Federally-funded legal services for the poor has fallen under the chopping block in Congress:
House and Senate conferees on Monday agreed to slash funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) by nearly 14 percent.
The agreement reduced funding for LSC in 2012 to $348 million from $404.19 million in 2011. The last time LSC was funded at $348 million was in 2007.
The effect that this reduction will have on LSC grantees and the community of clients that they serve is immeasurable. In light of the crippling economic crisis that the country is facing, the need for legal assistance for low-income people is burgeoning, while at the same time legal services providers are being forced to lay off staff, close offices, and make critical programmatic decisions. Access to justice is vital, and this draconian cut is devastating to our nation's promise of justice for all.
The entire cut is designated to come from basic field programs, which means LSC grantees providing legal assistance to low-income clients would see a cut to their grants amounting to 14.8 percent. LSC's Management and Grants oversight and Office of Inspector General budgets would remain at the same funding level as in 2011
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