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House budget provision, to be voted on today, would eliminate over $1M funding for legal services to ‘those most in need’ (NC)

Thursday, June 01, 2017

House budget provision, to be voted on today, would eliminate over $1M funding for legal services to ‘those most in need’

 

*North Carolina State Legislature

A provision of the House budget, which will be voted on today, would eliminate more than $1 million in legal services programs.

The Access to Civil Justice Act funds all traditional legal services programs, including Legal Aid Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC), Legal Services of Southern Piedmont and Pisgah Legal Services.

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