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Survivor of Abuse Finds Safe Housing – But the Battle Isn’t Over

…plex maze of barriers that low income Atlantans face when trying to secure safe and stable housing and break free from abuse. If you want to help get Delilah back on her feet, please contact Matilde Davis directly. *Name has been changed for privacy. For Georgia Paralegal Week, we highlighted some of our top paralegal volunteers. Read about them here. Ashleigh Starnes Communications Manager As AVLF’s Communications Manager, Ashleigh works in websi…

Letter From Leadership: Providing Emergency Financial Assistance During COVID-19

…D-19. 94% of this funding will go directly to paying overdue rent, keeping families’ utilities on, and helping survivors find the safety and stability they deserve. But emergency financial assistance is not the final solution. Our work isn’t finished. We must continue to advocate for fair and affordable housing for all residents of Atlanta. Long after this pandemic ends, our Community Assistance team will remain in the center of the fight to preve…

AVLF Film-Screening Addresses Middle-Class Struggles With Poverty

…orters to help his clients. Lucas said many of AVLF’s clients are like the families in the film: “families facing eviction after losing a job or not getting paid what was due, families forced to live under deplorable conditions at the hands of a slumlord, families simply thrown out on the street at their landlord’s whim, or families seeking protection from domestic violence.” American Winter was made by Joe and Harry Gantz, who created the long-ru…

Volunteer Take: Helping Those Who Need It Most

…erstanding of their legal options. In 2016 alone, 2,911 people came to the Safe Families Office for immediate assistance. My clients have all been wonderful, hardworking people who found themselves in untenable situations and had the courage to stand up and say ‘no more.’ These numbers are achieved through the hard, daily work of AVLF staff who make sure every survivor walks out of their office with a plan and feeling heard. The Safe Families Offi…

Anonymous Donor Challenges AVLF to raise $500,000

…g less than transform the organization’s ability to save lives and promote safe and stable homes and families. This generous donor has agreed to match the first $500,000 of donations – allowing AVLF to create a $1 million rainy day fund. “As AVLF celebrates 40 years of serving the Atlanta community, we have received an extraordinary opportunity to ensure that we will be able to continue to serve – and even lead – the Atlanta community for the next…

AVLF Launches the Attorney-Legal Assistant Partnership

…rs who have taken on cases through our Saturday Lawyer Program, but AVLF’s Safe and Stable Homes Project hopes to expand this partnership to other programs in the future. AVLF’s Safe and Stable Homes Project is doing a lot of work for Atlanta’s communities to fight displacement and wage theft. Want to know more? We’ve got you covered. Katie King Digital Communications Manager Check out more from this author. Katie handles all of the online communi…

Unnatural Disasters: When Tenants Lose Everything

…lients don’t have the chance to grab anything before they lose everything. Safe and Stable Homes director Cole Thaler at one of our Standing with Our Neighbors schools. Every day in Atlanta, landlords carry out illegal evictions. They toss their tenants out without the benefit of court filings or a hearing, often because rent is a few days late. Most of the tenants who call AVLF have no prior warning of these “self-help” evictions. They simply ret…

Client Stories: Our New Emergency Assistance Program

…ity Advocate Nikki Cauthen, Client Assistance Manager Sonya Humphries, and Safe and Stable Homes Director Cole Thaler pulled up every record they could find. To whom did Tashia owe the money? How could we contact them? Could we help her pay the judgment? It was a logistical nightmare. But after weeks of investigations, we discovered that a previous organization had already helped Tashia pay the balance, and the bill was an error. Tashia called us…

Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, and the Books Our Children Cherish

…e room for trips to the bookstore,” writes Cole Thaler, Director of AVLF’s Safe and Stable Homes Project. “We want the children who pick up free books in our offices to see themselves reflected in the pages.” But Thaler noticed that characters in our books did not reflect our client demographics. “AVLF gives free children’s books to the low-income Atlanta families that we serve, because we believe that reading opens doors and inspires dreams,” say…

Letter From Leadership: (Re-)Introducing our Intimate Partner Abuse Program

…hip program of the Safe & Stable Families Project. Housed primarily in the Safe Families Office in the Fulton County Courthouse, the program provides survivors support and advocacy through the temporary protective order (TPO) process. This means access to social workers and legal advice and representation in their TPO and related family law matters. This isn’t a change in terms of the program’s operation, but it is a big change in the way we talk…

CareSource Director Reviews Partnership with AVLF in Business Chronicle

…can connect with Atlanta’s foremost legal organization that advocates for safe and stable housing. The partnership will document and combine data and outcomes collected from AVLF attorneys, clinical teams and CareSource to address social determinants of health and provide a comprehensive plan for improving member health. AVLF serves more than 5,000 low-income Atlantans every year. The multifaceted initiative benefits CareSource members in three i…

5 Highlights from the AVLF 2017 Annual Report

…e. AVLF clients can now fill in their information on handheld tablets. The Safe Families Office had over 3,000 visitors this year – and the more efficient the intake process, the more survivors we can serve. Thanks to the generous support of Techbridge, the Safe Families Office is now equipped with tablets and desktops for clients and staff. 3. The Standing with Our Neighbors™ program expanded from 1 to 7 schools. Staff Attorney Erik Provitt and C…