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The LSC Opioid Task Force’s recently released report offers recommendations on how legal aid providers can collaborate with the medical, judicial, law enforcement, and other communities to best...
In April 2018, the Legal Services Corporation created an Opioid Task Force to identify the civil legal issues faced by individuals and families affected by OUD and the role that civil legal aid...
Opioid addiction and overdosing is a public health crisis affecting nearly every community in America. The White House Council of Economic Advisors estimated that in 2015 the economic cost of the...
Our client, Sally* came to us with a foreclosure case. She was struggling financially for several reasons, including the fact that she was paying for several stays in drug rehab for her son...
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's (LSHV) client, Sylvia* is the paternal grandmother of three children whose parents are heroin addicts who have each had several incarcerations. LSHV represented...
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's (LSHV) client Jenni’s* husband was physically abusive to her and had an alcohol and pill problem. Her husband was also an absentee father, and as a result of his...
Opioid Task Force Overview The opioid epidemic is a public health crisis, devastating urban, suburban, and rural communities across the United States. Each day, 115 Americans die from opioid overdose...
