Legal Action Group released a new report, Justice in freefall, analysing the latest legal aid statistics from the Ministry of Justice and recommending immediate commencement of the LASPO review, reinvestment of
the civil legal aid budget underspend in an innovation fund and a public information campaign about what problems legal aid is available for.
Not exact matches
In the meantime, Lippman is pushing for an increased
budget of $ 100 million for his
civil legal services
aid initiative, up from $ 85 million in the current
budget.
For the 2013 - 2015 Washington State
budget, the Office of
Civil Legal Aid (OCLA), which funds NJP, received the same level of funding that the Legislature provided in the 2011 - 2013 biennium — $ 23.186 million.
The total
budget for
civil legal aid services for the next two years, including the maintenance increase, is approximately $ 23 million.
We met with nearly 90 members of the Legislature to advocate for increased funding for
legal aid; • Op - eds from well - respected Washingtonians ran in the Tacoma News Tribune, The Chronicle, The Olympian, and The Spokesman Review; • The House's
budget included a $ 7.6 million increase for
legal aid, and for the first time ever, House democrats specifically identified
civil legal aid as a priority in their external communications and interviews with the media; • Our statewide coalition and network of support greatly expanded.
Sir Ian is being guided to make recommendations about splitting the
legal aid fund into criminal and
civil budgets.
This year, lawyers were seeking $ 17 million in funding for
civil legal aid in the fiscal year 2015 Massachusetts state
budget.
The group, which held its annual walk to Beacon Hill on Thursday, is pushing for the state
budget to include $ 25 million in
civil legal aid funding next year and then ratchet up to a total of $ 45 million in funding over the three years.
January 30, 2015 — «Attorneys from private law firms and advocates of
civil legal aid organizations in Massachusetts gathered at the State House Thursday, calling for a $ 10 million funding increase in next year's state's
budget for
civil legal aid.
On July 12, Governor Scott Walker signed Wisconsin's 2015 - 17 state
budget into law, including a provision that appropriates $ 500,000 in each year of the biennium for
civil legal aid services to abuse victims.
This further restricts
Legal Aid's already drastically underfunded budget for civil legal
Legal Aid's already drastically underfunded budget for civil legal a
Aid's already drastically underfunded
budget for
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However, there is an important difference between the House and Senate
budgets, and we need your help in contacting your legislators to make sure the House
budget for
civil legal aid is the one that's adopted and sent to the Governor.
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of
civil legal aid supporters, the Supplemental Budget includes $ 552,000 for the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA), which administers and oversees state funding for legal
civil legal aid supporters, the Supplemental Budget includes $ 552,000 for the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA), which administers and oversees state funding for legal
legal aid supporters, the Supplemental Budget includes $ 552,000 for the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA), which administers and oversees state funding for legal a
aid supporters, the Supplemental
Budget includes $ 552,000 for the Office of
Civil Legal Aid (OCLA), which administers and oversees state funding for legal
Civil Legal Aid (OCLA), which administers and oversees state funding for legal
Legal Aid (OCLA), which administers and oversees state funding for legal a
Aid (OCLA), which administers and oversees state funding for
legallegal aidaid.
Good news — both the House and Senate have passed their supplemental
budgets and both include increased funding for
civil legal aid!
However, there is an important difference between the House and Senate
budgets, and we need your help in contacting your legislators to make sure the House
budget for
civil legal aid is the one that's -LSB-...]