2-1-1 Disaster Info Memphis Bar Calls for Pro Bono Volunteers for Storm Victims DLAC of TN’s New Disaster Planning Brochure 6/1/11 FEMA Update TEMA Updates Shelby County Update DLS Facebook Group Legal Aid of East TN New Info about Contractor Fraud Stay Safe TN! -PBJ
Archive for the ‘Disaster Legal Services’ Category
DLS Update
Posted in Disaster Legal Services on June 1, 2011 |
The Week in a Nutshell
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, The Week in a Nutshell, Training on May 23, 2011 |
Manic Monday. We are clearly busy bees here at TALS, since it’s 3:00 and I’m just getting to a post Exciting things are happening though. Here’s what’s going on in our world… 1) Disaster Legal Services Update General Tennessee Disaster Information Tennessee Statewide Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) site Helpful links including regional VOADs and Emergency [...]
It’s Thursday, what are we up to?
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, Resources, The Week in a Nutshell, Training on May 19, 2011 |
Civil Legal Services in the News Legal Aid of East TN – Domestic Violence Assistance DLS Update DLS Hotline in the News Shelby County Flood Update FEMA TN Updates TEMA Update Ask a volunteer lawyer a question by email More DLS info from TALS Disaster Legal Clinics for the public TALS Trainings Special Education Training [...]
Thoughts Over Lunch: Expanding Our Capacity to Serve (The final installment)
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, Resources, Thoughts Over Lunch, Training on May 17, 2011 |
Expanding Our Capacity to Serve: The Special Skills of Civil Legal Services Guest Author: Linnet Overton, LSMW, TALS Outreach and Development Director As we’ve read in the past couple of weeks, there are many barriers to civil legal providers serving our communities: Federal and State budget cuts Increased competition for grant funding Secondary trauma and [...]
Thoughts Over Lunch: Tennessee’s Disaster Response
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, Resources, Thoughts Over Lunch, Training on May 13, 2011 |
Tennessee’s Disaster Response Author: Erik Cole, Executive Director of TALS “How high’s the water, mama?” As I have watched the flood waters rise in Lake County, then Dyer County and now in Memphis, I can’t get this old Johnny Cash refrain out of my head. In Memphis at least, the Mississippi crested at 48 feet, [...]
5/12/11 TN Disaster Response Update
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, Resources on May 12, 2011 |
TN Disaster Response Update TEMA Statewide Status Update Anxious Mississippi Delta Watches Flooding Spread Memphis Helping Flood Victims FEMA Fact Sheets FREE Disaster Legal Services Trainings West TN Legal Services – Avoid Scams Flier Stay Safe TN, PBJ
Tennessee Disaster Update
Posted in Disaster Legal Services on May 11, 2011 |
Great Resources and Information from Around the State Flooded River Takes Aim At Mississippi Delta Along The Mississippi, An Old Sense Of Dread Rises 5/11/11 Shelby county Update TN.gov Resources for Storm Victims Hundreds in Memphis evacuate as river keeps rising Mississippi River crests in Memphis; massive cleanup needed USDA Farm Service Agency Offers Disaster [...]
What do you know? Wednesday.
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, Resources, Training on May 11, 2011 |
Here it is again. Wednesday. What are you going to do to make this one stand out? Volunteer? Tennesseans will need volunteer attorneys in the coming weeks! Please contact Sarah Hayman at the TBA (shayman@tnbar.org) if you think you can be of assistance to people in West or East Tennessee with disaster [...]
The Week in a Nutshell
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, The Week in a Nutshell, Training on May 9, 2011 |
DLS Updates Disaster Legal Services Hotline is LIVE. Call 888-395-9297 to be referred to a volunteer attorney. River Expected to Crest in Memphis Monday Memphis Flooding Information Volunteer opportunities and other DLS information available here. Memphis Flooding Peaks LSC Article - DLS work in the South Civil Legal Services in the News Memphis Fair Housing Center, [...]
Thursday TN DLS Update
Posted in Disaster Legal Services, Resources on May 5, 2011 |
TN DLS Update Dyer, Lake, Shelby, and Stewart counties added to FEMA disaster declaration Shelby County Update Disaster Legal Assistance hotline open (888) 395-9297 Ask an attorney a disaster related legal question by email at OnlineTNJustice Volunteer to answer disaster legal questions on OnlineTNJustice and email Sarah Hayman at TBA to (shayman@tnbar.org) volunteer at shelters, [...]
