UPDATE: Sign Up Fund
NEW CHANGES to the Sign Up Fund!
We have received many e-mails and comments from YOU, the deaf
community about the Sign Up Fund, and we have made some changes.
Sign Up Fund now is available for criminal law cases and also for
CART services!
Your comments made this happen! Please continue to e-mail Faye Kuo at
[email protected]
if you have more comments or questions.
The Sign Up Fund was started with generous help from the Texas Bar
Foundation (TBF). The Fund is a way to make sure that you can talk to
your attorney whether you need an interpreter, CART, or any other
communication access. It is a way for you to understand your attorney
because now your attorney can use money from the Fund to get you a
sign language interpreter or even CART whenever you need to meet with
your attorney.
Some things to know about Sign Up Fund:
– Money from the Fund is for interpreters or CART or other
communication access when a deaf person meets with his/her lawyer
outside of court.
– Money from the Fund is not for paying the lawyer or legal services.
– Money from the Fund is not for interpreters or CART or other access
in courts.
– Money from the Fund is only for a deaf person to talk with Texas
lawyers.
There may be exceptions. Please e-mail for more information if you
have a question about this.
Sign Up is available for use until around Summer 2008 or when the
money is used up. Many lawyers do not know about this Fund, so if you
have a lawyer, let them your lawyer know about the Fund! If you
believe this Fund is helpful and you want to see this Fund again in
the future, PLEASE e-mail with your support or questions. This will
let us know about your needs and will let us know whether Sign Up is
helping YOU.
Thank you,
Faye Kuo
Deaf Services attorney
Advocacy, Incorporated
Email: [email protected]