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Protecting the safety net that is available to assist clients in meeting survival needs is an area of law in which LSEM has been aggressively involved for many years. Public Benefits Advocates work hard to insure income maintenance and adequacy of health care for the poor.
The focus of the program has changed with the advent of Legal Services Corporation's imposed restrictions and changes in welfare legislation. Instead of challenging general regulations and statute, LSEM now actively pursues individual cases through the mandatory hearing process in an attempt to set precedent for the types of coverage that will be available to clients in the future. How welfare changes have affected recipients of SSI, for example, has made this unit's work increasingly important during the past year.
This unit will also work jointly with the new Employment Law unit on the Workfare requirements that are affecting much of our client population.
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