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Making Ends Meet: Women and Poverty in WNC

Join us on October 4 to hear Dr. Kathryn Edin speak about the relationship between women and poverty at the 8th Annual Poverty Forum. Kathryn Edin is a Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and author of "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America."

New Strategy to Prevent Homelessness

Pisgah Legal staff and volunteer attorneys are working inside the Buncombe County Courthouse to help people on the verge of eviction. Read about it in the Fall Newsletter.

Featured in WNC Magazine

Pisgah Legal Celebrates 40 Years of Advocacy and Compassion

This Fall, WNC Magazine is highlighting the work of Pisgah Legal Services and it's 40th Anniversary. Read it here.

Affordable Care Act Under Attack

With funds for ACA Navigators in North Carolina just cut by 85%, Pisgah Legal may lose $180,000 per year in government funding. Pisgah Legal Services seeks replacement funding to continue to help people in WNC who desperately need health care. Learn more from Blue Ridge Public Radio.

Meanwhile, a lawsuit in Texas claims that the ACA is unconstitutional. Watch this WLOS story to see how important health insurance is to clients like Josh (R) and also hear from PLS Managing Attorney Jackie Kiger.

The New York Times

Rising Inequality Widens Justice Gap

Economic professor Robert Frank argues that rising inequity harms low-income families not only by depriving them of a fair share of society’s income growth, but also by also stacking the legal system against them. Get the Story here.