Enroll Virginia’s statewide team of navigators is hard at work preparing for Open Enrollment, scheduling free one-on-one appointments and outreach events to guide consumers through the health insurance enrollment process. Open Enrollment at HealthCare.gov runs from November 1, 2022 through January 15, 2022. This is the only time of year that anyone can enroll in […]
A Time to Recharge: 2022 Annual Statewide Legal ConferenceMore than 500 attorneys and staff members from Virginia’s legal aid community joined with pro bono attorneys and our community partners to attend the 42nd Annual Statewide Conference, hosted by Virginia Poverty Law Center. The hybrid conference offered both in-person attendance in Virginia Beach, as well as online-only sessions. It’s four very busy days, jam-packed with […]
VPLC’s Bar Stars Join Fight for JusticeCongratulations to VPLC’s newest attorneys, Anna Daniszewski and Flannery O’Rourke, who passed the Virginia State Bar exam. Daniszewski received her Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law and works in VPLC’s Center for Family Advocacy as a Family Defense Fellow. O’Rourke graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law and is […]
Foster Care Update: Utilizing Kinship Care to Keep Families TogetherAuthor: Anna Daniszewski/VPLC Legal Fellow Virginia Governor Youngkin’s Safe and Sound Task Force has focused on gaps and lack of options for high-needs children in the foster care system. Many of these children were forced to sleep in DSS offices or emergency rooms. The task force is an exemplar for how to bring people together […]
Now Hiring: Enroll Virginia Program CoordinatorAbout VPLC and Enroll Virginia Since 1978, the Virginia Poverty Law Center has engaged in litigation, education, and lobbying to obtain justice for low-income Virginians and break down the systems that keep people in poverty. Enroll Virginia is a program of the Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) that was established in 2013 as a community-based […]