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• <br />• <br />R.EPO-RT AND A~TIC)N PLAN AT A GLAN+~E <br />The Access to Justice Hui <br />The Access to Justice Hlli is coxnpx~sed of representatives of the Judiciary, the Havvai'i State Bar <br />:association, legal service pxovders, the Havva`i Justice Foundation and the ~FFilliazn 5. Richardson School <br />of Lavv, as sa ell as box- leaders and other interested parties. The Hui's grxal seas to cal~~= out a statewide <br />assessment of the civil legal needs of low and moderate-income resxdexus of Haw-ai'i alld to develop a <br />colnlnunity wide. action plalx to increase equal access to justice in Ha~vai°i. <br />T`lxe Assessrnexit <br />7"he last legal needs assessment, completed in l~93 the "Spangenberg Repax~t"), fQUnd than low and <br />moderate-income residents had a high level of uxxmet legal needs. The Hui collected ialforllxatian fi'oln a <br />-al7ety of sourcesB to determine the clln•ent extent of tuxnxet legal needs, identify bal°riers to getting legal <br />help, and receiue community recolaxlnendatians to improve access to justice. Tlxe resultui~ report, <br />Aclxiev-ilxi Access to Justice for Haw°ai'i's People: The ?OO i Assessmexit of Civil. Legal Feeds and $an-ers <br />of Low and il•loderate-Income People. in. Have=ai'i, indicates that Havv=;u`i's Iat~=-incanle population continued <br />to increase rrlstive to the populations and that a disturbing level of zuxrnet civil legal needs persists. <br />Ixic:reased Potiert~* and. High Cost of Lip-i:i~ <br />Qne quarter of Havvai`i's residents liv°e <br />belaev Zfl(}° o of tlxe federal pov-erh gtlidelixie. <br />Since 1989, the number of people living <br />below !?5°ra of the federal poyert~ galidelille <br />ui Havv-ai`i has gravv~Fi ?8°`o to l56,3?1. <br />Qux-ing the same pexiad, the population <br />living between !25°~~ and Z+(7Q°b of tlxe <br />federal povert~;• g>.lideline has grow-ll ! 9° n to <br />l43,Si7. . <br />Ill ?flfl5, a fanxlly- of Eons` hvxng at. l2.~°~4 of <br />the federal pavex•ty ~llideline earned S? 3!9 <br /> <br /> <br />3.5(B,~`"bt.3 I3a. vvai' Pi~vcrt~ Etc LcYVU~Ixxccixxxc~ <br />Pcx~ulaticxn <br />Sf)tP,{~; ~ , <br />~5~,'~ ~~ <br /> <br />i <br />A~x~ , ~; <br />1.i(~,4_i7;a~+ <br />1tx <br />~}bi? <br />t2i <br />l~b,S21 <br />SiB, ~ . <br /> <br /> <br /> i -,a.~ ~i.~.~, <br /> <br />pex° month, vv-line such a famil~r living at ~00'°`u of poverty- earned S 3, f ! €3 per xxlonth. A studs- b1~ the Center <br />an the Family at the Llxliversity of Havvai`i fouxid that ux ~Ot}5 it foal: 5,824 per month to cover the basic <br />living expenses for a family of f~+ur liti°ixlg in Honohxlu.' Fanxilies rnx3ble to aB`oa-d even basic expenses <br />certainly are ill no positiaxx to pay far legal assistance vyhen it is needed. <br />` Data u-as aatlxered fi-rnxa otkxer sturlFas and dernograpl~ic uxfrnnxacion; cx~ritten surc-eFs of potential clieirts, social sea~:~ice <br />providers, legal :service ps-oziclrrs, and adjudicative bodies, mter~-iecrs v~•ith :social service pro~ideas and xnelnbers of tlxe judiriar~=; <br />and coruxnunih' focus groups held throu~lxout the State- <br />Exhibit "A" <br />