Stunned by the news that President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget provides for completely eliminating federal funding for the nation’s main source of legal aid for low-income litigants, members of Connecticut’s legal aid community are taking the proposal seriously.
An early sign of an impending battle came quickly in a March 17 release from Connecticut Bar Association President Monte Frank, who noted about $2.6 million of the national Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) $486 million budget went to support Connecticut clients in 2016, providing representation in civil matters to veterans, poor families, and victims of domestic violence and child abuse.
