Tag: Poverty | Voices for Civil Justice

Nevada’s rising poverty population results in unmet legal needs

News Story (Nevada)

Nevada’s rising poverty population results in unmet legal needs

August 26, 2018 | Riley Snyder | Nevada Independent
A survey conducted last year found that households with income less than 125 percent of the federal poverty level have a total of about 147,000 legal “needs” every year — yet 76 percent of those needs are never addressed or resolved.
Tags: Access to Justice | Poverty

Lawyers Have A Role To Play In Decriminalizing Poverty

Audio, Interview (Missouri)

Lawyers Have A Role To Play In Decriminalizing Poverty

September 5, 2017 | WESA (Pittsburgh)
It was a wake-up call for the nation, and one organization had already been in place working on these issues for five years.
Tags: Criminal Justice | Poverty

Impact Fund (Berkeley, CA)

Provider (California)

Impact Fund (Berkeley, CA)

The Impact Fund provides strategic leadership and support for litigation to achieve economic and social justice. HQ in Berkeley.
Tags: Civil Rights, Environmental Justice, Poverty

Being poor in Washington means worrying about housing, survey finds

News Story (District of Columbia)

Being poor in Washington means worrying about housing, survey finds

April 4, 2016 | Perry Stein | Washington Post
Mullen and the other co-authors of a report released Monday set out to paint a more nuanced portrait of what it means to be poor in the nation’s capital — by directly asking poor residents themselves.
Tags: Poverty

A ‘Habitual Drunkard’ Law Is Keeping Homeless Alcoholics on the Streets in Virginia

News Story (Virginia)

A ‘Habitual Drunkard’ Law Is Keeping Homeless Alcoholics on the Streets in Virginia

March 21, 2016 | Sydney Lupkin | VICE News
And a lawsuit is challenging the law.
Tags: Criminal Justice | Poverty

Hudson Valley legal advocates stand up for women in poverty

News Story (New York)

Hudson Valley legal advocates stand up for women in poverty

March 17, 2016 | Ryan Deffenbaugh | Westfair Business Publications (NY and CT)
The unit includes 10 attorneys, four supervisors and three paralegals on staff experienced and dedicated to fighting for victims’ rights.
Tags: Benefits of Legal Aid | Domestic Violence | Poverty

Virginia Jails People for Even Smelling Like Alcohol

News Story (Virginia)

Virginia Jails People for Even Smelling Like Alcohol

March 16, 2016 | M.L. Nestel | Daily Beast
A class-action lawsuit accuses cops and prosecutors of locking up people as “habitual drunkards” after placing them on a secret blacklist that bans them from booze.
Tags: Criminal Justice | Due Process | Poverty