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42 Clearinghouse Rev. [i] (2008-2009)

handle is hein.journals/clear42 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 42 Numbers 1-2 May-June 2008 Clearinghouse REVIEW Published by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law 50 E. Washington St. Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60602 312.263.3830, Fax 312.263.3846 admin@povertylaw.org, wwvvw.povertylaw.org PRESIDENT. John Bouman EDITORIAL EDITOR AND VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS: Ilze Sprudzs Hirsh ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Edwin P. Abaya STAFF ATTORNEY-LEGAL EDITOR: Catherine Cornell VOLUNTEER ATTORNEY. Kathleen Donahue SENIOR ATTORNEY-SENIOR LEGAL EDITOR: Marcia Henry WEB CONTENT EDITOR: Michelle Nicolet STAFF ATTORNEY-LEGAL EDITOR: Catherine Dorn Schreiber STAFF ATTORNEY-LEGAL EDITOR: Jason T. Vail COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS STAFF: Martin Stainthorp ADVOCACY DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY. John Bouman SENIOR ATTORNEY: Dan Lesser STAFF ATTORNEY: Liz Mazur DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S LAW AND POLICY PROJECT Wendy Pollack SUPERVISING ATTORNEY, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT: Dory Rand SENIOR ATTORNEY. Margaret Stapleton STAFF ATTORNEY: Marie Claire Tran STAFF ATTORNEY: Samantha M. Tuttle SENIOR ATTORNEY Katherine E. Walz DIRECTOR OF HOUSING LITIGATIONWilliam Wilen COMMUNITY INVESTMENT STAFF: Brian Clappier, Kelly Slay OTHER STAFF: Melissa Cubria, Marlene Fuentes, Michaella M. Furman, Alexis Hamilton -ADMINISTRATION VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS: Elizabeth C. Ring VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Molly Bartlett LEGAL RECORDS ADVOCATE: Nancy Carey ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT Murtle Mae English DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING ASSOCIATE: Amanda Freund SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR: Matt Kelly ACCOUNTANT Nazim Khan FINANCIAL CONSULTANT. Emmett Murphy SENIOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE: Richard Rand GRANTS AND FOUNDATION SPECIALIST Brendan Short MEDIA RELATIONS ASSOCIATE: Joanna VanderWoude DEVELOPMENT STAFF: Kristen Scaletta BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR: Janice E. Rodgers, Chicago, IL VICE CHAIR: Sunny Fischer, Chicago, IL SECRETARY Divida Gude. Atlanta, GA TREASURER: C. Steven Tomashefsky, Chicago, IL William J. Beck, Chicago, IL Nicholas E. Chimicles, Haverford, PA Frederick H. Cohen, Chicago, IL Stuart Cohen, Washington, DC Sandra Cuneo, Los Angeles, CA Gregory R. Dallaire, Seattle. WA Gill Deford, Mansfield. CT LeAlan M. Jones, Chicago, IL Mickey Kantor, Washington, DC Ethel Klein, New York. NY Betty J. Musburger. Evanston, IL Catherine L. Robb, Austin, TX Jean Rudd, Chicago, IL Joe Scantlebury, Washington, DC Jill Schuker, Washington, DC John C. Thurmond, Chicago, IL Cyrus Vance Jr., New York, NY Oran Whiting, Chicago, IL Luis A. Wilmot, San Antonio, TX SENIOR ADVISOR: William Josephson EDITORIALADVISORY BOARD Gill Deford, Mansfield, CT Francisca Fajana, Boston, MA Jane Perkins, Chapel Hill, NC Theresa Vay Smith, Oak Ridge, TN Margaret Stapleton, Chicago, IL Mona Tawatao, Sacramento, CA -SHRIVER CENTER Sarigent Shriver National Center on Poverty Low About This Issue Public benefits and technology, the pursuit of racial justice, employment, and work- force development are among the themes of the authors in this first issue of the forty-second volume of CLEARINGHOUSE REvIEw. With the celebration of four decades of uninterrupted publication under our belt, the REVIEw looks forward to many more years of engaging advocates in dialogue on strategies for representing this nation's poor people and using the law to help end poverty. Low-income people and their advocates are increasingly challenged by the privatiza- tion and modernization of public benefits administration in many states. The lead article discusses the trend toward using private vendors to process applications and interact with clients and technology advances, such as computer system redesign and online applications, to improve public benefits administration. Vulnerable client groups, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities, and those with limited English proficiency, may encounter difficulties with program access, among other problems. The article covers modernization of public benefits administration in four states and the related advocacy, also suggesting ways for advocates to respond to state modern- ization initiatives. Responding to racial and ethnic disparities in the institutions, policies, and systems that keep people of color from opportunity, Legal Services of Northern California has adopted a programwide, race-conscious approach to its advocacy by establishing the Race Equity Project. The story of how LSNC instituted a race-conscious poverty law practice is told in one article, and another article by an LSNC attorney analyzes inclusionary zoning ordinances-one local land-use advocacy tool for achieving eco - nomic and racial integration. Sharing what it has learned, LSNC encourages other programs to join the national discussion on race and poverty and, if they have not already done so, to take up a race-conscious approach to advocacy. Upcoming REIEW articles will continue to examine other angles of race and poverty; let us know what you think. Other articles touch on various aspects of employment, ranging from factors affecting the ability to obtain and keep jobs to community economic development. Supporting opportunities for youth and the communities where they live, one article, by authors from the Community Investment Unit of the Shriver Center, explores developing student- run banks and advocating progressive policies in community economic and workforce development, financial education in schools, integrating the unbanked into mainstream banking, and strengthening the Community Reinvestment Act. Another article gives an overview of workers' compensation insurance laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and benefit pro- grams that advocates should understand when representing a low-income worker who is injured on the job and is at risk of losing income, health insurance, and employment. Advocates representing clients with disabilities seeking damages from state employers for employment discrimination will benefit from another article analyzing case law on state sovereign immunity and the Rehabilitation Act-the sole avenue for obtaining damages in these circumstances. And still another article offers a new theory for challenging mandatory welfare home visits. CUEARIN(os110US REsliu encourages the submission of aicles from legal aid field staff and others. Send articles to nze Sprd Hirsh. editor and vice presi- dent of communication programs. Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. o E. Washingion St. Suite 500. Chicago. IL 6o6o2. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policy of the organinations which employ them or of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverry Law. CLEAN HousE REVIEW. JOURNAL OF PovEnon LaW ANO POLIcY is published six times a year. in February. April. June, August. October. and December by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. So E. Washington St. Suite Soo, Chicago. IL 6o6o2. Annual subscription price for hard copy and online access to REviEw anricles back to 199o: $io5 to advocates at Legal Services Corporation-funded programs. $25o to nonprofit entities. $4oo to individuals. and $5xo to law libraries and foundations. ISSN ooo9-868X. Photographs and drawings that appear in CLEARINGHOUSE RcVIw are produced independently of anricles and bear no relationship to canen or incidents discussed herein. Coverphoto: rsaolty-frre stockphotography

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