Domestic Violence and Consumer Law Working Group
Economic abuse is often a component of domestic violence. Following the publication of the Working Group’s 2018 Report DENIED! How Economic Abuse Perpetuates Homelessness for Domestic Violence Survivors, the center worked with partners to elevate its advocacy and to promote expanded specialized civil legal services to assist survivors of economic abuse. Over the course of 2018 and 2019, the center worked with its partners to support the DV CLARO Project that provides limited-scope legal assistance to domestic violence survivors with consumer debt and credit reporting issues at two shelters: Sarah Burke House, a shelter operated by Sanctuary for Families, and Rose House, a shelter operated by Safe Horizon. The center expects to implement a remote legal assistance project to continue these services.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CONSUMER LAWWORKING GROUP
Co-Chairs Feerick Center CAMBA Legal Services, Inc.
Organizational Members Brooklyn Volunteers Lawyers Project Center for Survivor Agency and Justice DC 37 Municipal Employees Legal Services NY Her Justice The Legal Aid Society Manhattan Legal Services Mobilization for Justice
New York City Anti-Violence Project New York Legal Assistance Group Pace Women’s Justice Center, Pace Law School Sanctuary for Families Safe Horizon TakeRoot Justice Urban Resource Institute
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