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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Furthermore, although lawyers can help tenants navigate many of the procedural challenges of eviction proceedings, legal services alone may not be sufficient to help tenants who need social services or cannot afford their rent. As of 2013, only 1 percent of New York City tenants were represented by lawyers in housing court.

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Lessons Learned from TANF Clients

Barrett & Greene

We started another set in 2018, with the last person interviewed on January 28, 2020, just before Covid. One of them is that there's an incredible social services system run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So, there's a lot of social supports that come through that program and that makes a difference.

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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

In August 2018, Governor Northam appointed him the chief data officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served at the Federal Transit Administration as the chief data officer and, before that, was a physical scientist at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

In 2018, the Wells Fargo Foundation donated $444 million to accelerate economic opportunity and success in underserved communities with a strategic focus on housing affordability, small business growth, and financial health. Jenny Flores, Head of Small Business Growth Philanthropy.