Fundraising Goal: $24,999

$2,000 raised from 20 unique donors
Verified 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

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Organization Mission:

The Combined Campaign for Justice (CCJ) is a fundraising effort of Delaware's three civil legal aid agencies. Contributions to CCJ provide legal representation to real Delawareans – low-income families, veterans, seniors, survivors of domestic violence – who would otherwise have to navigate the civil justice system alone.

The Combined Campaign for Justice is a joint fundraising initiative that supports Delaware's three legal aid agencies. 

About Combined Campaign for Justice (CCJ)

In 1946— decades before there was a national legal aid movement— four of Delaware’s legal titans, Collins J. Seitz, William Poole, Clarence A. Southerland and J. Caleb Boggs, recognized the urgent need to provide free legal services for those who could not afford representation. In post-World War II America, they were particularly concerned for the welfare of war widows and their children, which led to the creation of one of the oldest civil legal aid agencies in the country: the Legal Aid Society of Delaware, now Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI). In the first year, Legal Aid served 204 clients with criminal and civil cases involving family law and GI Bill eligibility. 

Since then, Delaware's civil legal aid ecosystem has continued to expand, helping more people in a wide variety of civil matters where legal representation is typically only available to those who can afford it. In 1981, due to shifting political tides nationally regarding legal services for the poor, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. (DVLS) was established to best position the pro bono arm of legal aid: connecting private volunteer attorneys to civil cases.  Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc. (LSCD) was founded in 1996, taking over the work funded by the federal Legal Services Corporation—mostly in the areas of consumer law and private housing matters.  

Today, CLASI, DVLS, and LSCD divvy up the work across problem type and client populations to represent as many individuals and families as possible, whether helping them avoid homelessness, ensuring safety from domestic violence, or safeguarding access to critical food and health benefits. Legal aid also creates broader change benefiting communities statewide through impact litigation and advocacy to improve laws and policies, such as recent efforts that increased school funding for vulnerable students and secured a right to representation in eviction cases.

Organization Details

Organization Logo

Name:
Combined Campaign for Justice (CCJ)

EIN: shared

Street Address:
PO Box 49

City: Wilmington

State: DE Zip: 19899

Social Media:

Website:
https://delawareccj.org/

Counties Served: New Castle, Kent, Sussex

Office Locations: Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown

Sectors: Community Advocacy, Crime & Legal Related, Public & Societal Benefit

Fundraisers for this Organization

Goal: $2,500, Raised: $1,140

Recent Donations

  • Anonymous $100
  • Paul Wallace
    (in honor of Joseph F. Wallace)     $100
  • Anonymous
    (in honor of Kathleen Jennings)     ---
  • Nathan White $25
  • Johanna Schnitz ---
  • Bruce McCullough ---
  • Rosemary Killian $100
  • Margaretta Kroeger $50
  • Katherine Stark $25
  • Peter Sweeney $50