Community Shares of Mid Ohio has announced that the group will include six new charities in 2014, including the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation. These charities will be eligible to receive donations through Community Shares' payroll contributions program, which is funded by employees in over 25 different workplaces in the region. Read the press release here.
The American College of Bankruptcy and the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation announced today that it has awarded 36 pro bono grants totaling $320,834 to legal services organizations located in 19 different states. The unrestricted grants are funded jointly by the College and its Foundation and are awarded to legal services organizations whose activities are [...]
The board of Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) will vote on a plan in December that would shut down its offices in Lancaster, Marietta and Zanesville. SEOLS serves 30 counties in southeastern Ohio and has experienced a decrease in funding from roughly $7.4 million in 2008 to $4.3 million in 2013. "It is with deep [...]
Seven lawyers are now working for legal-aid organizations in Ohio to help homeless and low-income veterans with their legal problems. Called the Ohio Veteran Legal Corps, its member lawyers are two-year fellows who focus on civil issues, such as access to federal benefits and representing veterans in eviction proceedings. “A lawyer in many of these [...]
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reports that nearly 900 more people signed up to receive welfare in October, ending 20 consecutive months of caseload decline. Gene King, Director of the Ohio Poverty Law Center, weighs in on why caseloads may not have bottomed out. Read more here.
The Governmental Relations Section of the National Association of Bar Executives (NABE) honored Ohio State Bar Association Assistant Executive Director and Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation board member William K. Weisenberg with its first-ever Governmental Relations Section Award for outstanding service. In recognizing Weisenberg's achievements, the NABE award committee noted that he has been a diligent [...]
The "Boots on the Ground" Veterans Justice Project brings together veterans, attorneys, service providers and community organizations to identify and fulfill the needs of veterans and their families. The project, hosted by Community Legal Aid Services in Akron, was created by veteran and Equal Justice Fellow Kimberly Adams as a way to help fellow veterans [...]
Seven Veterans Legal Corps lawyers are now working in Ohio to help solve civil legal problems for homeless and low income veterans, and two of those lawyers are themselves veterans. Ohio Veteran Legal Corps lawyers, who began work on September 1, have been placed at legal aid host organizations and are representing veterans on issues [...]
The Ohio National Guard today released a tribute to veterans, including a video message by Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general: "Veterans day is a time to pause with solemn pride in the remembrance of the heroism of those who have served, those currently serving, and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice while [...]
About 1.8 million low income Ohioans will see monthly assistance for food decrease by an average of $29 with the expiration of a temporary increase in those benefits. To read more, click here.
