Guam Legal Services Corporation

Guam Legal Services Corporation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization headquartered in Hagåtña, Guam, that serves as a primary provider of legal assistance and protection and advocacy services to vulnerable populations throughout Guam. The organization has maintained continuous federal funding since at least 2021 and specializes in delivering comprehensive legal services to individuals with disabilities, crime victims, and other underserved populations in need of civil and criminal legal assistance.

Guam Legal Services Corporation's federal grant portfolio demonstrates extensive expertise across multiple protection and advocacy programs and victim services initiatives. The organization has consistently received formula grants from the Administration on Disabilities for its Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, including awards for the DD Act State Protection & Advocacy Systems (PADD), Traumatic Brain Injury Act Protection & Advocacy (PATB), Assistive Technology Act Protection & Advocacy (PAAT), and Help America Vote Act Protection & Advocacy Voting Access (PAVA) programs. Additionally, the corporation receives formula grant funding from the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services for Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness and from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for its Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) program. Beyond disability advocacy, Guam Legal Services Corporation received a significant $750,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women for the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program, executed in partnership with Victim Advocates Reaching Out (VARO), to provide civil and criminal legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking aged 11 and older. The organization also holds project grants from the Social Security Administration for protecting beneficiaries of Social Security and strengthening representative payee monitoring. As a sub-awardee, Guam Legal Services Corporation received grant funding from the Office of the Attorney General to provide emergency legal assistance, protection orders, restraining orders, civil legal assistance, safety planning, and referral services to crime victims. This diverse grant portfolio reflects the organization's broad mission to provide legal protection and advocacy across disability rights, victim services, voting access, and individual rights domains.