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68 S. C. L. Rev. 209 (2016-2017)
Federal Government as Your Partner: What Advocates Should Know about Federal Resources for Veterans' Legal Aid

handle is hein.journals/sclr68 and id is 233 raw text is: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS YOUR PARTNER: WHAT ADVOCATES SHOULD KNow ABOUT FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR VETERANS' LEGAL AID Allie Yang-Green & Karen Lash I. INTRODUCTION..................................................209 A. Veterans and Their Civil Legal Needs ............ ........... 210 B. White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable ................ 211 II. FEDERAL EFFORTS TO MEET VETERANS' AND THEIR FAMILIES' CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS ...................................................213 A. Housing. ......................................... 214 B. Employment assistance ......................... ..... 217 C. Healthcare ................................ ....... 218 D. Consumer protection. ......................... ....... 220 E. Benefits assistance ......................................... 222 III. CONCLUSION ...................................... .. ...........222 I. INTRODUCTION Many federal programs and legal aid organizations have a shared goal: to meet the core needs of the nation's veterans and their families, such as housing, jobs, healthcare, and consumer protection. The federal government's commitment to support veterans is evident in its policy initiatives, informational resources, and funding opportunities for community programs that serve veterans. In recent years, a growing number of programs serving veterans incorporate civil legal aid based on the recognition that many of the challenges that veterans face have legal solutions. Allie Yang-Green is Senior Counsel at Office for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, and Karen Lash is former Deputy Director at Office for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice and former Executive Director of the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable. We extend profound thanks to DOJ colleagues Lisa Foster, Maha Jweied, Silas Darden and Javier Guzman, and our White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable federal agency representatives Lara Eilhardt, Monica Vaca, Ariel Levinson- Waldman, Mary Griffin and Lauren Antelo, for their inspirational work supporting veterans and review of this Article. 209

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