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onslaught of demand and need when courts and communities
reopen to their fullest capacities."
While COVID-19 restrictions implemented by
Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Montgomery County
courts limited many court operations in March through
May, LASP attorneys continued to make court appearances
on behalf of parents in Juvenile Court. LASP advocates
continue to remotely participate in administrative hearings
for unemployment compensation, social security, and public
benefits.
Erica Briant, Supervising Attorney for the Community
Engagement Unit, noted that LASP attorneys and staff directly
contacted 2,059 former clients to alert them of likely eligibility
for benefits through new COVID-19 relief funding, and
encouraged them to apply.

Referrals Accepted
and Reciprocated

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New Veterans Advocacy Project
LASP's new Veterans Advocacy Project was launched in
May with Nicole McCoy of the Community Engagement Unit
based in Norristown and Richard A.J. Prebil of LASP's Chester
city office in Delaware County. Prebil noted, "Through a
client-centered, culturally-competent, dignity-focused, traumainformed legal practice, we are able to provide specialized and
meaningful legal assistance to the men and women of our
region who have so freely given of their lives in service to our
country."
In addition to helping veterans with services regularly
addressed by LASP, including housing, domestic violence,
record-clearing, public benefits, consumer issues and other
civil legal needs, advocates in the Veterans Advocacy Project
(VAP) can help with veterans' benefits, from initial application
through each stage of appeal, and discharge upgrades.
LASP's certified VAP advocates will provide rapid SSI/SSDI
application assistance through the SSI/SSDI Outreach Access
and Recovery (SOAR) Program.
Veterans Advocacy Project advocates also provide education
and clinic-type outreach programs to the veterans community
in Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties. In
this project, LASP is collaborating with partner organizations
including the Veterans Multi-Service Center, Vet Centers, and
the Montgomery County Office of Veterans Affairs.
Prebil summed it up: "We are here to preserve housing
and income, promote economic stability, and help veterans
overcome challenges associated with their transition to civilian
life-some who are still transitioning years after discharge."

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