Under that program, civil cases for eligible clients are assigned to private attorneys who have agreed to participate.
We prescreen potentially eligible clients and assist them in filing applications.
Staff provides eligible clients with the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter.
These are agreements made with other service providers, such as domestic violence shelters, to refer eligible clients to our grantees.
The Matters data includes some people who were not eligible clients.
"We have less money, and a decreasing ability to reach an ever-growing number of eligible clients," he said.
Since then, no eligible clients have been made to wait for services.
One aid lawyer is available per 11,000 eligible clients compared to one attorney per 375 people in the general population.
Legal assistance is provided to eligible clients without charge.
"We have a population of eligible clients now in excess of 36 million people, who live in poverty," he said yesterday.