Russell Hauser, mumiriri weLegal Aid, munguva pfupi yapfuura akaisa rudo rwake rwekugadzirisa matambudziko muchiito kubatsira mutengi kuwanazve chikamu chakakosha chemari yake pamwedzi.
Mumakore ake ekutanga 70s uye nemari yaitsamira paSocial Security yemurume wake mushakabvu uye yake pachake Supplemental Social Income (SSI) mabhenefiti, Ms. Jones (zita rakachinjwa kudzivirira kuvanzika) vakakatyamadzwa kugamuchira chiziviso chokuti betsero dzake dzakanga dziri kumiswa. Social Security yakafunga kuti akanga adarika muganhu wezvishandiso. Pasina SSI, akawana kugona kwake kubhadhara rendi yake, zvekushandisa, uye zvimwe zvinodiwa zvaive panjodzi. "Tinoedza kukoshesa nyaya idzo dzinokanganisa kuchengetedzwa kwemari kune vanhu vanotambura," Mr. Hauser vakadaro.
Mukati menyaya iyi paive nelife insurance policy neburial policy. Kusanzwisisana kwacho kwakatanga kubva pane zvaiita sezvirongwa zvakawanda, asi chokwadi, VaHauser vakatsanangura kuti, “Kambani yake yeinishuwarenzi yakachinja maoko nemazita kanenge kaviri kubvira paakatora mutemo uyu kuma80s.
Mazita akawanda akaita kuti zviite sekuti Mai Jones vaive nemapolicy akati wandei. Kwakanga kuri kuramba kwomutongi wedare kwakabetsera: Mr. Hauser vakakurukura nekambani yeinishuwarenzi yazvino nokuda kwoufakazi hwokuti kambani yakanga yachinja mazita uye kuti Ms. Jones aingova nemutemo mumwe chete.
Mushure memwedzi yekushanda panzvimbo yake, Mr. Hauser akakwanisa kuperekedza Mai Jones kuhofisi yeSocial Security sezvaaigamuchira mari yekudzorera uye akaita kuti SSI yake idzoserwe.
"Akatenda chaizvo basa ratakaita," Mr. Hauser vakadaro nezvemutengi wavo. "Zvingadai zvakandiomera kuzvibata ndega pasina rubatsiro rweLegal Aid."
Paralegals chikamu chakakosha chechimiro cheLegal Aid uye vanobatsira Legal Aid kukwidziridza vashandi venguva yakazara gweta uye pro bono gweta zviwanikwa. Vakuru veLegal Aid vanoita basa remutemo vachitariswa nemagweta.
Russell Hauser anga aine Legal Aid semumiriri wezvemitemo kwemwedzi gumi nemisere yapfuura. Izvi zvisati zvaitika, akapedza makore maviri achishanda nevana mushure mekushanda kuAmerican Civil Liberties Union semubatsiri wehofisi. VaHauser vari kufunga nezvechikoro chemutemo nekuti vane chido chekuita basa “kurwira kururamisira.”