO Box 685065, Austin, TX 78768

(512) 469-9130

Aschmidt@austinhomeless.org

Rita Love

Black United Fund of Texas

5407 Chenevert, Houston, TX 77004

(713) 524-5767

Cleo J. Johnston

Black United Fund of Texas

5407 Chenevert, Houston, TX 77004

(713) 524-5767

Gladys House

1318 Robins, Houston, TX 77019

(713) 739-9414

Patricia Bailey

Client Council/Gulf Coast Legal Foundation

1415 Fannin St., 3^rd Floor, Houston, TX 77002

(713) 694-3724

Lula Lemon

Client Council/Gulf Coast Legal Foundation

700 Jerry St., Houston, TX 77022

(713) 694-3724

Medelyn Patterson

Client Council/Gulf Coast Legal Foundation

1415 Fannin St., 3^rd Floor, Houston, TX 77002

(713) 694-3724

Delores Murray

Client Council/Gulf Coast Legal Foundation

6522 Ashton, St., Houston, TX 77091

(713) 681-0941

Marci Rosenberg

Houston Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas

806 Main Street, 16^th Floor, Houston, TX 77002

(713) 228-0735

Richard Tate

Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation

206 South 2^nd Street, Richmond, TX 77469

(281) 341-0077