News Archive

"Faces of GA-U" is a short video produced by CLS in collaboration with the Access to Justice Project at Seattle University Law School. The video profiles the stories of four GA-U recipients - putting faces on the statistic of those who benefit from this modest assistance program. View the video here and find out more about GA-U here.

In August 2009, child care workers in Washington settled a class action lawsuit challenging the legality of state-initiated home searches, seizure of personal and business documents, and the inappropriate intimidation of childcare workers by state and federal officials. This news article discusses the mayor's apology and includes some details of the case. (more)

On October 30, 2008, the manufactured homeowners at Hidden Village Park (formerly known as College Street Mobile Home Park) celebrated the conversion of their community to resident ownership as a limited equity cooperative, resulting in the preservation of affordable housing for low income families. CLS attorneys supported this achievement with funding from CFED. Read the full story.

In August, child care workers in Washington settled a class action lawsuit
challenging the legality of state-initiated home searches, seizure of
personal and business documents, and the inappropriate intimidation of child care workers by state and federal officials. The latest edition of the CLS Connection includes an article about the courageous child care workers who brought suit and achieved a settlement that will benefit child care workers for (more)

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The CLS Connection, the newsletter of goings on at Columbia Legal Services, has published its Summer 2008 edition. You can find it here.

Several years after a landmark settlement in a lawsuit for a class of foster children (represented by CLS and others), the 2008 state budget includes substantial funding for programs to improve the quality of life for children living in foster care in Washington. Read this article to find out more.

For more about the settlement and the process, go to Braamkids.org.

The Economic Justice Project (EJP) works on consumer issues in Washington State that affect low income individuals' abilities to access and build assets. Read more about the work of the project in EJP's Spring Newsletter.

CLS Attorney Greg Provenzano successfully advocated on behalf of low income families in Clark County Washington where the Vancouver Housing Authority proposed major changes in its rent tabulations. A plan to overhaul the Section 8 program threatened to increase the rents of thousands of Clark County residents.