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Vermont Bar Foundation asks Senate Judiciary for $525,000 to expand civil legal services
Summary
Representatives of the Vermont Bar Association and the Vermont Bar Foundation asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to support a $525,000 appropriation to expand low-bono and grant-funded civil legal services statewide, citing gaps in family law, housing and consumer-debt assistance and existing foundation resources such as IOLTA.
Bob Paolini of the Vermont Bar Association asked the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 7 to back a $525,000 funding request to expand civil legal services in Vermont, saying the sum includes a 5% administrative allowance for the Vermont Bar Foundation. "The document that I filed ... is the coalition's request for funding in the amount of $500,000. Actually, $525,000 with that 5% extra as administrative costs for the VBF," he told the committee.
The request is intended to supplement existing grant programs run by the Vermont Bar Foundation and other local providers, the witnesses said. Paolini and foundation staff described the proposal as a targeted, incremental step to increase access to counsel on the civil side of the justice system, including consumer debt, housing,…
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