INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Legal Services, Inc. and the Heartland Pro Bono Council received a $73,882 cy pres award from the Marion County Circuit Court to provide legal help to local residents who experience problems with payday loan companies or who suffer other consumer rights abuses.
The award will help residents of Indianapolis’ near east side neighborhoods through a new consumer advocacy project later this fall. They will collaborate with the John H. Boner Center and its Financial Foundations staff who counsel residents on personal financial management. An ILS attorney will provide representation to individuals identified by the financial counselors as having consumer law problems as well as conduct informational meetings on consumer law topics for the Boner Center clients and financial counselors.