2015-05-18T11:18:51-07:00 2014-09-30 SCHALL & ASHENFARB CPAS 307 5th Ave 15th Floor NEW YORK NY 100166517 990 2013-10-01 133910567 Legal Information for Families Today LEGA 6466139633 32 Court Street Suite 1208 Brooklyn NY 11201 Sharon Myrie CEO 2015-05-18 true David C Ashenfarb P00535436 2122682800 2013 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z Sharon Myrie 32 Court Street Suite 1208 Brooklyn NY 11201 1645103 false false X www.LIFTonline.org X 1996 NY Provide legal information & community education & promote reform of the courts and public agencies. 15 15 24 25 0 1180085 1596051 0 370 255 450461 680 1630916 1596986 0 0 1169968 1330196 0 261541 420206 426437 1590174 1756633 40742 -159647 1336571 1185123 59375 67574 1277196 1117549 X Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) is an award winning non-profit dedicated to empowering unrepresented litigants so that they may successfully self-advocate in the New York Family Courts. false false 534951 Family Court-Based Programs: Housed inside the Family Courthouses in all five boroughs of New York City, LIFTs Family Court-based Programs meet the various needs of Family Court litigants. For quick answers to family law questions, litigants may access the Education & Information (EI) Sites, which provide on-the-spot information about family law, court navigation, starting court cases, and accessing court resources. For more in-depth services, litigants may enroll in our Family Legal Center (FLC), which provide individualized legal information, court documentation preparation, court appearance preparation, court accompaniment, and other intensive services. In 2014, the EI Sites served nearly 18,500 people and the FLC enrolled 831 new participants while providing ongoing support to 700 litigants whose matters continued from prior enrollment. 303927 Family Law Hotlines: The Hotlines enable anyone with a case in New York States Family Courts to access our services via telephone, email or live-chat. Hotline staff provide answers to substantive family law and court procedure questions as well as referrals to legal and social services in English and Spanish. In 2014, our Hotlines served over 13,000 people. 196858 Social Services and Workshops: In addition to legal information services, LIFT provides support to help participants overcome the many challenges that affect their families. Services include: high-impact referrals for housing, child care, employment and educational services; assistance with enrolling in public benefits; skills-building workshops; and emotional support through crisis intervention, support groups, and mentoring. 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Tax filings for period ending September 30, 2011 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. false Gala 401109 352992 48117 41250 6867 401109 352992 48117 41250 6867 48117 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Legal Education and Publications: LIFT produces interactive Webinars and written Legal Resource Guides on a variety of family law topics. The Legal Education Webinars are presented on a quarterly schedule and are free and accessible to the general public through our website. The Legal Resource Guides are multilingual, step-by-step guides to nearly 40 family law topics, including court process and procedure, litigants rights, and court navigation. In 2014 we produced four webinars and distributed over 170,000 copies of our Guides. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Judge for a Day: Run in partnership with the Courts, Judge for a Day (JFAD) provides public officials and private sector executives with a unique opportunity to shadow judges and participate in an interactive luncheon with Family Court judges and LIFT staff. In addition to raising awareness of Family Court conditions, JFAD illuminates LIFTs role in the Family Courts, and helps bring resources to Family Court and LIFT. Public Policy: LIFT continually focuses on catalyzing significant and lasting change in the Family Court system. We serve on a committee created by New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to explore how resources can be expanded to include non-lawyer advocates in the court system. In addition, LIFT serves on the New York City Family Court Advisory Council, the New York City Bar Associations Family Court and Family Law Committee, and the City Bars Council on Children to express the interests and concerns of unrepresented litigants. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Management reviewed a draft of the form 990 with the audit/finance committee and provided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the form 990 was sent to the full board of directors prior to being filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The organization has a "board approved" conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifying the nature of their interested party transactions.) Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Documents are made available upon request.