Foundation grantees brace for cuts.

The Florida Bar Foundation has provided its legal aid grantees with updated projections for anticipated grant cuts through the 2015-16 fiscal year.

By then, the Foundation anticipates that it will have made cuts of 76 percent since 200910 in the general support grants to 30 legal aid grantees throughout Florida through the Legal Assistance for the Poor Grant Program. Children's Legal Services grants are expected to be cut by a similar percentage.

These estimates are based on projected Foundation income, including donations from Florida Bar sections, fellows, and other charitable gifts, as well as on the...

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