Beginning this week, The Resurrection Project and Westside Justice Center announced the notice of funding opportunity for the Access to Justice Program (A2J). A2J is an Illinois statewide program that directs funds to mitigate the devastating consequences of incarceration and family separation by expanding effective and holistic community-based legal services to vulnerable populations, train Community Navigators to conduct mass know-your-rights education and outreach, share best practices among partner organizations to increase their local capacity to deliver effective services, and reintegrate the most vulnerable populations into their families, communities and workforce. Access to Justice will strengthen the existing infrastructure of community-based organizations by providing the funding they need to hire and retain talented attorneys, train community navigators, and remove barriers to family sustaining employment. Distribution of funds will seek to advance equity and programmatic coverage throughout the state. Funding will be provided statewide in proportion to affected communities. For further information on the Access to Justice Grant Program please see ilaccesstojustice.com.