The Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC), together with many bar and community leaders, is urging the House to enact House Bill 514. This bill would help maintain Maryland’s legal services safety net by allocating additional funds from Maryland’s abandoned property fund.
MCASA’s Sexual Assault Legal Institute (SALI) receives significant funding from the Maryland Legal Services Corporation that supports low-income victims of sexual assault across the State. SALI uses MLSC funding to support attorneys and advocates in cases including peace and protective orders, school & education issues, U-visas to allow immigrant victims to stay in the US and assist with prosecution, privacy matters, and other issues arising from sexual assault or abuse. MLSC funding is especially critical in child sexual abuse cases.
COVID is increasing the need for legal services.
Perpetrators are emboldened by the pandemic. They are using the pandemic to gain or renew access to victims, intimidate survivors into silence, and interfere with survivors' attempts to seek safety and justice. This crisis has led not only to an increase in the number of survivors seeking services, but to an increase in the number of services survivors seek.
MCASA member programs throughout the state use MLSC funding to help survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. In addition to SALI, these programs serve over 7500 victims using this funds - Life Crisis Center on the Lower Eastern Shore, the Southern Maryland Center for Family Advocacy, Citizens Assisting and Sheltering the Abused in Washington County, Heartly House in Frederick, HopeWorks in Howard, Sexual Assault/Spousal Abuse Resource Center (SARC) in Harford County, and others.
The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault and its Sexual Assault Legal Institute urge the House Appropriations Committee to report favorably on House Bill 514
MARYLAND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Leadership:
Maggie McIntosh, Chair (District 43, Baltimore City)
Phone: (410) 841-3407 | (301) 858-3407
E-mail: [email protected]
Mark S. Chang, Vice Chair (District 32, Anne Arundel County)
Phone: (410) 841-3511 | (301) 858-3511
E-mail: [email protected]
Members:
Gabriel Acevero (District 39, Montgomery County)
Phone: (410) 841-3001 | (301) 858-3001
E-mail: [email protected]
Benjamin S. Barnes (Democrat, District 21, Anne Arundel & Prince George's Counties)
Phone: (410) 841-3046 | (301) 858-3046
E-mail: [email protected]
Wendell R. Beitzel (District 1A, Garrett & Allegany Counties)
Phone: (410) 841-3435 | (301) 858-3435
E-mail: [email protected]
Tony Bridges (District 41, Baltimore City)
Phone: (410) 841-3283 | (301) 858-3283
E-mail: [email protected]
Catherine M. Forbes (District 42A, Baltimore County)
Phone: (410) 841-3487 | (301) 858-3487
E-mail: [email protected]
Jefferson L. Ghrist (District 36, Caroline, Cecil, Kent & Queen Anne's Counties)
Phone: (410) 841-3555 | (301) 858-3555
E-mail: [email protected]
Keith E. Haynes (District 44A, Baltimore City)
Phone: (410) 841-3801 | (301) 858-3801
E-mail: [email protected]
Shaneka T. Henson (District 30A, Anne Arundel County)
Phone: (410) 841-3045 | (301) 858-3045
E-mail: [email protected]
Trent M. Kittleman (District 9A, Carroll & Howard Counties)
Phone: (410) 841-3556 | (301) 858-3556
E-mail: [email protected]
Marc A. Korman (District 16, Montgomery County)
Phone: (410) 841-3649 | (301) 858-3649
E-mail: [email protected]
Carol L. Krimm (District 3A, Frederick County)
Phone: (410) 841-3472 | (301) 858-3472
E-mail: [email protected]
Jazz M. Lewis (District 24, Prince George's County)
Phone: (410) 841-3691 | (301) 858-3691
E-mail: [email protected]
Nino Mangione (District 42B, Baltimore County)
Phone: (410) 841-3258 | (301) 858-3258
E-mail: [email protected]
Michael W. McKay (District 1C, Allegany & Washington Counties)
Phone: (410) 841-3321 | (301) 858-3321
E-mail: [email protected]
Richard W. Metzgar (District 6, Baltimore County)
Phone: (410) 841-3332 | (301) 858-3332
E-mail: [email protected]
Reid J. Novotny (District 9A, Carroll & Howard Counties)
Phone: (410) 841-3582 | (301) 858-3582
E-mail: [email protected]
Elizabeth G. (Susie) Proctor (District 27A, Charles & Prince George's Counties)
Phone: (410) 841-3083 | (301) 858-3083
E-mail: [email protected]
Kirill Reznik (District 39, Montgomery County)
Phone: (410) 841-3039 | (301) 858-3039
E-mail: [email protected]
Jared Solomon (District 18, Montgomery County)
Phone: (410) 841-3130 | (301) 858-3130
E-mail: [email protected]
Geraldine Valentino-Smith (District 23A, Prince George's County)
Phone: (410) 841-3101 | (301) 858-3101
E-mail: [email protected]
Patrick G. Young, Jr. (District 44B, Baltimore County)
Phone: (410) 841-3544 | (301) 858-3544
E-mail: [email protected]
