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Representing the Pro Bono Client: New York Public Assistance and Food Stamp Advocacy 2013 (Free)

Released on: Aug. 16, 2013
Running Time: 06:11:05

Running Time Segment Title Faculty Format
[02:02:36] Public Assistance Susan E. Welber ~ Staff Attorney, Civil Practice Law Reform Unit, The Legal Aid Society
Sienna M. Fontaine ~ Staff Attorney, Public Benefits Unit, Legal Services NYC-Bronx
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[01:00:10] Food Stamps Dawn Secor ~ SNAP Policy Specialist, Hunger Solutions New York
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[01:32:48] Fair Hearings Kathleen M. Kelleher ~ Staff Attorney, Civil Law Reform Unit, The Legal Aid Society
Camille L. Zentner ~ Senior Staff Attorney, General Legal Services, New York Legal Assistance Group
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[01:29:57] Article 78s Peter A. Kempner ~ Senior Staff Attorney, South Brooklyn Legal Services
Maryanne Joyce ~ Public Benefits Consultant
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In PLI’s New York Public Assistance and Food Stamp program you will learn how to protect the rights of public assistance and food stamp applicants and recipients to these basic subsistence benefits.  Many applicants have difficulty navigating the confusing and bureaucratic process to establish and maintain eligibility for public assistance and food stamps.  Without legal assistance and advocacy, large numbers of clients go without the benefits to which they are entitled, resulting to increased hunger and homelessness.

Lecture Topics  [Total time 06:11:05]

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.

  • Introduction* [00:05:34]
    Don Friedman, Tanya E. M. Wong
  • Public Assistance [02:02:36]
    Sienna M. Fontaine, Susan E. Welber
  • Food Stamps [01:00:10]
    Dawn Secor
  • Fair Hearings [01:32:48]
    Camille L. Zentner, Kathleen M. Kelleher
  • Article 78s [01:29:57]
    Maryanne Joyce, Peter A. Kempner

Presentation Material

  • Chapter 1
    Sienna M. Fontaine
  • Public Assistance
    Sienna M. Fontaine
  • Chapter 2
    Sienna M. Fontaine
  • Public Assistance
    Sienna M. Fontaine
  • Chapter 3
    Susan E. Welber
  • Public Assistance
    Susan E. Welber
  • Chapter 11
    Susan E. Welber
  • Public Assistance
    Susan E. Welber
  • Basic Public Assistance Eligibility
    Sienna M. Fontaine
  • Chapter 4
    Dawn Secor
  • Food Stamps
    Dawn Secor
  • Chapter 5
    Camille L. Zentner
  • Fair Hearings
    Camille L. Zentner
  • Chapter 6
    Camille L. Zentner
  • Fair Hearings
    Camille L. Zentner
  • Chapter 7
    Kathleen M. Kelleher
  • Fair Hearings
    Camille L. Zentner
  • Article 78s
    Maryanne Joyce
  • Chapter 8
    Maryanne Joyce
  • Article 78s
    Peter A. Kempner
  • Chapter 9
    Peter A. Kempner
  • Article 78s
    Peter A. Kempner
  • Chapter 10
    Peter A. Kempner
  • ARTICLE 78 PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLIC BENEFITS
    Maryanne Joyce
  • ARTICLE 78 PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLIC BENEFITS
    Maryanne Joyce
Speaker(s)
Sienna M. Fontaine ~ Staff Attorney, Public Benefits Unit, Legal Services NYC-Bronx
Don Friedman ~ Managing Attorney, Long Island office, Empire Justice Center
Maryanne Joyce ~ Public Benefits Consultant
Kathleen M. Kelleher ~ Staff Attorney, Civil Law Reform Unit, The Legal Aid Society
Peter A. Kempner ~ Senior Staff Attorney, South Brooklyn Legal Services
Dawn Secor ~ SNAP Policy Specialist, Hunger Solutions New York
Susan E. Welber ~ Staff Attorney, Civil Practice Law Reform Unit, The Legal Aid Society
Tanya E. M. Wong ~ Director of Government Benefits and Training, Legal Services for New York City
Camille L. Zentner ~ Senior Staff Attorney, General Legal Services, New York Legal Assistance Group

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