State restores $15 million for legal aid program serving unaccompanied immigrant children after local advocacy effort
The program supports 15 legal defense organizations and has helped more than 1,100 children since launching in 2022.
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State restores $15 million for legal aid program serving unaccompanied immigrant children after local advocacy effort
CARPINTERIA, Calif. – State and local leaders gathered in Carpinteria Thursday to celebrate the restoration of $15 million in California's 2026–27 budget for the Children's Holistic Immigration Representation Project, or CHIRP, a program that provides free legal representation and case management for unaccompanied immigrant children. Assemblymember Gregg Hart announced the funding alongside the Santa Barbara The post State restores $15 million f…
State funding for unaccompanied migrant children granted to Santa Barbara non-profit
A California program for unaccompanied immigrant children will receive $15 million in state funding after local Assemblymember Gregg Hart pushed for Gov. Gavin Newsom to add it to next year’s budget. “We are talking about children, children who are frightened, children who have survived more than adults ever should,” said executive director Julissa Peña of the Santa Barbara Immigrant Legal Defense Center, a non-profit that has benefited from th…
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