Currently, there are fourteen statewide loan repayment assistance programs operating in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Washington. (See Program Contact information listed below). These programs range in age, size and scope. Some are administered by a state bar association or foundation while others are administered through stand-alone nonprofit organizations. Some are funded through state legislative appropriations while others rely on funding from the private sector or from Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) funding. For additional information about many of these programs, click below to view the ABA's State LRAP Toolkit, which contains information about many existing statewide LRAPs as well as tips for creating new programs. The ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants is also available to provide information and technical assistance to bar associations and other organizations that are interested in establishing a statewide LRAP. For more information contact .

In addition to the fourteen states with actively operating LRAPs, other states are discussing or developing statewide loan repayment assistance programs, including California, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

State LRAP Program Contacts:

ARIZONA
Lara Slifko
4201 N. 24th St., Suite 210
Phoenix, AZ 85016
602-340-7235
602-271-4930 (FAX)

Web site: www.azflse.org/

FLORIDA
Paul Doyle
Director, Legal Assistance for the Poor Grant Program
The Florida Bar Foundation
109 East Church Street
Orlando, FL 32801
407-843-0045 (FL 800-541-2195)
407-839-0287 (FAX)

Web site: www.flabarfndn.org

KENTUCKY
Patrick Shirley
The Student Loan People
P.O. Box 24266
Louisville, KY 40224-0266
502-696-7303

Web site: www.thestudentloanpeople.org

MAINE
M. Calien Lewis
Executive Director
Maine Bar Foundation
40 Water Street, 1st Floor
Hallowell, ME 04347
207-622-3477
207-623-4140

Web site: www.mbf.org/

MARYLAND
Marie Janiszewski
Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program (LARP)
Office of Student Financial Assistance
Maryland Higher Education Commission
State Scholarship Administration
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400
Annapolis, MD 21401-1781
410-260-4569 or
800-974-1024

Web site: www.mhec.state.md.us

MINNESOTA
Heather Rastorfer Vlieger
Executive Director
Loan Repayment Assistance Program of MN (LRAP-MN)
600 Nicollet Mall, Ste 380
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-278-6315
612-333-4927 (FAX)

Web site: www.lrapmn.org

MISSOURI
Steve Murrell
Government Relations Consultant
Missouri Bar Foundation/Missouri Bar Association
PO Box 119
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-638-2240
573-635-2811 (FAX)

Web site: http://mobar.org/lrap/index.htm

MONTANA
Chris Newbold
Coordinator
Montana Justice Foundation
PO Box 6169
Missoula, MT 59807-9169
406-523-3920
406-728-7416 (FAX)

Web site: www.montanabar.org

NEW HAMPSHIRE
David Snyder
Executive Director
New Hampshire Bar Foundation
112 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-2931
603-224-6942
603-224-2910 (FAX)

Web site: www.nhbar.org/

NEW YORK
Cynthia Feathers
Director, Dep’t of Pro Bono Affairs
New York State Bar Association
One Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207
518-487-5640
518-487-5694 (FAX)

Web site: http://www.nysba.org/slapi

NORTH CAROLINA
Denise Long
Executive Director
North Carolina Legal Education Assistance Fund
6070- J Six Forks Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
919-845-6089
919-848-9259 (FAX)

Web site: http://www.ncleaf.org/

TEXAS
Laura Tansey Rey-Sanchez
Program Attorney
Texas Lawyers Care/State Bar of Texas
Texas Access to Justice Commission
1414 Colorado, Suite 604
Austin, TX 78701
800-204-2222 ext. 2158
512-463-1463 ext. 2158
512-477-8302 (FAX)

Web site: www.texasbar.com

WASHINGTON
Paula Littlewood
Deputy Director
Washington State Bar Association
206-239-2120
206-727-8319 (FAX)

Web site: www.wsba.org/wsbflrapprogrampoliciesguidelines2005.doc

Updated: 3/7/2006