NCLEJ and the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island have reached a settlement with the Rhode Island Department of Human Services in a federal court lawsuit, filed in December 2016, challenging the Rhode Island agency’s widespread failure…
Read More →On December 16, NCLEJ, along with Florida colleagues, filed a federal class action lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida challenging the State’s termination of food stamps for needy adults as a result of its flawed implementation of…
Read More →As part of NCLEJ’s ongoing effort to hold state governments accountable, we, along with Greater Hartford Legal Aid, have achieved a victory for Connecticut residents who have suffered delays in receiving their food stamp benefits. Such delays cause…
Read More →NCLEJ and the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) have filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Rhode Island over its widespread failure to process food stamp applications from the state’s neediest residents in…
Read More →In a case that will have a big impact on low-income New York parents, NCLEJ filed an amicus brief with the New York State Court of Appeals in Lattuca v. Lattuca. The case addresses the issue of whether…
Read More →On August 19, 2016 the Empire Justice Center, with NCLEJ as co-counsel, filed a federal class action lawsuit to challenge New York’s termination of SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to thousands of New Yorkers. The benefits…
Read More →It has been 20 years this month since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, was enacted. Marking this anniversary, NCLEJ Executive Director Marc Cohan…
Read More →NCLEJ and Nebraska Appleseed have secured a settlement in a Nebraska Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) class action lawsuit, which will help tens of thousands of low-income Nebraska families. The case challenged a system-wide failure by the Nebraska state…
Read More →Tens of thousands of low-income Georgia families who were wrongly deprived of food stamps will receive $22 million as part of an agreement negotiated by NCLEJ. This agreement will provide relief to nearly 48,000 households across the state,…
Read More →On January 4, 2016, Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia rescinded an executive order he issued in November banning Syrian refugees from resettlement benefits. In December 2015, NCLEJ sent a letter to counsel representing Georgia’s Division of Family Services…
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