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

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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
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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
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