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Kansas Legal Services seeks renewal of expungement clinic funding after serving about 1,200 Kansans in two years
Summary
Matthew Keenan, executive director of Kansas Legal Services, told the committee that expungement clinics have performed about 20 events and helped roughly 1,200 Kansans over two years and that KLS seeks renewal of $200,000 to continue statewide clinics and add driver’s‑license restoration services.
Matthew Keenan, executive director of Kansas Legal Services, briefed the joint committee on a two‑year statewide expungement clinic project funded with interim legislative support. Keenan said the clinics reached rural and urban counties, used volunteer attorneys and corporate law partners to do intake and paperwork, and produced measurable outcomes for participants who cleared eligible nonviolent records.
Keenan said about 20 clinics have served approximately 1,200 Kansans across multiple judicial districts. He…
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