TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 10, 2021

The Legal Services Corporation is asking Congress to earmark up to half a billion dollars to keep funding free civil legal aid to low-income Americans during a time when legal assistance is badly needed to weather the impact of the pandemic. LSC President Ronald S. Flagg said the organization has asked the House Appropriations Committee to include an amount between $350 million and $500 million in the next COVID-19 relief package. Congress appropriated $50 million for the LSC in the 2020 CARES Act. Flagg says that funding was helpful but not nearly enough to keep up with increased demand for services in recent months. The HEROES Act, passed in December 2020, did not include funding for the organization.