LSC's Board of Directors has approved creation of an independent task force (PDF icon 27k) to review and make recommendations to the Board regarding LSC's fiscal oversight responsibilities and how LSC conducts fiscal oversight of its grantees.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 22 approved $430 million in Fiscal Year 2011 funding for LSC. Of that amount, $401.7 million would provide grants for the delivery of civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.
Congress has authorized $35 million in funds for a grant program aimed at providing legal help to low- and moderate-income Americans facing the loss of their home due to foreclosure.
LSC will implement recommendations of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to improve internal controls over grant awards, LSC President Victor M. Fortuno said on July 13.
LSC's Board of Directors has announced the selection of search consultants Ellen Brown and Dale Jones of Heidrick & Struggles to handle the Corporation's recruitment of a President.
Despite trailing other cities in forming a veterans court, San Antonio is at the forefront in providing free legal services to low-income veterans. As officials prepare today to announce plans for a veterans court in Bexar County, the statewide Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans legal services program is already thriving in San Antonio, State Bar [...]
This January 11?15, 2010, forty students from the University of Texas School of Law spent part of their Winter Break in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley carrying out pro bono legal work for underserved communities. The William Wayne Justice Center?s Pro Bono Program and a student group, Pro Bono in January, organized the trip [...]
Renteros, propietarios y dueños de negocios afectados por el Huracán Alex pueden buscar ayuda federal en los centros de recuperación de desastres que permanecerán abiertos a través del Valle hasta octubre próximo. La agencia federal de gestión de emergencias (FEMA) y la División de Gestión de Emergencias de Texas han instalado centros de ayuda en [...]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging renters and homeowners to take advantage of mobile Disaster Recovery Centers opening across the Rio Grande Valley through October. FEMA and the Texas Division of Emergency Management are staffing the centers at the eight counties in South Texas declared disaster areas by President Barack Obama in the wake [...]
The Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be staffing disaster recovery centers throughout the Rio Grande Valley to provide assistance to residents whose properties were damaged in June by Hurricane Alex. One location was set up Friday in Brownsville at Park Centro Cultural Center, 2100 Gregory Ave., and will [...]
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