Monday, March 26, 2018

Omnibus spending bill includes increase in funding for the Legal Services Corp.

Last month, I reported that Trump's budget proposal would eliminate all funding for the Legal Services Corp, the largest single funder of civil legal aid for low-income people.

However, somehow the omnibus spending bill he signed included a funding increase for the LSC which will get an additional $25 million, for a total of $410 million in fiscal 2018.

Read more about it here.

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