Mbiri Yachidule ya The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Kwa zaka zoposa XNUMX, bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland lakhala likupereka chithandizo chaulere kwa anthu omwe sangakwanitse kubwereka loya.
Yokhazikitsidwa pa Meyi 10, 1905, ndi gulu lachisanu padziko lonse lapansi lothandizira zamalamulo.
Legal Aid idakhazikitsidwa pano kuti ipereke thandizo lalamulo kwa anthu opeza ndalama zochepa, makamaka osamukira kumayiko ena. Maloya awiri apadera, Isador Grossman ndi Arthur D. Baldwin, adapanga Legal Aid. A Grossman anali loya wawo yekhayo kuyambira 1905 mpaka 1912. Kuyambira 1912 mpaka 1939, Sosaite""yothandizidwa ndi zopereka zapadera""inachita mgwirizano ndi mabungwe amilandu akunja kuti azipereka chithandizo chazamalamulo. Woweruza wovomerezeka Alexander Hadden anatumikira monga pulezidenti wa bungwe la Sosaite mpaka 1920 ndipo anali pulezidenti wolemekezeka mpaka 1926.
Mu 1913, Legal Aid inakhala bungwe lothandizira ndalama la Community Fund (tsopano United Way). Kumayambiriro kwa m’ma 1960, Sosaite inasiya kusunga maloya akunja ndipo inakhazikitsa antchito akeake. Inakhala wothandizira wa Ofesi ya Economic Opportunity, "m'mbuyo wa Legal Services Corporation," mu 1966. Ikupitirizabe kulandira ndalama kuchokera ku United Way ndi Legal Services Corporation.
M'chaka chake choyamba chogwira ntchito, Legal Aid inkayimira makasitomala 456. Mu 1966, motsogozedwa ndi mkulu wa panthaŵiyo ndipo pambuyo pake Woweruza wa Khoti Lalikulu la Common Pleas Burt Griffin, Sosaite inakhazikitsa maofesi asanu m’madera oyandikana nawo a Cleveland. Pofika m’chaka cha 1970, anthu pafupifupi 30,000 opeza ndalama zochepa anali kuthandizidwa ndi maloya 66 a Legal Aid pamilandu yachiwembu, yaupandu ndi ya ana. Masiku ano, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland imagwira ntchito ku Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, ndi Lorain. Ndife gulu lokhalo lothandizira zamalamulo ku Northeast Ohio. Ndi antchito a maloya 63 ndi 38 oyang'anira / othandizira, Legal Aid imakhalanso ndi mndandanda wodzipereka wa oyimira milandu a 3,000 - pafupifupi 600 omwe akugwira nawo mlandu kapena chipatala chaka choperekedwa.
Cholinga cha Legal Aid m'zaka zake zoyambirira chinali kugwira ntchito yokhazikitsa malamulo okhudzana ndi machitidwe osagwirizana ndi mabizinesi omwe amadyera anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa. Lipoti loyamba la pachaka la Sosaite likunena za muyeso wowongolera obwereketsa ndalama omwe anali kulipiritsa anthu osauka chiwongola dzanja cha 60% mpaka 200%.
Ngakhale Sosaite isanakhazikitsidwe mwalamulo, oyambitsa ake anayesa kuthetsa kudyeredwa masuku pamutu kwa anthu osauka kochitidwa ndi oweruza amtendere a m’tauni kumene kumatchedwa “Makhoti a Anthu Osauka.” Oweruzawo adakhala momasuka ku Cleveland, yomwe inalibe khoti lakelo. Woweruza Manuel Levine, wodalirika wa Legal Aid kwa zaka 32, anali mlembi wamkulu wa bilu yomwe mu 1910 idapanga khothi loyamba lamilandu ku Ohio. Kupangidwa kwa bwalo lamilandu pambuyo pake kunadzetsa kutha kwa chilungamo chodyera masuku pamutu m’mabwalo amtendere m’boma. Ndiponso mu 1910, Sosaite inapeza chikalata chopereka chikalata chotsogolera ku kukhazikitsidwa kwa khoti lamilandu laling’ono loyamba padziko lonse. Khothi laling'ono lamilandu lidatsanziridwa kwambiri m'dziko lonselo
Kwa zaka zambiri, Legal Aid yathandizira kubweretsa kusintha kwadongosolo. Yapereka zochitika zambiri zamagulu, zomwe zapangitsa kusintha komwe kukukhudza miyoyo ya ambiri.
Kuchita bwino m'kalasi kunathana ndi zovuta zosiyanasiyana kuyambira kusankhana mitundu posankha malo oti anthu azikhalamo komanso kulemba ganyu ndi kukwezedwa kwa apolisi a Cleveland ndi ozimitsa moto mpaka kuthetseratu mapindu a SSI ndi Social Security kwa olandira popanda umboni wakusintha kwachipatala. Milandu ina inabweretsa kusintha kwa ndende za m'madera ndi zipatala za anthu odwala matenda amisala ndikukhazikitsa ufulu wopereka uphungu pazochitika zodzipereka komanso pamilandu yolakwika.
Mu 1977, Legal Aid inapambana pa chigamulo chosaiwalika cha Khoti Lalikulu ku United States pankhani ya ufulu wa mabanja okhalira limodzi pa mlandu wa Moore v. City of East Cleveland.
Ntchito zachitukuko chachuma za Legal Aid zidathandizira kukhazikitsidwa kwa Hough Area Development Corporation m'ma 1960. Milandu ya Legal Aid yapambana bwino m'malo osungira ana ndi akuluakulu, kukulitsa mwayi wamaphunziro aukadaulo kwa Omenyera Nkhondo yaku Vietnam adakana mapindu ena a GI Bill ndikupeza phindu kwa omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kuwonongeka kwa mpweya wa mafakitale.
Pakalipano, maloya a Legal Aid akuyesetsa kubweretsa chilungamo kwa makasitomala omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa, kuteteza kubwereketsa kwachiwembu, ndi mpumulo kwa ozunzidwa ndi masukulu achinyengo. Phunzirani zambiri poyang'ana zomwe zili mu Legal Aid panopa Strategic Plan.