Public Benefits – Voices for Civil Justice

Legal aid organizations strained by increase in pandemic-related cases, including domestic violence, unemployment claims

News Story (Illinois)

Legal aid organizations strained by increase in pandemic-related cases, including domestic violence, unemployment claims

As people choose between food and other basic necessities, Congress should expand SNAP benefits

Op-Ed (Pennsylvania)

As people choose between food and other basic necessities, Congress should expand SNAP benefits

Legal aid, facing state cuts, remains crucial during pandemic

Op-Ed (Virginia)

Legal aid, facing state cuts, remains crucial during pandemic

Coronavirus will overwhelm our civil legal-aid system

Op-Ed (Washington)

Coronavirus will overwhelm our civil legal-aid system

USA’s top law group hopes to limit legal harm to the poor

News Story (Georgia, NATIONAL)

USA’s top law group hopes to limit legal harm to the poor

Legal Aid Society Can Help Restore Lost Public Assistance Benefits

Op-Ed (Tennessee)

Legal Aid Society Can Help Restore Lost Public Assistance Benefits

January 4, 2020 | Russell Overby , Hanna Callicutt | ClarksvilleNow.com
“I prayed that the good Lord knows what he’s doing and is taking care of me,” she said. “If anything like that happened again, I wouldn’t think two minutes before calling Legal Aid Society.”
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Welfare debts hobble working poor as they re-enter workforce

News Story (New York)

Welfare debts hobble working poor as they re-enter workforce

December 5, 2018 | Sandra Tan | Buffalo News
Thousands of Erie County welfare recipients each year are on the hook to repay money they should never have received.
Tags: Public Benefits