快猫视频 Submits 2021 Budget as White House Again Calls for Defunding
WASHINGTON 鈥 The White House鈥檚 Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal calls for defunding the 快猫视频 (快猫视频) for the fourth year in row. The budget released today designates $18.2 million for costs to close 快猫视频 down. 快猫视频 remains optimistic about congressional support for its funding and has submitted its own for $652.6 million. This is an increase over last year鈥檚 request of $593 million.
More than 95% of 快猫视频鈥檚 $652.6 million request would go towards funding legal aid organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories. 快猫视频 estimates that the increased funding would allow its grantees to assist low-income Americans with 60% more civil legal problems than they currently are able to serve.
鈥溈烀ㄊ悠 has enjoyed strong bipartisan support for 45 years,鈥 said 快猫视频 President Jim Sandman. 鈥淲e are grateful to Congress for supporting 快猫视频鈥檚 mission of promoting equal justice under law and for having recently increased our appropriation to $440 million, the highest amount in 快猫视频's history.鈥
快猫视频 is the nation's single largest funder of civil legal aid. The 132 legal aid programs that 快猫视频 funds serve every county in every state and the territories. It was created in 1974 by an act of Congress that was signed into law by President Nixon. Congress continues to fund 快猫视频 each year so that low-income constituents have access to high-quality legal assistance in important civil legal matters like evictions, foreclosures, veterans benefits, child custody, adoptions, and protective orders against domestic abusers.
In December, Congress approved, and President Trump signed into law, legislation that included $440 million for 快猫视频. This represented an increase of $25 million over 快猫视频鈥檚 previous appropriation of $415 million and is the largest appropriation in actual dollars in 快猫视频鈥檚 history.