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COMBINED CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE 2011 HELPING DELAWAREANS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS 
Even as our economy recovers, many Delaware families still struggle to meet their basic needs. Low-income families face tough decisions about providing for their children. Regularly, they ask themselves, “How will I keep my family in our home?” “My child needs to see a doctor, but I can’t get health insurance.” “How can I escape my abusive husband and bring my children up in a safe environment?” Free legal services available from Community Legal Aid Society, Inc, (CLASI), Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. (DVLS) and Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc. (LSCD) help low-income families solve the legal difficulties they face so they can answer these questions. In 2010, the three legal services providers helped 4,822 families meet their basic needs. Your donation to the 2011 Combined Campaign for Justice will enable CLASI, DVLS and LSCD to provide access to justice for Delaware’s neediest families to help them become self-sufficient.
NEED: Safety from abuse A father of two boys, age 14 and 11, came to DVLS because the mother of the boys, who had sole custody, was extremely abusive toward them and refused to let their father visit or have any contact with them. The mother routinely drank, beat the boys with brooms, locked them in closets, failed to provide food on a daily basis and refused to wash their clothes. The 11-year-old suffered so much from the abuse that he still had a bed-wetting problem. DVLS represented the father in a custody hearing at which the boys’ counselors testified that any contact with their mother would cause serious setbacks in their therapy. DVLS helped the father obtain full custody of the boys so they could grow up in a safe, healthy environment.
NEED: Access to healthcare CLASI assisted a family with three children, one of whom had leukemia. The family’s Medicaid and food benefits were wrongfully terminated due to a problem with the renewal paperwork, leaving them without access to necessary treatments and a healthy diet. With CLASI’s assistance, the case was reopened within 24 hours and CLASI helped the family report changes in their income to retain their Medicaid and receive the appropriate food benefit level.
NEED: A roof over their heads LSCD helped an older woman who thought she had refinanced her home, only to find herself in foreclosure proceedings. The woman had responded to a home solicitation to take out a loan with her home as collateral. She signed loan documents in her home with a representative of the lender, but several years later a mortgage supposedly signed by the woman appeared in the public records as “lost.” She came to LSCD for help when the bank initiated foreclosure action based on these false documents. LSCD helped her file for bankruptcy to give time to straighten out the loan documents. As a result of LSCD’s help, the foreclosure proceedings were dismissed and the woman obtained a title to her home, free and clear of any liens.
Your gift to the Combined Campaign for Justice will help Delawareans meet their basic needs. Make your donation to the Campaign in three ways:
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