Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded University Legal Services, Inc. $632,033 on October 1, 2025, under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program (CFDA 93.138).

University Legal Services, operating through its University Legal Services Division and doing business as the ULS Homeworks Program, delivers legal advocacy and protection services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance in the District of Columbia. The organization pursues administrative, legal, and other remedies to address complaints of abuse, neglect, and rights violations, with service priority for individuals at risk while residing in care or treatment facilities and secondary focus on those in community settings, including individuals being transported to facilities or involuntarily confined in municipal detention facilities, jails, or prisons.

The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Washington, DC. University Legal Services is a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Washington, D.C., registered to receive federal awards since August 2004. The organization's service delivery encompasses legal representation, investigation of abuse and neglect, voting rights advocacy, and community integration support through its PAIMI program and complementary federal grant portfolio including Developmental Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Traumatic Brain Injury, and other protection and advocacy programs.