Campaign Materials
Budget Fact Sheets
The EJC’s legislative funding campaign calls on state lawmakers to adequately fund the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC) line item in the Fiscal Year 2024 state budget.
View MLAC’s Budget Fact Sheet for the Fiscal Year 2024 campaign.
Talking to your Legislator
Email, call and visit the governor and your state legislators about the importance of civil legal aid funding. We’ve provided suggested talking points to guide your discussion. Need to look up your legislators? Go to the Massachusetts Legislature’s website.
Map of Civil Legal Aid Organizations in Massachusetts
Funding from the state line item for civil legal aid is distributed to regional and statewide civil legal aid organizations. View a map showing each organization’s service area.
MLAC Overview
MLAC’s mission is to provide leadership and support to improve civil legal services to people with low incomes in Massachusetts through collaboration with the legal services community, the public, the bar, and the legislature.
Learn more about MLAC in this two-page overview.
Issue-specific Fact Sheets
Civil legal aid organizations in Massachusetts provide legal assistance to low-income individuals and families in a variety of cases, including housing, employment, education, health care, and family law, among others. Each year, the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation creates fact sheets that detail the types of cases closed in each issue area, as well as ways civil legal aid helps specific groups of clients. Below are the fact sheets for FY22.
Despite the promise of “equal justice for all” embedded in the Massachusetts Constitution, many low-income families in the Commonwealth are denied access to justice every day because they cannot afford attorneys to help them navigate the complex civil legal system.
