Expanding Access to Justice, Strengthening Federal Programs

Download or read book Expanding Access to Justice, Strengthening Federal Programs written by White House White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Report is WH-LAIR's first annual report to the President. Part I provides an overview of civil legal aid and WH-LAIR; Part II details WH-LAIR agencies' efforts to improve their programs by incorporating legal aid; and Part III outlines WHLAIR's plans for the future. The Report demonstrates that the 22 members of WH-LAIR have taken significant steps to integrate civil legal aid into their programs designed to serve low-income and vulnerable individuals, where doing so can improve their effectiveness and increase access to justice. The strategies that agencies deploy to advance WH-LAIR's mission largely fall into four categories: 1) leveraging resources to strengthen Federal programs by incorporating legal aid; 2) developing policy recommendations that improve access to justice; 3) facilitating strategic partnerships to achieve Federal enforcement and outreach objectives; and 4) advancing evidence-based research, data collection, and analysis.