In 2022, LSC awarded Technology Initiative Grants (TIGs) to 33 legal services organizations totaling $4,679,135. Grant recipients have used this funding to enhance cybersecurity, build educational platforms, strengthen program capacity and support the work of pro bono attorneys. Successful TIG projects are often replicated by organizations around the country, creating wide-reaching impacts. Click here to view the press release for the 2022 TIG award recipients.

In 2021, LSC awarded Technology Initiative Grants (TIGs) to 26 legal services organizations totaling $4,268,938. These funded projects provided greater access to high-quality legal assistance for low-income Americans and enhanced the operations of legal aid organizations around the country. Click here to view the press release for the 2021 TIG award recipients.

In 2020, LSC awarded Technology Initiative Grants (TIGs) to 26 legal services organizations totaling $3,941,298.00. LSC's grant awards include projects that use technology to improve self-help resources, enhance internal efficiency, and improve access for vulnerable populations. Click here to view the press release for the 2020 TIG award recipients.

In 2019, LSC awarded Technology Initiative Grants (TIGs) to 30 legal services organizations totaling $4,230,718. LSC’s grant awards include projects that use technology to improve self-help resources, enhance internal efficiency, and improve access for vulnerable populations. Click here to see the press release for the 2019 TIG award recipients.

LSC awarded 26 TIG grants to 24 legal services organizations in 21 states for a total of $3,884,257. Among the 26 funded initiatives are projects that enhance online self-help resources, expand services to rural communities, and facilitate clients’ ability to seek legal help via text messaging services and voice assistants like Google’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. Click here to see the press release for the 2018 TIG award recipients.

LSC awarded nearly $4 million in TIG funds for 22 legal services organizations in 18 states. Among the 25 funded initiatives are projects to create interactive legal forms for self-represented litigants, to enhance an online statewide “access portal” with a chatbot feature, and to produce online resources for veterans and military families confronting legal problems. Click here to see the press release for the 2017 TIG award recipients.

This report describes TIG funds awarded from 2000-2009.