The New York Times published an article about the efficacy of Nurse Family Partnerships, one of CLASI’s Medical-Legal Partnership Program partners, in helping low-income children. CLASI has supported NFP by providing free legal services to NFP clients with unmet civil legal issues–in employment, housing, benefits, and domestic violence cases. Since our partnership began, we have […]
Legal Services Funding Cuts Flying Under the Radar
Despite the fact that a recent report found 7 out of 10 poor people experienced a civil legal problem last year and that only 20% of those legal needs were met due to lack of resources, Congress has proposed a 25% cut in funding for the Legal Services Corporation. This will result in legal services […]
Legal Aid Funding in Jeopardy
Funding for legal services is at risk in the State of Delaware’s budget. Delaware’s three nonprofit legal services agencies rely on the state’s annual budget allocation of $600,000 in addition to another $280,000 of grant in aid funding in order to fund the critical services they provide to Delaware’s most vulnerable populations including people who […]
FL Attorney Runs 160 Miles to Raise $50K for Legal Aid
Is anyone in Delaware up for this challenge? A Florida attorney ran 6 marathons in 6 days and raised $50,000 for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. Read and be inspired!
The Connection Between Physical and Economic Health
This is a great piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer about the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) written by Patrick Harker, formerly president of the University of Delaware, currently head of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve. Given all that he could write about, it’s wonderful that he would focus on this problem that is so fundamentally important […]
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