AppalReD funding in danger
March 24, 2017
What Will Happen to Americans Who Can't Afford an Attorney?
March 20, 2017
President Trump’s budget would eliminate the Legal Services Corporation, which helps low-income individuals obtain representation in civil proceedings. An attorney at Staten Island Legal Services helps a client with foreclosure paperwork in 20...
Q & A with Sr. Mary Going, fighting for disability pay for former coal miners
February 24, 2017
Mount Tabor Benedictine Sr. Mary Going works on a case at the Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of Kentucky in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, where she is an attorney. (GSR photo / Dan Stockman) Q & A with Sr. Mary Going, fighting for disabilit...
Event aims to help folks in need of benefits and support services
January 24, 2017
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT)-- For months, former clients of Eric C. Conn have fought to keep their disability benefits. Hundreds have lost their cases and now attorneys say many are suffering. On Monday, AppalReD and the Big Sandy Area Community Ac...
Informational Event About Benefits and Support Services for Families in Need
January 13, 2017
In light of the difficult economic situation in our area, the number of families who are living on the edge is continuing to increase. We want to be certain that these families are aware of the governmental and non-profit agencies that are there to p...
Mountain Santa helps bring joy in Appalachia
December 29, 2016
Check out this video on The Courier-Journal: https://www.courier-journal.com/videos/news/2016/12/22/-santa-harlan-county-kentucky/95777954/
Tangled in fraud probe, 100s face loss of disability checks
December 29, 2016
By BY CLAIRE GALOFARO - Associated Press MINNIE, Ky. (AP) — Donna Dye saw the coal truck come barreling over the horizon and her head started spinning with that familiar, desperate urge to end it all. She thought of the disconnect notices, ...
AppalReD hosts divorce workshop
October 21, 2016
By Andrea Saddler - asaddler@civitasmedia.com PRESTONSBURG – In the United States, there is one divorce approximately every 36 seconds. That’s nearly 2,400 divorces per day, 16,800 divorces each week and 876,000 divorces a year. Many individuals wit...