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02/07/25: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on 2024 Federal Income Tax Returns

02/04/25: Legal Services of New Jersey, Harvard Law Crimmigration Clinic, and Lowenstein Sandler Llp Secure Preliminary Injunction Against Federal Government, Requiring Immediate Suspension of Policy Denying Detained Noncitizens Access to NJ Courts

12/16/24: LSNJ Urges New Jersey Lawmakers to Stand Tall in Backing a New Federal Rule Against Excessive Bank Overdraft Fees

12/09/24: Amid This Winter’s Chill, Lower Heating and Utility Costs Again Available for Low-Income New Jerseyans

11/13/24: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Preparing for the Next Natural Disaster

10/16/24: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Domestic Violence and Protections for Victims

09/16/24: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Pinpoints Common Misconceptions About the Rights of Some Employees

08/09/24: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Key Enrollment and Related Rights for Students and Parents in the New School Year

06/14/24: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses On The Rights of Workers and Tenants in the State

05/17/24: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on the Rights of a Parent Facing Bench Warrants for Child Support Failures

03/18/24: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Emergency Assistance Services and Expungement Reforms

02/14/24: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on 2023 Federal Income Tax Returns

12/12/23: Key Nutritional Aid Services Available for Low-Income New Jerseyans

09/14/23: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Key Rights and Responsibilities of Tenants Before Eviction Trials

08/01/23: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Key Rights of Students and Parents in the New School Year

06/09/23: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Safeguards for the State’s LGBTQ+ Community

05/10/23: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Available Contraceptive Services

04/11/23: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Tenant Confidentiality in Covid-Era Eviction Matters

03/13/23: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Process of Redetermining Eligibility for Most Medicaid Recipients

01/20/23: Workers May Qualify for Substantial Federal Tax Credit

12/13/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Child Health Insurance and Food Stamps

11/07/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Marketplace Health Policies and the New Property Tax Benefit

10/04/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Domestic Violence and Related Issues

09/15/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Key Rights of Students and Parents in the New School Year

05/04/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Changes Helping Special Education Students Impacted by COVID-19

04/25/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Changes Easing the Transition of Ex Offenders

04/01/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Emergency Assistance for the Homeless

03/09/22: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Laws Helping People Overcome Past Criminal Records

02/09/22: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on 2021 Federal Income Tax Returns and Help for Human Trafficking Victims

12/07/21: As the Winter Chill Sets In, There’s a New Benefit to Warm the Hearts of Low-Income Residents: Lower Heating and Utility Costs

10/25/21: Legal Services of New Jersey Offering Special Hotline Help for Residents Facing Losses From Hurricane Ida’s Devastation

10/08/21: Legal Services to Hold Memorial Service Honoring Its Past President, Melville D. Miller, Jr.

09/02/21: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Rights of Tenants Facing Eviction, Obligatory Settlement Conferences

07/06/21: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Expiditing Marijuana Expungements and School Enrollment Protections for Students

05/28/21: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on How Human Traffickers Use Drugs to Recruit People

05/06/21: Legal Services of New Jersey Newsletter Focuses on Tenants’ Rights Against Illegal Eviction Circumstances

03/08/21: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Special Assistance Programs for New Jerseyans During the COVID Pandemic

03/04/21: Legal Services of New Jersey Visionary Melville D. Miller, Jr. Dies

02/11/21: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on 2020 Federal Income Tax Returns and the Growth of Human Trafficking

12/10/20: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Child Support, Cold Weather Issues Facing the Poor and Homeless

10/27/20: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on the State’s Own Health Insurance Marketplace Program

10/05/20: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Domestic Violence Restraining Orders for Abused Victims

09/08/20: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on New Jersey’s Move to Mainly Mail Voting

08/27/20: Expungment reform opens doors and brings hope to many more in New Jersey.

07/29/20: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on the Federal Eviction Law Moratorium

06/08/20: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Temporarily Delaying Mortgage Payments and Foreclosure During the Pandemic

05/08/20: Legal Services Newsletter Highlights Unemployment, Family Leave, Food Stamps Benefits Available During The Pandemic

04/08/20: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Income Limits for NJ FamilyCare Programs and Time Limits for some Food Stamp Recipients

03/31/20: Legal Services Launches Program for Victims Enslaved by Human Trafficking

03/12/20: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Availability of Free Copies of Medical Records and Implications of the New Public Charge Rule

02/19/20: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Expungement Reforms, Federal Income Tax Returns

12/03/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on New Foreclosure Law Changes

11/06/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Help Paying Energy Bills and Whistleblower Protections

10/24/19: Legal Services of New Jersey President Stepping Down

10/10/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on what Can Be An Exasperating Situation: Being the Target of Revenge Porn

09/06/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Forthcoming "Public Charge" or Wealth Test for Immigrant Status

07/03/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on School Enrollment Issues and Related Matters

06/20/19: Focusing First on Stabilizing Measures to Preserve Families before Children are Removed from Their Parents’ Custody

06/07/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Landlord-Tenant Security Deposit Issues

05/31/19: Legal Services’ 2019 Major Awards Event Highlights Two Lawmakers and the Memories of Two New Jersey Legal Luminaries

05/08/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Recourses for Clients Against Unscrupulous Lawyers

05/01/19: Legal Services Gains Supreme Court Victory in Unemployment Comp Cases

04/24/19: Legal Services of New Jersey Statement on DHS Initiatives to Address Homelessness

03/12/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Meeting Health Insurance Mandate Laws

02/12/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on 2018 Federal Income Tax Returns and Some of the New Changes

02/07/19: New Do-it-Yourself Guide to Divorce Now Available from Legal Services of New Jersey

01/07/19: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Help Paying Energy Bills

10/25/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Safeguards for Domestic Violence Victims

09/28/18: Legal Services Sees Wave of New Applications for Expunging Criminal Records as New Reform Law Takes Effect Monday

09/11/18: Comments from Legal Services of New Jersey for Inclusion in Media Coverage of Latest Poverty and Other Statistics Being Released for Publication by the Census Thursday, September 13

09/07/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on School Nutrition Programs and School Bullying

08/01/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on School Enrollment Issues and Student Disciplinary Situations

06/20/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on the new Paid Sick Leave Law Affecting most New Jersey Workers

06/18/18: A Second Chance for Parents to Parent

05/08/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on the Charity Care Program that Helps Uninsured Poor People Pay Hospital Bills

04/17/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Child Custody Situations when One Parent Wants to Move Out of State

04/12/18: New Federal Action Would Cut Off Due Process Protections for Newly Arrested Immigrants

04/12/18: New Federal Action Would Cut Off Due Process Protections for Newly Arrested Immigrants (Spanish)

03/22/18: Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Special Enrollment Period for Obtaining 2018 Marketplace Insurance and Other Issues

03/01/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on 2017 Federal Income Tax Returns and some Key Changes for Next Year's Returns

01/19/18: Legal Services Urges Low-to-Moderate Income People to Take Advantage of Free Tax Preparation Services

01/11/18: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Minimum Wages, Unemployment Benefits, IRS Debt Collections, Expungement Issues

11/28/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Aid Programs to Reduce Utility Bills, as well as the Looming Termination of DACA

11/20/17: As New Jersey Legal Services Prepares for Its 50th Anniversary, One Client’s Story Depicts how the Organization has helped some 8 Million Poor People with Legal Problems over the Years

11/01/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Deadline for Obtaining Marketplace Private Health Insurance Policies

10/04/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Food Stamp Requirements and Other Services for Low-Income Residents

08/18/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on School Enrollment Issues and Help for Toddlers with Developmental Delays

07/05/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Covers New Jersey Tough School Bullying Law

06/20/17: A Second Chance for Parents to Parent

06/06/17: Legal Services Opens New Data Trove and Hall of Fame – The New Jersey Equal Justice Library and Archive and Circle of Honor

05/19/17: Two Legal Luminaries and Renowned Lawmaker Headline Legal Services' 2017 Major Awards Event

05/18/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Covers Social Security Reviews for Continued Disability Benefits

04/24/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Details Ins and Outs for Food Stamp Applicants

04/03/17: Legal Services of New Jersey now Offering its Online Gateway to Getting Criminal Records Expunged — in Spanish

03/28/17: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Focuses on Cyber Harassment Issues and Unemployment Benefits Applications

03/01/17: Statement from Melville D. Miller, Jr., President of Legal Services of New Jersey, Concerning the Potential Effect on the Poor of Proposed State Funding Reductions for Legal Services

02/20/17: Legal Services Urges Low-to-Moderate Income People to take Advantage of Free Tax Preparation Services

12/21/16: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Spells Out Options and Procedures Confronting Tenants About to be Evicted

11/10/16: Legal Services Expert on Issues Facing Ex Offenders Cited for Prestigious NAACP Award

10/27/16: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Covers Protections Available for Victims of Abuse

10/14/16: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Provides Details on Voting Rights and Tax Advantaged Savings Accounts for the Disabled

04/17/16: Legal Services of New Jersey Gearing for Waves of Inquiries Over Major Expungement Law Changes that Take Effect Tomorrow

04/13/16: Latest Legal Services Newsletter Spans Domestic Violence, Food Stamp, Child Removal and Expungement Issues

03/14/16: Legal Services of New Jersey Offering Consumer Law Training Sessions for Pro Bono Attorneys

03/07/16: Legal Services Keys Entire Newsletter to Tax Issues

02/11/16: Legal Services; Bilingual Videos Detail Free Tax Services for Poor People

11/18/15: Legal Services of New Jersey Introduces New Online Gateway to Getting Criminal Records Expunged

06/30/15: Free Legal Help Available for Sandy Victims Seeking Review of Disputed Damage Claims

06/28/15: Lack of Housing Plays A Critical Role for Poor Parents in Keeping their Families Together

10/06/14: Legal Services Creates Award In Name Of Former Gov. Kean; Justice James H. Coleman Jr. First Recipient

06/17/14: Impact of Substance Dependency Within The Child Welfare System

08/22/13: New Jersey Legal Services’ Videos Now Available on what Abuse Victims Need to know about Getting Restraining Orders

05/07/13: Legal Services of New Jersey to Present Free Training Session on Foreclosure Defense

11/29/12: Legal Services Announces Coordinated Statewide Legal Assistance to Hurricane Sandy Victims with Support of a Major New Grant

11/26/12: Legal Services Launches Special Sandy Hotline as part of Coordinated Statewide Effort to Help Victims

06/18/12: New LSNJ Report Reveals Widening

05/23/11: Assembly Panel Hears Legal Services Funding Plight

03/24/11: Legal Services of New Jersey Files Motion to Intervene in Foreclosure Case

11/10/10: Legal Services of New Jersey Offers Foreclosure Defense Training Seminar for Pro Bono Attorneys

05/19/10: Legal Services Announces Open Report on Human Consequences of Funding Crisis for Civil Legal Services, Further Staff Reductions

02/11/10: Legal Services of New Jersey to Aid Haitians Applying for Temporary Protected Status


POVERTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE NEWS RELEASES


09/08/22: New Legal Services Study Spotlights What True Poverty Looks Like in an Uneven Playing Field

07/11/21: Legal Services of New Jersey Study Finds Nearly 3 Million Residents in True Poverty — Three Times What the Census Reported

09/25/19: Comments from Legal Services of New Jersey for Media Coverage of Latest Poverty and Other Statistics Being Released by the Census for Publication Thursday, September 26

09/14/17: Key observations about the latest census figures on poverty in New Jersey

09/14/16: For Release Sept. 15 with Media Stories on NJ Poverty Statistics

09/09/16: Legal Services of New Jersey: Census Poverty Reports coming Tuesday and Thursday expected to depict Modest Decline in New Jersey Poverty but continue to Underestimate True Extent of Deprivation

11/15/15: Legal Services’ Annual Study Affirms Continuing Record Levels of Poverty Still the Norm in NJ; Offers Plan for Remidial Changes

09/15/15: Four Key Points about the Upcoming Census Release

12/18/14: Legal Services Study Finds Economic Recovery Not Stemming NJ Income Inequality

09/11/14: Official Census Poverty Rate In NJ Projected To Drop But Recession's End Offers Meagre Help For The Impoverished

08/31/14: New Legal Services Study Defines Poverty Based On What It Really Costs To Live In New Jersey

09/05/13: Poverty in New Jersey Mushrooms to Five-Decade Record

05/05/13: New Legal Services Study: Here's what it Really Costs to Live in New Jersey

09/20/12: LSNJ Analysis of New Jersey Impacts from Today’s American Community Survey

09/12/12: LSNJ Analysis Of New Jersey Impacts From Today’s Census Bureau Data Release

07/29/12: New Legal Services Study Shows New Jersey Rich Get Richer, Poor Poorer

09/23/11: Census Release Reveals Plight of Children in Poverty and Workers

09/22/11: Legal Services of New Jersey Reacts to Census Figures on Poverty

09/13/11: New Jersey Poverty Rate Hits Double Digits

03/22/11: New Jersey’s Escalating Phenomenon: Poverty

11/29/10: New Report on Welfare and Work by Legal Services of New Jersey Poverty Research Institute to Be Released at Conference in Edison

11/10/10: New Report on Living in Poverty in New Jersey to Be Released at Conference in Trenton

09/28/10: New Census Data Show Recession’s Impact on Poverty in 2009: Latest Poverty Data by Demographics and Geographies

09/28/10: 2009 Charts: New Census Data Show Recession’s Impact on Poverty in 2009: Latest Poverty Data by Demographics and Geographies

09/16/10: NJ Child Poverty Jumped while Overall Poverty Remained High in 2008-2009 Highlighting the Need for Increased Commitment to Anti-Poverty Programs

02/09/10: Report Presents Comprehensive Analysis of New Jersey Poverty, Calls for Coordinated State Approach & Goal-Setting