Tshaj tawm Lub Xya Hli 8, 2024
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Lub Koom Haum Pabcuam Kev Cai Lij Choj ntawm Cleveland tau tsim ib lub koom haum pab nyiaj ntawm Cleveland Foundation noob nrog cov neeg pab nyiaj MacKenzie Scott qhov khoom plig $2.5 lab mus rau lub koom haum lig xyoo tas los.
Lub koom haum hais tias Extend Justice Fund yuav pab Legal Aid loj hlob thiab ua kom nws lub hom phiaj ntawm kev pab cov neeg uas tau nyiaj tsawg kom tau txais kev ncaj ncees thiab kev ncaj ncees los ntawm kev sawv cev kev cai lij choj thiab kev tawm tswv yim rau kev hloov pauv.
Hauv kev tshaj tawm xov xwm tshaj tawm hnub Monday, Lub Xya Hli 8, nrog Cleveland Foundation, Legal Aid tau hais tias nws pawg thawj coj saib xyuas kev tsim cov peev nyiaj yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev siv khoom plig ib zaug thiab ua tib zoo txheeb xyuas daim ntawv thov uas yuav tawm mus. loj tshaj plaws mus ntev hneev taw. Qhov kev txav mus los yuav ua rau Txoj Cai Lij Choj "kom nthuav dav qhov cuam tshuam ntawm qhov kev nqis peev qub no thiab ua rau lub siab dawb siab zoo rau yav tom ntej."
Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2023, Scott tau muab $ 2.5 lab pub dawb rau Legal Aid Society of Cleveland los ntawm nws lub koom haum pub dawb, Yield Giving. Nws yog qhov khoom plig loj tshaj plaws ib zaug hauv Legal Aid keeb kwm.
Cov nyiaj tshiab no yuav txhawb nqa kev ua haujlwm uas sib haum nrog Legal Aid txoj kev npaj tswv yim tam sim no, uas suav nrog cov hom phiaj ntawm kev ua kom zoo dua rau cov neeg siv khoom, tsim cov neeg ua haujlwm txawj thiab muaj peev xwm, thiab siv cov peev txheej hauv zej zog kom muaj kev cuam tshuam, cov xov xwm tshaj tawm hais tias.
Kev Pabcuam Kev Cai Lij Choj tau pab ntau dua 24,000 tus tib neeg xyoo tas los los ntawm cov teeb meem tau daws thiab ntau txhiab ntxiv los ntawm kev kawm kev cai lij choj thiab kev tawm tswv yim, lub koom haum hais.
Lub Cleveland Foundation thiab Legal Aid tau muaj kev koom tes "ntev" ntev, uas yog qhov tseem ceeb rau Legal Aid qhov nthuav dav ntawm Cleveland's Right to Counsel program.
Cov peev nyiaj txuas ntxiv kev koom tes ntawm Legal Aid thiab Cleveland Foundation, cov xov xwm tshaj tawm hais tias, thiab yuav tso cai rau Legal Aid "ua tiav qhov siab tshiab" hauv nws txoj haujlwm los daws cov kev xav tau loj tshaj plaws hauv Northeast Ohio.
Melanie Shakarian, tus thawj coj ntawm kev txhim kho thiab kev sib txuas lus ntawm Legal Aid Society of Cleveland tau hais tias "Raws li kev koom tes ntev nrog Cleveland Foundation, nws yog qhov tshwj xeeb rau Legal Aid txhawm rau ua kom peb txoj kev koom tes nrog Extend Justice Fund," said Melanie Shakarian, tus thawj coj ntawm kev txhim kho thiab kev sib txuas lus ntawm Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. "Ua ke, peb tuaj yeem siv peb cov cuab yeej cuab tam los txhim kho lub neej ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv ntau dua - tam sim no thiab rau tiam tom ntej. "
Legal Aid aims los txhim kho kev lav phib xaub thiab kev nkag mus rau txoj kev ncaj ncees, txhawb kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev kawm, ua kom muaj vaj tse pheej yig thiab txhim kho kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev nyab xeeb.
Scott yav dhau los tau muab $ 20 lab rau Cleveland Metropolitan School District thiab $ 6.8 lab rau Cov Tub Ntxhais & Cov Ntxhais Hluas ntawm Northeast Ohio.
Source: Crain's Cleveland Kev Lag Luam - Legal Aid tsim nyiaj ntawm Cleveland Foundation nrog MacKenzie Scott khoom plig