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"The future of our region is intertwineed and dependent on the successd of the many immigrantse who come to our communities seekingnew opportunities," said Emmett D. Carson, CEO and presidentt of the community foundation. "While highly-skilled and well-paid immigrants can afford attorneys, too many immigranta do not have incomes that allow them to get the legak help they need with routine and comple citizenship andimmigration cases. These grantse mean more families will be serveed and our communities will be better prepared for inevitableimmigration reforms." received two grants totalingf $172,460.
One of the grants will help expand lega l services at its Eastside Neighborhood center in San Jose and in The other grant will help Catholiv Charities coordinate a planning process for a new Immigrant LegalServices Collaborative, which will work to improved immigrants’ access to legao services by determining which cases are the highestg priorities to take on, which agenciesd will focus on which type of clients and how serviceds might be distributed geographically.
received a $250,000 grant to provid e legal servicesto low-income immigrants, focusint on children and their immigrant CRISP was formed in 2005 and is made up of six community-basedf organizations that provide direct services to immigrants on the Peninsulaa and the Immigrant Legal Resourcre Center in San Francisco. received a $50,000o grant to explore developing Web-based solutions such as wikis and other sociap networking platforms to distribute free legal resourcesx and online training to nonprofit legal service providers in San Mateo and SantaClara counties.
received a $75,000 grant for its Vietnamesse CommunityIntegration Campaign, which shares challenges facexd by the Vietnamese community through theater and medisa campaigns. AARS plans to create theater performances illustrating the strugglezs of cultural integration and to broadcastt stories from those performances on a Vietnamesedradio station. received a $75,000 grant to creatr a series of multi-media products includinyg stories, Webcasts and photo essays to deepenb multicultural understanding and facilitate publidc policy discussions between PIA leaders andpublifc officials.