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Advocate for better pay for parents' attorneys!

Valerie L'Herrou All Messages By This Member #17 开云体育 Dear Virginia Practitioners: If you represent parents, or wish to support attorneys who do:? Tomorrow (Thursday, Jan 5) the Virginia House and Senate Appropriations Committees will hold joint public hearings to hear from constituents in four regions of the state about their budget concerns, beginning at 10am. You can sign up to submit public comments (or to speak, if you have time, though slots were likely filled when the links opened at 7am this morning) Sign up for the region that most closely matches where you live. (In different places on the websites it says that the links remain open today until 4pm or until midnight, so to be on the safe side, submit before 4pm today.) If you miss the window,?you may contact members of the money committees in your area—see list at the bottom of this email. This will not be your only opportunity to comment. So far, links to the actual bills and budget measures are not live—but when they are online, I will share them so you can read the actual bill/budget language. In the meantime, you can read the workgroup report and recommendations here:? Sample Comment (feel free to provide your own words): "I represent parents whose children are in foster care. The legal representation provided to parents of children in foster care is in a state of crisis--Virginia is at the bottom of compensation for parents’ lawyers, who receive only $120 per case and are overburdened.?? Virginia is among the worst states for children aging out of foster care, but studies show that when parents have better legal representation, children get out of foster care and find permanent homes faster.?We ask the appropriations committees to fund budget amendments to improve this system for Virginia's children and families." Sign-up links: Northern Virginia To Sign up to Speak or submit written comment,?use the following????? ? Western Virginia ???????To Sign up to Speak or submit written comment,?use the following? Hampton Roads? To Sign up to Speak or submit written comment,?use the following??? ? ? Central Virginia (Richmond) To Sign up to Speak or submit written comment, use the following? Senate Finance & Appropriations Committee Northern Virginia:?, Co-Chair,?, Co-Chair,?,?,?,?,? Eastern Virginia:?,?,? Western Virginia:?.,?,? Southern Virginia:?,? Central Virginia:? House?Appropriations Committee Northern Virginia:?????, Eastern Virginia: ????,?? Western Virginia:??? Southern Virginia:???? Central Virginia:????? ??,?? -- Valerie L'Herrou NACC Virginia State Coordinator Valerie L’Herrou?(she/her) Staff Attorney – Center for Family Advocacy Virginia Poverty Law Center 919 East Main Street, Suite 610 Richmond, VA 23219 Direct Line: (804) 351-5276 Fax: (804) 649-0974

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