<a href="http://www official source.wlos.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/ObamaCare-Deadline-Approaching-for-2016-Coverage-242129.shtml#.Vm-FYew8KnM”>WLOS reports on the work that Pisgah Legal Services is doing to sign local people up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Dec. 15 is the deadline to sign up for plans beginning Jan. 1,…
A new report explores how parental criminal records significantly exacerbate existing challenges among low-income parents and their families. Find out more…
On Saturday, November 7th, free kickoff events were held to help people from across WNC enroll in health insurance coverage. Read more in this Citizen-Times article by Leah Buletti. Get more information about how you can get help enrolling.
We can help! Free kickoff events for ACA Open Enrollment take place this Saturday, Nov. 7th in Asheville and across WNC. You can also make an appointment for a day and time that is most convenient for you. Read more…
The Citizen-Times reports that Buncombe County’s rate of uninsured dropped by four percentage points from 15.8 percent in 2013 to 11.8 percent last year. In North Carolina, the percent of uninsured decreased from 15.6 percent to 13.1 percent. Read the…
Did you know that the Medical-Legal Partnership – we call “HEALS” – between Pisgah Legal Services and Mission Health began in 2006 and was the first of its kind in North Carolina? Check out this story on a similar partnership…
Pisgah Legal’s own Managing Attorney Robin Merrell is featured as a guest columnist as part of the Mountain Xpress series on Affordable Housing in Asheville. Here is her response to the question,”What would it take to solve the Asheville area’s…
A new report says that providing free or subsidized legal representation to victims can reduce domestic violence and lower associated health care and legal costs. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost overnight cialis.com/entry/simple-idea-could-reduce-domestic-violence_55a97c5fe4b0d2ded39f1e68?section=parents”>Get the full story from The Huffington Post…
A recent rally was held to encourage the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina. Pisgah Legal Services’ Managing Attorney Jaclyn Kiger was one of the speakers encouraging expanded access to health care in the state. Read the story. Photo and…
This month’s cover story of The American Lawyer is The Justice Gap: How Big Law is Failing Legal Aid, and it focuses on the need for more support for civil legal aid for low-income people. From the article: “[I]n a…