MODEL APPROACHES TO STATEWIDE LEGAL SERVICES - Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC), in partnership with the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS), and Campbell University School of Law (Campbell), proposes development of an integrated, coordinated statewide legal assistance delivery system for low-income seniors, with particular emphasis upon isolated, underserved, rural and minority seniors. Objectives are evaluation of the current legal assistance delivery system; increased access to low-cost, quality legal assistance to seniors in the greatest need through expansion of the pilot LANC Senior Helpline into a statewide helpline serving all 100 counties; and establishment by Campbell of a senior law clinic and statewide conference for stakeholders to develop pro se materials and pro bono services as determined by a senior legal needs survey. The outcome will be sustainable, integrated, and coordinated access to low-cost legal assistance. The expected products from this project are: the first North Carolina legal needs assessment, a new senior law clinic in the state capital, a statewide senior legal helpline, and a final report for the Administration on Aging.
