I-Northeast Ohio ibhekene nesikhathi esimangalisayo sokukhula nokuvuselelwa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo izakhamuzi zaseCleveland ezingaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu ziphila ngobumpofu. Nakuba “inhlekelele” yokudliwa kubikwa ukuthi isiphelile, ukudliwa kanye nenani lempahla engenalutho lihlala liphezulu. Ukufinyelela ezindlini ezithengekayo, ezinempilo kulinganiselwe, ukufinyelela kwezikweletu kulinganiselwe, futhi abantu abahola kancane babhekana nezithiyo eziningi zokuqashwa.
Umgomo we-Legal Aid's Neighbourhood Legal Practice uwukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuvuselelwa kabusha kweCleveland akushiyi ngemuva abantu abahola kancane kanye nemindeni. I-Legal Aid isebenzisa amasu ommeli womphakathi futhi isebenza ngokubambisana nezinye izinhlangano ukuguqula izindawo ezihlala kuzo futhi ibe nomthelela ohlala njalo.
Imisebenzi Yokuzijwayeza Kwezomthetho endaweni ihlanganisa ukwakha ubambiswano, usizo lwezomthetho, ukufundisa umphakathi kanye nokuxhumana nabantu, kanye nokumela ezindabeni zesistimu. Izinhloso zalolu hlelo wukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu abahola kancane bahlala ezindaweni eziqinile, ezesekayo, banezindlu eziphephile, ezizinzile, bathole izikweletu, futhi bayakwazi ukuthola imisebenzi etholakalayo.
Njengamanje, Ukuzijwayeza Kwezomthetho Komakhelwane kugxile ezindaweni ezine zaseCleveland: Kinsman, Central, Hough, kanye neBroadway/Slavic Village.