State Provides $5 Million Increase to Legal Aid

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 07 No. 2016 Pg. 03
• Publication year: 2016
• Pages: 03
• Year: 2016
• topic: Charity and Non-Profit Law,Civil Rights,Public Sector Law,Social Security

State provides $5 million increase to legal aid No. 2016 #03 California Bar Journal July, 2016

Psyche Pascual, Staff Writer

A State Bar-administered pool of money that finances legal services for low-income people, seniors and people with developmental disabilities got a big boost after Gov. Jerry Brown last month approved an additional $5 million in funding.

The Equal Access Fund’s jump in funding is sizeable for one that has remained at roughly $10 million since its inception in 1999.

“It really is quite a victory,” said Catherine Blakemore, executive director of Disability Rights California, based in Sacramento, which helped about 25,700 people with the Equal Access funds it received last year. “We have a real priority to reaching out to targeted communities with disabilities.”

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