Civil Law
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New! ESS Application Barriers
In a publication called "DCF Quick Facts, December 2006", DCF acknowledges that the three statewide calls centers abandoned close to 60,000 calls in one month (11/06)! DCF also notes that although over 17,000 more applications were filed in November 2006 than 12 months earlier, only 94% as many food stamp households and 89% as many Medicaid families were served as compared to the year before. More . . .
Click here to check out the 2006 Legislative Wrap-Up.
Click here for a DCF chart showing changes to the ways the agency will treat (exclude) certain types of income and assets in particular DCF programs.
Click here to check out employment opportunities!
Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys - New Edition
The Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys, an invaluable resource for legal aid and public interest lawyers, has recently been updated. The 2006 edition, edited by Jeffrey S. Gutman, Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at George Washington University Law School and published by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, is now available in PDF format. Individual chapters from the manual are available for download free of charge from the Shriver Center's online Poverty Law Library.
An HTML version of the manual, which will include links to hyperlinks to statutes, case documents, and model pleadings is forthcoming on eJustice.org, the Shriver Center's national technology project. More...
Pro Bono Help Needed!Explore the resources at www.floridaprobono.org
The Kids Deserve Justice specialty license plate funds free legal services to low-income children in Florida. Every dollar of the Kids Deserve Justice specialty license plate fee of $25.00 will fund children's legal services. No administrative costs will be deducted by The Florida Bar Foundation.
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Selfhelpsupport.org is an SJI funded, award winningmembershipsite thatserves as a Network for Practitioners of Self-Help Programs as well asan online Clearinghouse of information relating to self-representation.
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