NCLEJ and its colleagues have achieved a settlement in a California state court case challenging the state Food Stamp agency’s failure to comply with Food Stamp provisions requiring translation of Food Stamp forms and an estimate of the low-income…
Read More →In February 2006 we filed a federal class action in Buffalo against the county services commissioner challenging the county’s policies and practices of failing to process applications and provide food stamps, Medicaid, and cash assistance in a timely…
Read More →In the fall of 2005 the Center reached a very favorable settlement agreement in our federal class action challenging the Arizona CBD welfare agency’s failure to act on food stamp applications within the time required by federal law….
Read More →We won a comprehensive federal court injunction in 2005 in a groundbreaking class action that derailed New York City’s unlawful policy of discouraging eligible people from applying for cash assistance, Medicaid, and Food Stamps. Following an earlier three-day…
Read More →Enforcing civil rights laws that require translation and interpretation is critical toward ensuring the health and well-being of the growing number of our nation’s non-English speaking population. In 2002 we played a pivotal role in getting the Arizona…
Read More →
