Idahoans Appeal Cuts to Cash Assistance Program
By REBECCA BOONE - Associated PressPublished: 05/31/11BOISE, Idaho — More than 100 people gathered at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to attend a hearing over whether they'll be able to appeal cuts to the state's cash assistance progra...
Idaho Legal Aid Shuttering Offices to Save Money
JOHN MILLER - Associated PressPublished: 05/12/11BOISE, Idaho — Money woes are forcing a non-profit legal aid outfit that helps thousands of Idaho's poorest residents to begin shuttering its offices on selected days.Idaho Legal Aid Services, whic...
Funding Crisis Forces Idaho Legal Aid to Cut Services
Boise, May 12, 2011: Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. (ILAS), the largest provider of free civil legal services to low-income Idahoans, will initiate limited office closures beginning in May due to funding cuts. ILAS is a statewide legal services prog...
Fiscal Year 2011 Bill Would Cut Legal Aid by $15.8 Million
Washington, DC—The Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) would be cut by $15.8 million, reducing funds for civil legal assistance to low-income Americans, according to legislation announced today.LSC received $420 milli...
I-CAN! E-File Hits New High In Tax Refunds to Low-Income Americans
Washington, DC—A free electronic tax filing system, launched with funding from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) eight years ago, has grown to include 560 partners in 49 states helping low-income workers apply for the Earned Income Tax Cre...
House Cuts $70 Million in FY 2011 LSC Funding; President Seeks $30 Million Increase for FY 2012
On February 19, the House passed H.R. 1 which funds the government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year (FY). The bill includes a cut of $70 million to the Legal Services Corporation basic field funding, bringing the LSC ...
House Cuts $70 Million in LSC Funding
Washington, DC 2/19/2011 —The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $70 million cut in Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funding from the current level, reducing grants to 136 local legal aid nonprofit programs by an average of 18 percent. The pr...
LSC Launches Initiatives to Help Veterans and Military Families
November 19, 2010Washington, DC -- The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) today announced the launch of StatesideLegal.org, the first national website focused on common legal problems of veterans and military families, and the start of an awarenes...
Renter's Rights
Renters have rights, but as homes are foreclosed tenants can feel helpless. You should feel empowered, though, because you cannot be pushed around. See the KBOI TV news video here.By Tami Tremblay - KBOI TV Boise
Federal Judge: Idaho Can't Cut Cash Assistance Yet
by Rebecca BooneAssociated Press Writer BOISE -- Idaho says it hopes to move ahead with its austerity measures after a federal judge blocked the state from cutting a cash assistance program for some developmentally disabled adults. U.S. District J...
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