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Legal services groups and CASA volunteers warn budget cuts would shrink eviction defense and child advocacy services
Summary
Legal Services of New Jersey and child-advocacy nonprofit CASA told the Senate budget panel that proposed cuts to state and federal funding would reduce eviction defense, housing and child-welfare advocacy, and urged restoration of state line items and replacement of threatened federal grants.
Lede Representatives of Legal Services of New Jersey, the state’s court‑appointed special advocates (CASA), and related nonprofits told the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee that proposed cuts to state grants and the prospect of federal funding reductions would harm eviction-prevention, legal aid and child‑welfare advocacy programs.
Nut graf Speakers asked the Legislature to restore specific FY26 line items and warned that a drop in federal grants would force program cuts that affect tenants,…
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