2023-11-15T13:27:54-05:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 452980014 PHILADELPHIA LAWYERS FOR SOCIAL EQUITY % Renee Chenault Fattah PHIL 2675195323 230 South Broad Street Suite 1102 Philadelphia PA 19102 Karen Simmons Chair of Board of Directors 2023-11-15 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Renee Chenault Fattah 230 South Broad Street Suite 1102 Philadelphia PA 19102 777261 false X http: www.plsephilly.org X 2011 PA PLSE provides education to the public about the creation dissemination and destruction of criminal history records and the inter-generational harm those records cause; and partners with community organizations to help low-income individuals obtain expungements and pardons. 16 16 29 250 0 0 1335617 688195 175420 88850 131 216 0 0 1511168 777261 0 0 0 0 824000 1161205 0 0 98136 188652 275332 1012652 1436537 498516 -659276 1077801 559518 134491 275484 943310 284034 PLSE seeks a more equitable social environment for those with criminal records through individual representation strategic litigation community education research and advocacy. PLSE does this by seeking expungements in criminal court and pardons from the Governor educating elected business and community leaders; empowering and organizing under-resourced communities; and leading legislative administrative and systemic reform. false false 345539 0 196349 Criminal Records Expungement Project - Employers landlords trade schools financial and academic institutions professional associations licensing boards and others frequently use often illegally past criminal record histories to deny opportunities to qualified applicants. This happens even when the event occurred decades earlier involved only a summary offense or even did not result in a conviction. In Pennsylvania only judges can expunge delete or seal remove from the public record criminal record information. Despite the many impediments to accessing individuals and communities as we slowly came out of the pandemic in FY2023 PLSE assisted 1,901 low-income individuals from 152 different zip codes including all 47 residential zip codes in Philadelphia. We provided brief services information or referral and for those not income eligible for 660 people. And of the 1,901 people who came to us 1,241 became new clients. We filed a total of 7,329 expungement petitions. Approximately 96% of all such petitions are granted by the Court. 420594 0 163062 Pardon Project - With few exceptions expunging a conviction requires a pardon from the Governor. PLSE began the Pardon Project in 2018 when the process took 5 years and resulted in failure for over 90% of all who purchased the application. Today thanks to reforms driven by PLSE the application is free online and written mostly in plain English. Not only does PLSE help its Philadelphia clients who qualify apply for a pardon - 1,987 new Pardon clients in Fiscal Year alone - but it has created a vibrant network the Pennsylvania Association of Pardon Projects www.PardonMePA.org connecting communities of volunteers all around the state for which PLSE serves as the convenor and information hub. Its Pardon Project Steering Committee all with lived experience in the criminal justice system has grown with the network and is preparing for the launch of the film Pardon Me in Fiscal Year 2024. 408164 0 167276 Community Education - In FY2023 PLSE was honored to play a major role in The Promise the City of Philadelphia's unique anti-poverty program which identified criminal records as a major cause of inter-generational poverty. Thanks to that funding PLSE held 16 clinics in direct partnership with The Promise and 42 other clinics that all involved community education. In addition PLSE held 18 training sessions for people willing to volunteer as Pardon Coaches. 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CFO reviews with Executive Director. Once Executive Director has reviewed and commented Form 990 is provided and reviewed with Finance Committee and then is provided and reviewed with all members of the Board of Directors. Once Finance Committee and the Board of Directors have reviewed and commented the CFO has the Chair of the Board sign the final copy. Part VI, Line 12c The organization's Conflict of Interest Policy and Disclosure Statement is distributed in advance of the first meeting of the fiscal year of the Board of Directors and completed disclosure forms are collected at or before the meeting. New members are given the policy at orientation and their disclosures collected shortly thereafter. Part VI, Line 19 The organization's governing documents financial statements and Form 990 are available upon request and provided on website