February saw the hard work pay off of Rights of Women and other domestic violence organisations which have been fighting the restrictive domestic violence legal
aid eligibility criteria.
Not exact matches
These include changes to
eligibility criteria and broadening the scope of legal
aid.
YLAL produced another consultation response, this time on changes to the financial
eligibility criteria for legal
aid arising from changes to the welfare benefits system, in particular the introduction for Universal Credit to replace several means - tested benefits; you can read it here.
Financial
eligibility: before the election, the government consulted on changes to the financial
eligibility criteria for legal
aid arising from changes to the welfare benefits system, in particular the introduction of Universal Credit to replace several means - tested benefits.
Amid the political uncertainty, yesterday's Ontario budget had positive news for those pushing for an expansion to the
eligibility criteria for legal
aid.
It would be the first change to the
eligibility criteria for legal
aid since 1996.
National standards for criminal and civil legal
aid coverage and
eligibility criteria are required.
What remains to be seen is whether the expansion of Legal
Aid's financial
eligibility criteria will have any noticeable impact on the gaps that Legal Help Centre is working to fill.
Legal
Aid Manitoba recently announced a significant change to its financial
eligibility criteria.
A lack of resources for legal
aid services has led to extremely low financial
eligibility criteria.
We offer representation to injured workers who financially qualify for services, in accordance with Legal
Aid Ontario's financial
eligibility criteria, if we are not at our maximum caseload.
«What the challenge is aimed at is the way in which two facets of B.C.'s legal
aid regime covering family law operate, and that's the financial
eligibility criteria being incredibly low, so you have to be quite poor to even qualify financially for legal
aid,» says Raji Mangat, co-counsel in the case and director of litigation for West Coast LEAF.
«Policy shall indicate an
eligibility criteria at the outset to consider the proposal for insurance cover to people living with HIV /
AIDS (PLHA).
Informed students about the latest federal and state financial
aid and the
eligibility criteria
• Highly skilled in conducting needs analysis in compliance with federal
criteria to determine
eligibility of each financial
aid applicant.
Eligibility criteria to work as a financial
aid advisor include... Read More»