Expanding Access to Justice, Strengthening Federal Programs

By White House Domestic Policy Council

This Report is the Whitehouse-Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (WH-LAIR) first annual report to the President. Part I provides anoverview 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 policyrecommendations that improve access to justice; 3) facilitating strategic partnerships to achieve Federal enforcement

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540795683
• ISBN13: 9781540795687
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"