2021-06-28T11:57:13-07:00 2020-12-31 205173352 CREMALDI & KAUPP LLC 318 HARRISON AVE NEW ORLEANS LA 70124 990 2020-01-01 461482878 JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA JUST 5043224050 4035 WASHINGTON AVENUE SUITE 203 NEW ORLEANS LA 70125 VANESSA SPINAZOLA Executive Dir. 2021-06-28 true VANESSA SPINAZOLA 999009999 CHRISTOPHER G KAUPP P00244852 5042741451 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z VANESSA SPINAZOLA 4035 WASHINGTON AVENUE SUITE 203 NEW ORLEANS LA 70125 769041 false X WWW.JACLOUISIANA.ORG X 2012 LA THE JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA HELPS PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 11 11 5 25 0 615788 757864 17301 11141 36 0 633089 769041 0 0 150023 275715 0 5058 169924 238388 319947 514103 313142 254938 401794 695771 25438 64477 376356 631294 The Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana eliminates obstacles to opportunity for people harmed by the systemic racism and economic impacts of the criminal legal system through legal services, public education, and policy advocacy. false false 253338 10048 RE-ENTRY PROGRAM: JAC continued to provide legal services to a partnering organization that houses women who are survivors of human trafficking. JAC also continued our monthly Re-Entry Legal Clinics, which we facilitated four times, serving 95 clients. JAC utilized staff and pro bono attorneys, as well as coordinated with partner organizations, to remove legal barriers that could derail re-entry such as eliminating prescribed traffic tickets, applying for (and appealing denials of) public benefits, addressing consumer debt, and modifying child support payments to amounts that are more manageable. Through our ReEntry Attachment Docket program we eliminated: over a quarter million dollars in outdated traffic debt at the New Orleans Municipal Traffic Court for 123 people in 444 cases; nearly $18,000 in debt in Jefferson Parish and Gretna City Court for 19 formerly incarcerated people with 36 traffic cases, and for our 12 Financial Access Resources and Inclusion Project with Disability Rights Louisiana, just over $26,000 in 59 cases. We served 45 clients under our Justice Reinvestment programs in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, wrote and published a New Orleans Traffic Guide for self-help elimination of outdated debt - and created and accompanying video - and successfully advocated for legislation that bans the use of solitary confinement for currently and recently pregnant people. 204302 1093 EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM: JAC held 4 expungement workshops in 2020, providing advice or representation to 63 individuals, utilizing approximately 10 pro bono attorneys and volunteers to facilitate the workshops. The majority of our expungement program participants are low-income, African-American people, who we serve through expungement workshops in southeast Louisiana (New Orleans, Houma, St. Tammany Parish, and Baton Rouge). We held one CLE for nearly 30 attorneys, training more individuals on how to practice in these under-served areas of the law, and produced three expungement training videos to distribute expungement information virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as updating our annual expungement manual with new laws from the 2020 legislative session. We also successfully advocated for a law that eliminated the second waiting periods for expungements and Co-Chaired the Clean Slate Task Force, a group of government stakeholders invested in making expungements automatic and initiated by the government in Louisiana. 457640 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X VANESSA SPINAZOLA 5043224050 4035 WASHINGTON AVENUE SUITE 203 NEW ORLEANS LA 70125 VANESSA SPINAZOLA Executive Dir. 60.00 0.00 X 88000 0 0 ROYCE DUPLESSIS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOSH FAUBERT Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JESSE HARTLEY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM WATTS Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRIS D'AMOUR Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES LOGAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RACHEL GASSERT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MONIKA GERHART VICE CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 NZINGA HILL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALEXIS ANDERSON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ADRIENNE WHEELER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 88000 0 false false false 0 757864 757864 LEGAL SERVICES 541100 10641 10641 NON LEGAL SERVICES 541900 500 500 11141 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 769041 11141 36 X 0 0 0 0 88000 61600 22000 4400 0 150071 150071 0 19431 17504 1606 321 18213 16067 1809 337 0 13720 13720 9393 9393 0 0 0 154853 154853 0 27330 23768 3562 3906 3125 781 0 17532 12272 5260 3795 3559 236 0 0 0 0 0 4484 4484 MISCELLANEOUS 2274 2274 TRAINING 1101 1101 0 514103 457640 51405 5058 189505 537585 0 0 209810 158186 0 0 0 0 2479 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 401794 695771 25438 35550 28927 25438 64477 X 376356 631294 376356 631294 401794 695771 254938 X true X false false false X 271088 231681 191272 615788 757864 2067693 0 0 271088 231681 191272 615788 757864 2067693 555692 1512001 3 2 36 41 0 0 2067734 64414 0.73120 0.51360 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED PPP LOAN 28927 28927 X Part X : FIN48 Footnote THE ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 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