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*/CII:i1A <br />intakes and work with clients who speak a language for which you do not have in-house <br />capacity. <br />4) What is your staffing plan for your program? Please describe the positions you plan to fill and <br />the responsibilities each will have in the program. Please attach the CVs and bar numbers of the <br />attorneys who will lead the contracted work, and document American Immigration Lawyers <br />Association (AILA) membership or other evidence of immigration law experience. <br />5) How many detained removal defense clients do you anticipate representing with the total <br />public funding described above and Vera's catalyst funding? Please respond based on client <br />served, rather than case (i.e. if you represent someone on bond and merits, that is one client <br />represented, not two cases). Please describe how your program plans to pace the initiation of <br />representation for this number of clients to manage staff capacity. <br />6) What is start date for providing immigrant legal representation in your jurisdiction? Please <br />describe your program implementation timeline. Please indicate if you have already hired staff <br />to work under this funding. Indicate if you have already started providing legal services. If you <br />have not hired staff, please indicate your expected timeline to staff up and start accepting clients <br />under this funding. Please describe how your program will collaborate and engage with key <br />community stakeholders to educate the community about the program. <br />7) Please describe how your organization plans to grow and sustain your publicly funded <br />program over the next two years. Please include information about the organizations, <br />coalitions, and/or public figures in your jurisdiction who are supportive of the universal <br />representation program and who are critical to building public support for the program. Please <br />also include information regarding how you will engage clients, family members, and immigrant <br />community members in your efforts to raise awareness and grow your program and how <br />impacted communities will become aware of your work. <br />8) Vera has created a secure online database and will be collecting data on the legal services <br />performed by the LSPs for the purposes of program management and reporting. Please <br />indicate your willingness and plan to cooperate with Vera's data collection efforts. Please <br />indicate which staff will be inputting data on to the database and how often this will be done. <br />Also indicate which staff will be finalizing the submission of the data to Vera. Specifically address <br />your organization's capabilities to continue to report on all cases represented by your <br />organization under this grant through the ultimate dispositions of those cases, some of which <br />will inevitably continue long after the end date of the subcontract. <br />9) Provide a Budget Narrative to accompany your Budget Worksheet (templates attached). <br />Narratives should describe each line item in the budget. In other words, you should list every <br />staff person included in the Personnel section of the Budget Worksheet and briefly describe their <br />duties. For the Other than Personnel Expenses (OTPE) line items, please briefly describe each <br />item and what is included in your calculation so that it is clear what is being covered by <br />251-8 <br />