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State Halts Collection of Debt From Children
05/10/2012
Success Stories

Settling a highly-publicized lawsuit filed by two teenage girls, represented by Western Center a... Read More..


Farm Bill Proposal To Cut Federal Food Help
04/20/2012
Notes on the Legislature

Today, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released her 2012 Farm Bill... Read More..


Western Center's Legislative Agenda
03/24/2012
Notes on the Legislature

Western Center's 2012 legislative agenda includes bills to protect health and housing, secure acc... Read More..


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Case Filed to Stop Debt Collection from Children Gets Media Attention
12/01/2011

A lawsuit filed by Western Center on Law and Poverty and the Public Interest Law Project seeking to stop state welfare agencies from forcing children to repay money paid to parents has outraged the public and caught the attention of the media.


A lawsuit filed by Western Center on Law and Poverty and the Public Interest Law Project seeking to stop state welfare agencies from forcing children to repay money paid to parents has outraged the public and caught the attention of the media. For a copy of the press release, click here.  Below are links to media coverage of this issue.

ABC 7 San Francisco:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=8450446

ABC 30 Fresno:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/politics&id=8450525

ABC 10 Sacramento:
http://www.news10.net/news/article/165799/2/State-attempts-to-collect-re
payments-from-debtors-children

ABC KGO News Sacramento
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=8450446

ABC 7 LA:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=8450501

San Jose Murcury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19463672

San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/03/state/n091624S86.DTL

For more information about this case, contact:
 
Antionette Dozier
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY
3701 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 208
Angeles, CA 90010-2826
 (213) 235-2629
 
Patti Prunhuber                                         
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW PROJECT           
449 15th Street, Suite 301                            
Oakland, CA  94612                                    
(510) 891-9794      
pprunhuber@pilpca.org                                       
                                

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