Russell Hauser, woimira Legal Aid, posachedwapa anaika chikondi chake pa kuthetsa mavuto kuti athandize wofuna chithandizo kupezanso gawo lofunika la ndalama zake za mwezi uliwonse.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 70 ndipo amadalira ndalama pa Social Security ya mwamuna wake wakufayo komanso phindu lake la Supplemental Social Income (SSI), Mayi Jones (dzina losinthidwa kuti ateteze zinsinsi) adadzidzimuka atalandira chidziwitso kuti phindu lake likutha. Social Security idawona kuti adadutsa malire oletsa kugwiritsa ntchito. Popanda SSI, adapeza kuti kuthekera kwake kolipira lendi, zothandizira, ndi zofunika zina zinali pachiwopsezo. "Timayesetsa kuika patsogolo milandu yomwe imakhudza chitetezo cha zachuma kwa anthu omwe ali pachiopsezo," adatero Bambo Hauser.
Pamtima pa nkhaniyi panali inshuwalansi ya moyo komanso ndondomeko ya maliro. Kusamvanaku kudayamba chifukwa cha zomwe zimawoneka ngati ndondomeko zingapo, pomwe Bambo Hauser adalongosola kuti, "kampani yake ya inshuwaransi idasintha manja ndi mayina osachepera kawiri kuyambira pomwe adatenga ndondomekoyi m'ma 80s."
Mayina angapo adawonetsa kuti Mayi Jones anali ndi ndondomeko zingapo. Kunali kulimbikira kwa apolisi komwe kunathandiza: Bambo Hauser analankhula ndi kampani ya inshuwalansi yamakono kuti atsimikizire kuti kampaniyo inasintha mayina komanso kuti Mayi Jones anali ndi ndondomeko imodzi yokha.
Pambuyo pa miyezi yambiri ya ntchito m'malo mwake, Bambo Hauser adatha kutsagana ndi Mayi Jones ku ofesi ya Social Security pamene adalandira malipiro obwezeretsanso ndipo adabwezeretsa SSI yake.
“Anayamikira kwambiri ntchito imene tinagwira,” anatero a Hauser ponena za kasitomala wake. "Zikadakhala zovuta kuchita izi payekha popanda thandizo la Legal Aid."
Ma Paralegals ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la Legal Aid ndipo amathandizira Legal Aid kutengera maloya ake ogwira ntchito nthawi zonse komanso zothandizira zama lawyer a pro bono. Othandizira a Legal Aid amagwira ntchito zamalamulo moyang'aniridwa ndi maloya.
Russell Hauser wakhala ndi Legal Aid ngati paralegal kwa miyezi 18 yapitayi. Izi zisanachitike, adakhala zaka ziwiri akugwira ntchito ndi ana atagwira ntchito ku American Civil Liberties Union monga wothandizira ofesi. Bambo Hauser akulingalira za maphunziro a zamalamulo chifukwa ali ndi chikhumbo chofuna kupanga ntchito “yomenyera chilungamo.”