Senate Appropriations Committee Approves $40 Million Funding Increase for LSC in FY09; Restricts $30 Million of Basic Field Grant to Mortgage Foreclosures
Legal Services E-lert

Date of E-Lert – 06/27/08

Bibliographic Info:
Author: Legal Services Corporation
Source: LSC Update
Date: 6/20/08

LSC reports:  "The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $390 million for the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) FY 2009 budget yesterday [June 19, 2008], a $40 million, or 11% increase over current funding levels, and the same amount recommended by a House subcommittee [on June 12, 2008 and approved by the full House Appropriations Committee on June 25, 2008] . . . .  LSC would distribute $369 million of the total to 137 grantees providing free civil legal services to low-income Americans . . . An additional $3.8 million would be allocated to LSC's Technology Initiative Grants program, which funds innovative technology projects that help grantees more efficiently and effectively serve their clients.  The Committee also dedicated $1 million to LSC's Loan Repayment Assistance Program, which helps alleviate the crushing education debt burdens of low-paid legal aid lawyers.  Of the remaining $16.2 million, $13 million would cover the management and oversight expenses of the Corporation and $3.2 million would go to the Office of Inspector General."  The Senate Appropriations Committee restricted $30 million of the additional basic field grant funding to foreclosure-related legal assistance.

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