Mar 24, 2013
The Institute for Social Research at the University of New Mexico is working with the legal services community to identify the legal needs of low-income New Mexicans. The focus is on “listening” to low-income residents and the providers who serve them, to achieve a better understanding of the obstacles low-income persons face, the factors that affect their ability and willingness to seek the assistance of civil legal aid programs, and how programs might meet some of their unmet needs. The goal is to use the information to develop better ways to help this population with the legal problems they face.
We are conducting several focus groups around the state to generate ideas about these legal needs and the services needed to meet these needs. We are particularly interested in hearing about people’s experiences with the legal system (both good and bad) and their ideas about the kind of help they need to improve these experiences and to get their legal needs met.
We are interested in hearing from YOU, the providers – please RSVP to[email protected] if you are able to attend our next focus group scheduled onMarch 27th 3:00-5:00PM at United Way Central New Mexico. We are planning a minimum of 6 community provider focus groups and 12 community member focus groups. If you are not able to attend next week, please email [email protected] if you are interested in a attending a future focus group.
Once UNM completes a series of these focus group discussions, both a summary and full report of their findings will be disseminated. We will be sure to share the findings with you
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