Legal Aid Organizations Call on Gov. Pritzker for Increased Funding

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The coalition’s leaders say with more money from the state, they can offer better resources to Illinoisans who may need the help navigating a complex legal system. Find out more on LatinoVoicesWTTW

, 86% of the civil legal problems reported by low-income Americans received inadequate or no legal help and 71% of low-income households experienced at least one civil legal problem in that year.

“I come from the west side of Chicago in the Garfield Park community and the folks that I grew up with are the same people in the same communities. They live in historically marginalized communities, underrepresented, overpoliced, overcriminalized,” said Woods. “So we offer services to anybody who wants them, is in need of them, and has found themselves left behind because of either systemic barriers, low income, under education or underemployment.

Woods and Rendón say with more money from the state, they can offer more and better resources to Illinoisans who may need the help navigating a complex legal system, as well as stabilizing the financial health of member organizations. “It means we would be able to protect more Black and brown [people] and immigrants who are residents of Illinois, ensuring that they have trustworthy legal services in their communities,” Rendón said.“We recruit, train and organize what we call community navigators, primarily directly impacted folks, folks that are immigrants themselves, folks that may have been incarcerated previously or who have dealt with the legal system in the past,” Rendón said.

 

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