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News from across the Foundation.

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2021 Grantees Submit Third Quarter Reports

All four of the Barbara McDowell Foundation's 2021 grantees were contacted in July in accordance with the Foundation’s requirements and reported with respect to the progress of their case through the third quarter of their grant cycle.

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2020 Grantees Submit Results of Grant Funded Cases

The Barbara McDowell Foundation maintains communications with its grantees to monitor the status of its grants. As the cases which the Foundation funds sometimes do not resolve in the one-year grant period, the Foundation also annually contacts previous grantees to receive updates on their cases.

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A Recent Tribute To Barbara McDowell

The Barbara McDowell Foundation is pleased to share a recent tribute to the Foundation’s namesake, Barbara McDowell, by David Reiser, a colleague of Barbara's, in his speech accepting a lifetime achievement award from the DC Bar for his pro bono work.

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2021 Grantees Submit Second Quarter Reports

All four of the Barbara McDowell Foundation's 2021 grantees were contacted in April in accordance with the Foundation’s requirements and reported with respect to the progress of their case through the second quarter of their grant cycle. A summary of each grantee’s report can be found below, along with a link to each grantee’s full report.

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New High Impact Project Case Seeks Relief for Children Asylum-Seekers

The law firm of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP and Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, through the coordination of the Barbara McDowell Foundation's High Impact Litigation Project, have joined to seek relief for three children asylum-seekers who have received faulty removal orders under the Remain in Mexico/Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program.

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New High Impact Project Case Challenges Inhumane Conditions at St. Louis City Jail

ArchCity Defenders located in St. Louis and the international law firm DLA Piper at the initiation of the Barbara McDowell Foundation through its Pro Bono High Impact Litigation Project have joined together to continue prosecuting a class action case, Cody, et al. v. City of St. Louis, on behalf of thousands of people who have been held in the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis (a jail more commonly called the "Workhouse") over the past eight years.

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High Impact Project Case Update: Awarding of Attorneys’ Fees in Suit to End Mistreatment of Boys in a Juvenile Detention Center

Children’s Rights, the law firm of Ropes & Gray, and Disability Rights Iowa succeeded after trial in C.P.X. v. Garcia (formerly known as C.P.X. v. Foxhoven and G.R. v. Foxhoven) that was filed in November 2017 on behalf of boys confined to Iowa’s Boys State Training School who have significant mental illnesses

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2021 Grantees Submit First Quarter Reports

All four of the Barbara McDowell Foundation's 2021 grantees were contacted in January in accordance with the Foundation’s requirements and reported with respect to the progress of their case through the first quarter of their grant cycle.

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