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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 20, 2019

The U.S. Senate yesterday passed an appropriations bill that includes $440 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) — an increase of $25 million over last year’s budget and the largest appropriation in the agency’s history. The U.S. House of Representatives passed identical legislation on Dec. 17 and President Trump is expected to sign the bill today. According to the LSC, the majority of the appropriation is for basic field grants to fund the direct delivery of legal assistance. More than 93% of the funding will be passed on to independent legal aid organizations that serve low-income residents in every state. In a statement today, ABA President Judy Perry Martinez applauded Congress for increasing the funding.