VIP/SAFE-NH acquires access to Legal Assistance

Lee Newman writes "Our Services are available to ALL Victims

VIP/SAFE-NH acquires access to Legal Assistance for "victim"clients.
Lee Newman
January 23, 2004
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Thomas writing: SAFE (Stop Abuse For Everyone) is an organization that provides assistance to victims of domestic abuse even if they are male. While this announcement may be of particular interest to readers who live in New Hampshire, this is an important step toward the goal of providing help to all victims of domestic violence.

Please go to "Read More/Post Comments" to see the rest of the announcement.On January 21,2004 Lee Newman,The Founding Executive Director and Deb Roy one of the Founding Co-Director's of Violence Intervention Program/SAFE-NH had a meeting with NH Legal Assistance and was approved to access the same legal services as all of the other Domestic Violence Crisis Centers in the State!

This means that if one of our clients we are assisting needs a lawyer,but can't afford one for DV related hearings or other legal needs that arise from the same ,we will be able to help them through NH Legal Assistance.

We received the income guidlines today and 'intake 'forms and are now able to help 'financially challenged' clients so that they don't have to go to Court without a lawyer or have to go into debt to acquire one.

Prior to this, our clients often would have to borrow legal fees from family and friends in order to have legal representation,or try to represent themselves.

This is a big step toward validation by the 'established' DV resources in NH!

We applaud Attorney Valerie Reed of NH Legal Assistance for her open mind and her professionalism when it comes to helping ALL victims of abuse. We can now do a better job 'Taking a Stand Against Violence and 'Making a Difference ' in NH thanks to NH Legal Assistance!

If you are a victim of Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence in NH and need a lawyer but can't afford one,please contact us.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PRO BONO REFERRAL SYSTEM has income guidlines. You can see the list of guidlines on our website at http://www.VIP-NH.org
Please contact us via e-mail ,phone or using the contact us link on our website for more info. or if you need to have intake paperwork done for legal assistance."

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