http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus.xml?type=civil_legal_assistance In Focus articles from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 16:53:43 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0009 Both the funding level provided in the Continuing Resolution and the lower level required if Sequestration goes into effect are totally inadequate. Civil legal aid programs will turn away at least as many clients as they served in 2012 and will turn away even more in 2013. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0009 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0008 As a result of LSC's reduced funding, legal aid programs reduced attorneys by 13.3 percent, paralegals by 15.4 percent and administrative staff by 12.7 percent. Programs will likely close 24 offices in 2012, many of them in rural areas, and the LSC funded civil legal aid program will serve 81,000 fewer low-income Americans. The President wants this reversed. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0008 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0007 The Budget released by the President on Monday recommends a budget level of $402 million, a $54 million increase over FY 2012, for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC).This increase would be targeted solely toward direct funds to civil legal aid programs and would fully restore the funding that was cut from those programs in 2012. This is a positive step forward. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0007 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0006 House and Senate conferees on Monday agreed to slash funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) by nearly 14 percent. The agreement reduced funding for LSC in 2012 to $348 million from $404.19 million in 2011. The last time LSC was funded at $348 million was in 2007. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0006 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0005 Congress and the White House are engaged in deficit reduction discussions that could do great harm to programs that serve members of the low-income community. It should be a fundamental principle that deficit reduction should be designed in ways that protect low-income people. This principle was incorporated into the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform report released in late 2010, and it has been included in prior deficit reduction laws adopted by Congress. Yet, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is facing worrisomely drastic cuts that would have big impacts on the number of low-income people who receive basic legal assistance. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0005 Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0004 On April 15, President Obama signed into law a bipartisan bill that provides funding for the federal government for the remainder of FY 2011 and includes funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). LSC had been facing a $70 million cut included in a budget passed by the House of Representatives - all of which would have come out of Basic Field grants that support the 136 legal aid programs providing basic legal assistance to low-income people across the country. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0004 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0003 Late Friday, February 11, House Republicans released a new With only seven months left in the current fiscal year and a looming deadline of March 4 for Congressional action, the GOP is seeking an additional $10 million in cuts to the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) on top of the $60 million already proposed to be cut from the current Continuing Resolution. Under President Obama's FY 2012 budget released this morning, LSC would fare much better. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0003 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0002 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0002 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0001 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=civil_legal_assistance&id=0001