快猫视频 FY 2015 Budget Request Sent to Congress
WASHINGTON鈥擳he 快猫视频 (快猫视频) today asked Congress for $486 million for Fiscal Year 2015, the same level of funding it requested the year before.
鈥淥ur request to Congress balances record-high demand for civil legal aid against the realities of the federal budget environment,鈥 said 快猫视频 President James J. Sandman.
Nearly 93 percent of the request, more than $451 million, would be devoted to basic field grants that fund the delivery of civil legal assistance to low-income Americans. The budget request also proposes $5 million for Technology Initiative Grants; $1 million for student loan repayment assistance to legal aid lawyers; $19.5 million for management and grants oversight; and $4.2 million for the Office of Inspector General.
快猫视频 also proposes $5 million to expand a Pro Bono Innovation Fund, an initiative first funded by Congress in FY 2014. This fund supports new and innovative projects that promote and enhance pro bono initiatives throughout the country. 快猫视频's national Pro Bono Task Force urged the creation of a Pro Bono Innovation Fund in its 2012 report.
The White House recommended $430 million in funding for the 快猫视频 in its budget delivered to Congress today. That is the same amount it requested last year.
The President鈥檚 budget also contains a new $56 billion 鈥淥pportunity, Growth and Security Initiative,鈥 to be paid for through a series of tax loophole closures and various spending reforms. The new initiative includes additional funding for 快猫视频. The amount of that funding has not been released.
鈥淭he President clearly understands the importance of adequately funding civil legal assistance, even in these tough financial times,鈥 said 快猫视频 Board Chairman John G. Levi. 鈥淚 am grateful that he has proposed a nearly 18 percent increase over current funding and has included us in his new budget initiative.鈥
Congress appropriated $365 million to 快猫视频 in FY 2014. If funding had kept pace with inflation when compared to its 1995 appropriation of $400 million, 快猫视频鈥檚 funding this year would be more than $600 million.