FAIR Helps Client Self-Advocate for Back Pay and Improved Working Conditions
Mr. T.J. faced significant barriers in his quest for stable employment after spending over 15 years incarcerated at Angola State Penitentiary. Referred by FAIR to the Harvey Day Reporting Center, he focused on honing his interviewing skills and learning essential…
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Ms. T. faced numerous challenges as a justice-involved youth with mental illnesses, who was determined to build a stable future for herself and her daughter. Her FAIR case manager referred her to Café Reconcile, an organization that trains youth in…
More Continue Reading: FAIR Client Commits to Turning Her Life Around: Graduates Café Reconcile Program, Finds Employment and Improved HousingFAIR Helps Client Manage Finances, Find Employment and Secure Housing
Mr. J., who in his 40s, lives with bipolar disorder, depression, substance use disorder, and HIV. After serving 18 months in prison, he was homeless, unemployed, and owing $891 to courts and $2,251 to Social Security. He wanted his own…
More Continue Reading: FAIR Helps Client Manage Finances, Find Employment and Secure HousingFAIR Program Helps Client Make Most of Second Chance
In April, we celebrate Second Chance Month, when we can all reflect on the importance of giving opportunities to people who have been incarcerated and are returning to their communities. DRLA’s FAIR Program helps empower people like Nelson Davis, who…
More Continue Reading: FAIR Program Helps Client Make Most of Second ChanceDRLA Attorneys Achieve Settlement To Reinstate Client’s Employment With Accommodations, and Receive Backpay
A person with cerebral palsy contacted DRLA when he experienced discrimination in the workplace. He had been denied requested reasonable accommodations by his employer, and then terminated. Our staff attorneys represented this client against the offending employer who initially, flatly…
More Continue Reading: DRLA Attorneys Achieve Settlement To Reinstate Client’s Employment With Accommodations, and Receive BackpayWIPA helps clients increase income by maintaining benefits as they work
DRLA’s WIPA program was contacted by a beneficiary of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) who was interested in returning to work. The beneficiary’s Community Work Incentive Coordinator (CWIC) was able to show him how he would be able to maintain…
More Continue Reading: WIPA helps clients increase income by maintaining benefits as they workFAIR Case Manager Juliana Matz helps client obtain benefits, address debt & probation fees, and plan to further his education
When FAIR Case Manager Juliana Matz first met with Mr. K*, he had been out of jail for over a year. He was having a hard time securing a job due to his criminal record and his multiple disabilities. Because…
More Continue Reading: FAIR Case Manager Juliana Matz helps client obtain benefits, address debt & probation fees, and plan to further his educationFAIR help client obtain job, housing, and reduced-fare bus pass
Through DRLA’s Financial Access Resource and Inclusion (FAIR) program, we assisted a gentleman in his late 50s with mental health disabilities, substance use disorder, arthritis, and orthopedic injuries. He was referred to FAIR after spending over 20 years in incarceration….
More Continue Reading: FAIR help client obtain job, housing, and reduced-fare bus passFAIR helps client obtain parole during pandemic, work towards obtaining commercial drivers’ license, credit repair, and employment plan
A friend referred Derek* to DRLA’s Financial Access Inclusion & Resources (FAIR) program shortly before his parole board hearing, after being incarcerated for the majority of his adult life. Derek is in his 50s, with a substance use disorder and…
More Continue Reading: FAIR helps client obtain parole during pandemic, work towards obtaining commercial drivers’ license, credit repair, and employment planFAIR helps client maintain employment along with benefits and insurance plan; helps to pay off debt and raise credit score
Orleans Parish Drug Court referred Jason* to the Financial Access & Inclusion Resources (FAIR) Program. Jason is in his 40s, and diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and a substance use disorder. He was referred when he accepted a job offer,…
More Continue Reading: FAIR helps client maintain employment along with benefits and insurance plan; helps to pay off debt and raise credit score
