CRP is investing $1.8 million to expand access to legal services that help people overcome barriers to jobs, housing and education—especially for those impacted by the criminal legal system.
2025-2027 grant funding
For the 2025-2027 biennium, CRP legal assistance funding will support agencies providing:
- Post-conviction relief, vacatur, and legal debt reduction
- Civil legal aid and legal navigation with community partners
- Services integrated with reentry, workforce and violence prevention programs
2026-2027 CRP Post-Conviction Legal Aid Providers and Local Partners
CRP is partnering with organizations across the state to expand post-conviction legal services that help people overcome barriers to jobs, housing and education. Legal providers are CRP’s primary community partners, and in some areas they will work with local partners. Together, they will deliver legal services and ensure funding reaches the communities most impacted by the criminal legal system.
| County | Primary grantee | Local partner |
|---|---|---|
| Asotin, Benton, Clallam, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whitman | Civil Survival | Not applicable |
| Island, San Juan, Skagit, Whatcom | Skagit Legal Aid | Not applicable |
| Snohomish | Washington West African Center | Coming soon |
| King | Living with Conviction | Arms Around You |
| Pierce, Spokane | Institute for Black Justice | Civil Survival; Living with Conviction |
| Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum | Timberland Legal Aid | Living with Conviction |
| Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | Clemency Project | Khmer Anti-Deportation and Advocacy Group; Northwest Immigrant Rights Project |
| Kittitas, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima | Washington Defender Association | Northwest Immigrant Rights Project |