Ke ʻike nei ʻo Northeast Ohio i kahi manawa kupaianaha o ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻōla hou ʻana. I ka manawa like, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hapakolu o nā kamaʻāina ʻo Cleveland e noho ʻilihune. ʻOiai ua hōʻike ʻia ka pau ʻana o ka "pilikia" paʻa, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me nā uku waiwai hakahaka. Ua kaupalena ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hale kūʻai maikaʻi, palena ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻaiʻē, a ʻo ka poʻe me ka loaʻa kālā haʻahaʻa e kū nei i nā keʻakeʻa he nui i ka hana.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka Legal Aid's Neighborhood Legal Practice, ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole e haʻalele ka hana hou ʻana o Cleveland i nā poʻe a me nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa. Hoʻohana ʻo Legal Aid i nā hoʻolālā loio kaiaulu a hana pū me nā hui ʻē aʻe e hoʻololi i nā kaiāulu a loaʻa ka hopena mau loa.
ʻO nā hana ʻo Neighborhood Legal Practice e pili ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pilina, ke kōkua kānāwai, ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiāulu a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pilikia ʻōnaehana. 'O ka pahuhopu o ka Papahana ka 'oia'i'o e noho ka po'e me ka 'emi ha'aha'a ma nā wahi e pili ana i ka ikaika, kāko'o, loa'a ka hale palekana, pa'a, loa'a ka 'ai'ē, a hiki iā lākou ke kūpono i ka hana i loa'a.
I kēia manawa, kālele ʻo Neighborhood Legal Practice i ʻehā mau kaiāulu ʻo Cleveland: Kinsman, Central, Hough, a me Broadway/Slavic Village.