iSchool Capstone

Empowering Decision-Making for Legal Aid Nonprofit: Sound Legal Aid's Data-Driven Dashboard to Serve Marginalized Communities

Project tags:

data science & visualization

equity & inclusion

social justice

Social Impact & Social Justice Award
Sound Legal Aid, nonprofit volunteer organization based in Olympia, Washington, offers free legal assistance in tenant services, family law, and support for domestic violence survivors. Catering to marginalized communities, SLA serves individuals facing poverty and housing instability. The organization struggles with streamlined data presentation due to limited technological expertise. To address this, the Capstone team created a comprehensive dashboard application integrating data from their client and case databases, offering user-friendly and customizable visualizations to facilitate real-time reporting and decision-making for improved efficiency. The use of the dashboard facilitates cohesive ‘storytelling’, enhancing efforts in grant applications and engagement with news sources.
Project participants:

Vega Jethani

Informatics

Kriti Vajjhula

Informatics

Priya Hariharan

Informatics

Saimanasvi Charugundla

Informatics

Terra Shrestha

Informatics