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Women's Advocacy Project, Inc.
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| Basic Charity Information |
| Organization Name: | Women's Advocacy Project, Inc. |
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| Date Established in Central Texas: | |
| Number of Paid Staff: | 15 |
| Number of Volunteer Staff: | 300 |
| Category 1: | Women |
| Category 2: | Legal Aid |
| Category 3: | Poverty |
| Category 4: | Children & Youth |
| Category 5: | Social Services |
| Category 6: | Other |
| Keywords: | domestic violence, family violence, legal representation, legal questions |
| Contact Information |
| E-Mail: | wapinc |
| Phone Number: | 476-5377 |
| Fax Number: | 476-5773 |
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| Web Site: | www.women-law.org |
| Web Site: | www.main.org/wapinc |
| Street Address 1: | P.O. Box 833 |
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| Street Address City: | Austin |
| Street Address State: | TX |
| Street Address Zip: | 78767 |
| Mailing Address 1: | same |
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| Charity Description |
| Mission: | The Women's Advocacy Project, Inc. is a statewide, nonprofit, legal organization with a mission to provide free legal advice, expand legal education, and promote access to justice for Texas women in need.
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| Program or Service: | The Project’s activities are organized into six major program areas:
1. Family Violence Legal Line & General Legal Hotline
Project attorneys answer the statewide toll-free legal hotlines and provide assistance to women on a variety of legal concerns including domestic violence, family law issues, consumer problems, housing disputes and employment discrimination.
2. Emergency Legal Services Center
Center attorneys represent survivors of domestic abuse in family law cases when other service providers have turned them away and they cannot afford to hire a private attorney.
3. Family Violence Protection Team
Project attorneys help victims of domestic violence obtain emergency and long term protective orders. Team partners include the Austin Police Department, Travis County Sheriff’s Department, Legal Aid of Central Texas, Travis County Attorney’s Office, SafePlace and the Women’s Advocacy Project.
4. Emergency Advocacy Hotline
The Project’s Advocate assists survivors of domestic abuse, Texas shelters, and other service providers with in-depth problem solving of the various complicated issues that affect battered women’s safety and security.
5. Pro Se Protective Order Program
Developed by the Project in 1994, the Pro Se Protective Order packet primarily serves rural and Spanish-speaking women who don’t have the resources to retain a private attorney and are unable to obtain services in their area. Each year hundreds of women are empowered to take the first step towards ensuring their safety and their children’s safety by obtaining a protective order.
6. Battered Women Defendants Project
The Battered Women Defendants Project provides training, case planning, and technical assistance to Texas trial lawyers who are representing domestic violence survivors as defendants in criminal actions. This year the Project is producing a resource manual that will be distributed to trial attorneys statewide.
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| Outcomes: | Battered women need clear, practical legal advice, fast. Often they can successfully gain protective orders, criminal remedies, and crime victims' compensation without having to be represented by a private attorney.
Spanish-speaking women need more access to legal advice than is presently available -- our callers indicate a need for a basic understanding of the legal system.
Women who call our toll-free number need the Project to be able to answer those lines. We are presently able answer about one-fifth of the over 5,000 calls we receive each month.
Overburdened and shrinking legal services programs need a place to refer clients who cannot be helped because the sheer volume of people needing help exceeds staff power or because of the case-type restrictions that they must impose.
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| Events Hosted: | Spring and Fall Fundraisers are held each year in a variety of locations. This year our Fall Celebration 2000 honoring Representative Elliott Naishtat will be held October 12th at Women & Their Work Gallery. |
| How to Donate: | Send checks to: Women's Advocacy Project, Inc., P.O. Box 833 Austin, Texas
or
give online with a credit card at:
CharityGift.com
and
CharitableWay.com |
| Financial Information |
| Tax Exempt?: | Yes |
| Fiscal Year End: | December |
| Statement Audited?: | Yes |
| Statement Recieved by BBB?: | |
| 990 Recieved by BBB?: | |
View this charity's IRS
FORM 990 in PDF format.
| Key Staff |
| Name: | Shelia Cheaney |
| Title in Organization: | Executive Director |
| Phone Number: | 476-5377 |
| Phone Extension: | 179 |
| E-Mail: | sec |
| Fax Number: | 476-5773 |
| Board Member |
| Name: | Lulu Flores |
| Title in Organization: | Board Chair |
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| Phone Number: | 476-5377 |
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| E-Mail: | wapinc |
| Fax Number: | 476-5773 |
| Board Meeting |
| Meeting Date: | |
| Meeting Note: | Approval of minutes
Treasurer's report
Board Resolution
Executive Director's report
Committee Reports: Executive, Fundraising, Personnel
Adjourn |
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