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43 Clearinghouse Rev. [i] (2009-2010)

handle is hein.journals/clear43 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 43, Numbers 1-2 May-June 20091 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 www.povertylaw.org PRESIDENT. John Bouman EDiTORIAL EDITOR AND VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS: lize Sprudzs Hirsh ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Edwin R Abaya STAFF ATTORNEY-LEGAL EDITOR: Catherine Cornell SENIOR ATTORNEY-LEGAL EDITOR: Marcia Henry VOLUNTEER ATTORNEY: Kathleen Donahue McNally WEB CONTENT EDITOR: Michelle Nicolet STAFF ATTORNEY-LEGAL EDITOR: Catherine Dorn Schreiber STAFF ATTORNEY-LEGAL EDITOR: Jason T. Vail AMERICORPS VISTA: Linda Jordan ADVOCACY DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY: John Bouman SUPERVISING ATTORNEY, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT UNIT. Karen K. Harris STAFF ATTORNEY. Jennifer L. Hrycyna STAFF ATTORNEY: Andrea Kovach SENIOR ATTORNEY: Dan Lesser DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S LAW AND POLICY PROJECT Wendy Pollack SENIOR ATTORNEY. Margaret Stapleton STAFF ATTORNEY: Marie Claire Tran STAFF ATTORNEY: Samantha M. Tuttle SENIOR ATTORNEY: Katherine E. Walz DIRECTOR OF HOUSING LITIGATION: William Wilen SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR: Michaella M. Furman AMERICORPS VISTA: Apreye Baralaye, Callie Dendrinos, Lizzie Grennan, Michael Lezaja, Rachel Rohlfing ADMINISTRATION VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS: Elizabeth C. Ring VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Molly Bartlett RECEPTIONIST/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Nancy Carey ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE: Murtle Mae English COMPUTER SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR: Tim Fluhr ACCOUNTANT: Nazim Khan FINANCIAL MANAGER: Emmett Murphy DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. Juan Francisco Orozco PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST. Valerie Reynolds FOUNDATION RELATIONS OFFICER: Brendan Short DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE: Alexis Urda MEDIA RELATIONS SPECIALIST. Joanna VanderWoude AMERICORPS VISTA: Amanda Narasimhan 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 EDITORIAL ADVISORY 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 About This Issue In this first issue of the forty-third volume of CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW, poverty law experts from around the country combine legal analyses, model solutions, and prac- tice tips in articles for advocates asserting justice for low-income clients. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of !oo9 and federal housing legisla- tion, the Obama administration is responding to some of the legal pbstacles that the difficult economy has mounted for poor people and communities. As it takes action, the Obama administration is open to the recommendations of advocates experi- enced in working on behalf of low-income communities. At hand is a historical opportunity to share our advocacy community's wealth of knowledge and experience in social and economic justice with the nation's leaders so that many more invigorat- ing changes can be made. The Shriver Center provides national leadership in identifying, developing, and supporting creative and collaborative approaches to achieve social and economic justice for low-income people. The Shriver Center develops and advocates policies that promote health, safety, and a chance to prosper for all who live in this country. The REVIEW, one of the Shriver Center's action tools, helps build the national advo- cacy community's capacity and advances workable antipoverty policies. We look forward to having your thinking on these matters in the REVIEW. Housing, employment, work supports, asset building, and the health and safety of families are critical to the chance to prosper. Home foreclosures, difficulties in obtaining or keeping jobs, and maintaining the health and safety of families cry for our attention. In this issue one author describes how advocates and community organizers in Los Angeles collaborated to save homes and led to a foreclosure pre- vention pilot project. Another foreclosure defense expert explains the significance of rescission and the basics of the Truth in Lending Act for advocates helping con- sumers facing foreclosure. The lead article highlights a model program to remove legal barriers to employ- ment that low-income clients frequently encounter and that the Bay Area Legal Aid's public benefits unit developed ten years ago. Other job-related challenges are described in an article on improving state driver's licensing laws and in another on applying community economic development practice to help youths create their own jobs. Other articles discuss a new juvenile behavioral health court for youths whose delinquent behavior is traceable to a mental health condition; older women of color and regulations on the self-directed option for delivery of Medicaid personal care services; and tips for vigorous representation of undocumented victims of domestic violence in state family court. Are these articles helpful? Send us your feedback. Join a discussion board on the Shriver Center's Facebook page or e- mail your suggestions to clearinghousereview@povertylaw.org. For this issue, fill out the comment form at http://tinyurl.com/MayjuneSurvey. Let us hear from you soon. ilzehirsh@povertylaw.org SSHRIVER CENTER Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law CtEARhNGiiOusE Re.im encourages the submission of articles from legal aid field staffand others. Send articles to Ilze Sprudn Hirsh. editor and vice president of communication programs. Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, So E. Washington St. Suite 5oo, Chicago. I L 6o6o2; ilnehirsh@povertylaw.org. 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 Shriver Center. C I NCtOUSE oo t RoEse JOURNAL OF POVERTY LAW AND Poucy is published six times a year. in February. April. June. August. October. and December by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, 5o E. Washington St. Suite Soo. Chicago. I L 6o6o2. Annual subscription price for hard copy and online access to RcviEW aricles back to 199o; $io5 to advocates at Legal Services Corporation-funded programs. $25o to nonprofit entities, $400 to individuals, and $5oo to law libraries. ISSN ooo9-868X. Photographs and drawings that appear in CLEAoINGHOusE REVIE are produced independently of articles and bear no relationship to cases or incidents discussed herein. Coverphoto: royalty-free stock photography

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