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A report from the LSC Rural Justice Task Force highlights Nebraska's Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food benefits to low-income families. Recent changes in the law modify who is eligible to receive SNAP benefits and impose new requirements on some applicants. The new law requires adult SNAP recipients (18-64 years old) to work, volunteer, or participate in employment training at least 20 hours per week or 80 hours per month.
“Legal Aid of Nebraska and [our attorney] Phil was there for us, standing up for us with the banks when they continued to try and take advantage of us,"
Last October, Nancy started getting letters in the mail from the Small Business Administration (SBA) - which was odd, because she had never applied for a business loan and is not a business owner. She received a letter from the US Treasury about a Small Business Loan she never applied for. One of the letters even threatened to withhold money from her social security checks.
After she was late with rent, Priscilla’s landlord accused her of smoking in the unit and threatened her with eviction. She was ready to go to court to defend herself rather than lose her apartment and be forced to move.
Legal Aid of Nebraska client receives settlement after pregnancy discrimination case at meat packing plant
