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Ohio Legal Aid Societies Form Alliance to Assist Low-Income Communities

Ohio's legal aid societies are partnering to help low-income communities.
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Ohio's legal aid societies are partnering to help low-income communities.

Ohio’s nonprofit legal aid societies are teaming up to provide more legal services to low-income residents.  The Alliance of Ohio Legal Aids will coordinate the sharing of resources. It will also help facilitate regular dialogue about emerging issues and financial opportunities for the agencies. Colleen Cotter, executive director of the said money can be a barrier to justice. She hopes the alliance will help alleviate that. 

"We all serve our local communities, but we also address statewide issues that are affecting low-income communities throughout the state," she said. "When we stand unified together to address these issues, we're much stronger for it."  Eleven legal aid societies, including Cleveland and Akron, across the state are a part of the alliance.  

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Emma Keating is a junior journalism major with a minor in political science. Between working for the Kent Stater, TV2 and Cleveland Magazine, she has experience in newspaper, magazine, multimedia and broadcast journalism, though writing will always be her one true love. Keating hopes to use her journalism to give a voice to the voiceless in her future career, eventually moving to Washington, D.C.