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CIVIL LEGAL AID CUT 20% IN STATE BUDGET [ June 13, 2012 ]
Despite recent study demonstrating economic benefit to Illinois
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) reports that the state appropriation for civil legal aid was cut 20% from $1.75 million to $1.4 million in the budget recently passed by the General Assembly. The appropriation was slashed 50% from $3.5 million in 2010.

This latest cut comes a week after a study was released detailing the economic benefits that civil legal aid provides the state. The report, Legal Aid in Illinois: Selected Social and Economic Benefits, was commissioned by the Chicago Bar Foundation and the IEJF and researched by the Social IMPACT Research Center. It provides a snapshot of the conomic return legal aid providers produce for their low-income clients and the state at large.
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