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Civil legal services programs Low income Kentuckians Advocacy partners The public
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” “ Full-time coordination in a number of areas would serve to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our respective programs . . . . . . Our expectations are probably beyond the capacity of the small staff we are seeking to fund.” --John Rosenberg, in original grant proposal “Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” --Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Best Done Statewide Training Brief Bank and Newsletter Energy Attorney Advocacy in Frankfort Community Education
Task Forces Advocacy in Frankfort Litigation Project Immigrant Rights Project … and some of the rest!
Formation Expansion Federal Funds Gone Rebuilding Litigation Project 2002 Equal Justice Works Fellowship 2004
HB 434: ensured post-secondary education as a work activity in K-TAP Kerr class action: restored Medicaid long term care for 3410 elderly and disabled Kentuckians Horse farm case: Recovered over $92,000 in unpaid wages for workers
The Founders Board of Directors Staff Task Force Chairs Community Members & Clients Public Interest Partners Policy Makers
New board members John Chenault Melynda Price Will Snyder Pierre Thervil
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. -Anne Frank
Kentucky Equal Justice Center Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs