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Colorado lags significantly behind its Western neighbors on per-capita state funding for legal aid, according to a new report published Thursday by the Colorado Access to Justice Commission, a coalition working to address barriers in the civil justice system.
Lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would double the amount of money Colorado allocates to legal aid organizations.
Colorado lags significantly behind its Western neighbors on per-capita state funding for legal aid, according to a new report published Thursday by the Colorado Access to Justice Commission, a coalition working to address barriers in the civil justice system.
Colorado lags significantly behind its Western neighbors on per-capita state funding for legal aid, according to a new report published Thursday by the Colorado Access to Justice Commission, a coalition working to address barriers in the civil justice system.
Colorado Legal Services provides free civil legal services to qualified low-income Coloradans, handling more than 358 Weld County cases in 2022. Those cases spanned everything from tenant-landlord disputes to public benefits issues to debtor relief. And they led to an immediate and long-term impact of over $4.2 million throughout the county.