Iowa Legal Aid is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Iowa West Foundation to help support its Community Stabilization Project in Pottawattamie County. The main goal of the Project is to economically stabilize targeted and distressed communities by providing holistic free legal services essential to at-risk individuals and families. Additionally, the Community Stabilization Project provides community legal education events in Council Bluffs and collaborates with community partners to refer individuals to the program. The project will have a presence in the Council Bluffs Community School District by having onsite outreach to help parents address their unmet legal needs. Project staff will stabilize families and communities so that children are safe, well-fed and arrive at school ready to learn. The Community Stabilization Project addresses a multitude of civil legal problems for Iowans, and when successful, can lead to a cascade of positive outcomes that can improve the economic well-being for clients and their families, as well as the community as a whole.
About the Iowa West Foundation: The mission of the Iowa West Foundation is to improve lives and strengthen communities for current and future generations. They do this by providing leadership, creating partnerships, leveraging resources and serving as a catalyst in identifying and supporting community needs. www.IowaWestFoundation.org.