PRINTER'S NO. 1270
No. 90 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MURPHY, JUNE 21, 2001
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 21, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing and commending the contributions of Neighborhood
2 Legal Services Association to the well-being of residents of
3 this Commonwealth.
4 WHEREAS, Neighborhood Legal Services Association (NLSA) is a
5 private nonprofit corporation established in this Commonwealth
6 in 1966 to provide free legal services to low-income people in
7 civil matters; and
8 WHEREAS, NLSA was one of the first legal services programs
9 established in this Commonwealth; and
10 WHEREAS, NLSA's mission is to meet the civil legal needs of
11 poor and vulnerable individuals by securing the rights and
12 obtaining the benefits to which they are entitled through
13 effective legal representation of eligible individuals and
14 groups; and
15 WHEREAS, NLSA serves residents of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler
16 and Lawrence Counties with a staff of 61 attorneys, paralegals
17 and support personnel; and
18 WHEREAS, NLSA is a member of the Southwestern Pennsylvania
1 Legal Services Consortium, serving Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver,
2 Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson,
3 Lawrence, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland Counties; and
4 WHEREAS, In its 35 years of service to the communities of
5 southwestern Pennsylvania, NLSA has made a difference in the
6 lives of 500,000 low-income people and their families who were
7 victims of domestic violence; senior citizens exposed to fraud,
8 abuse and neglect; tenants unjustly evicted from their homes;
9 employees wrongly discharged; residents incorrectly denied or
10 cut off from Government benefits affecting access to health
11 care, education and food; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize and commend the
13 contributions of Neighborhood Legal Services Association to the
14 well-being of residents of this Commonwealth and congratulate
15 the program, its board and staff on 35 years of dedicated
16 service and commitment to ensuring access to justice for low-
17 income people.
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