Legal aid programs funded by the federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC) have reported in response to a survey that layoffs and staff reductions are underway because of budgetary issues. The survey indicated that in 2011, LSC funded legal aid programs lost 833 staff positions through layoffs and attrition, and more are anticipated for 2012. To [...]
Ed Icove, a South Euclid councilman and former board member and president of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, is teaming up with Cleveland Legal Aid to recruit South Euclid lawyers to represent homeowners facing foreclosure. To read more, click here.
Akron's new poor, those who were employed long term and now live in poverty due to job loss, face the additional disadvantage of being unfamiliar with the challenges of chronic poverty and the network of services available to address those challenges. To read more, click here.
Pro bono legal services by Dayton area lawyers has remained steady in the past several years, but the demand for legal services by the area's low income population has increased, according to Helenka Marculewicz, Executive Director of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project. To read more, click here.
Former board member Richard Cordray was appointed by President Obama to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The appointment was announced by Obama at an event in Shaker Heights. To read more, click here.
The Ohio State Bar Association announced it has selected OLAF board member Mary Amos Augsburger as its Legislative Counsel. Attorney Augsburger, currently the director of policy and public affairs for state auditor Dave Yost, will begin her new position in mid-January.
Some families are doing everything right, but are one bad break away from slipping into poverty. They are what experts call the new poor, meaning those who are on the U.S. Census Supplemental Poverty Measure, defined as one financial setback away from public assistance. To read more, click here.
In Ohio and across the country, layaway angels are turning up in numbers not previously seen, making the holiday season suddenly joyous for the low income people who most frequently use layaway accounts. To read more, click here.
The Supreme Court of Hawaii has amended rule 6.1 of its Rules of Professional Conduct. Hawaii lawyers are now permitted to exercise a desire to perform pro bono legal services by donating at least $500 to the Hawaii Justice Foundation or another entity that provides legal services at no cost or significantly reduced cost to [...]
The Kasich Administration released $2 Million from the budget of the Governor's Office on Faith-Based Initiatives to go to the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks. The funding will supply Ohio's food banks for an estimated additional month with surplus food supplies purchased from Ohio food producers. To read more, click here.
