Become a Host Organization

Disaster Resilience Program

Equal Justice Works invites eligible organizations to submit proposals for the Equal Justice Works Disaster Resilience Program. 

Disasters devastate lower-income communities, creating new poverty and further entrenching inequality. In the wake of any disaster, families often need the assistance of a lawyer to overcome barriers to recovery.

The Disaster Resilience Program mobilizes Fellows (legal aid attorneys) and Student Fellows (law students) to provide free civil legal aid in disaster-prone areas to ensure vital legal services are accessible, comprehensive, and responsive to the unique needs of individuals, families, and communities.

Two attorney Fellows and two Summer Law Students will join with the current cohort of Fellows already serving in the program and work full-time at legal services organizations in the Midwest beginning no earlier than July 1, 2025, and ending no later than 24 months (about 2 years) after the Fellow’s start date. These Fellows will provide free, responsive civil legal aid to communities impacted by disasters in the Midwest. Equal Justice Works, as the nation’s largest facilitator of opportunities in public interest law, will support the Fellows and collaborate with the host legal services organizations (“host organizations”) throughout the implementation of the program.

Please see the full Request for Proposals (RFP) and accompanying appendices and the host organization application on Submittable (due no later than June 30, 2025) links below.  Applications are now being accepted on a rolling basis.

You can find more information about the grant supporting this Request for Proposals in our press release here.

Application Forms

Host Organization Application via Submittable

Before applying, review the following materials:

Host Organization Request for Proposals

*Upload and submission of document accepted as acknowledgement. 

If you have any questions about the application process, please reach out to [email protected].

Apply by June 30, 2025

Interested in applying? Click here to share your proposal with Equal Justice Works by June 30, 2025. Host organizations must meet the requirements outlined in the Request for Proposals (RFP).