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Caroline Buck

Staff Attorney

Caroline Buck is a staff attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit. Her project focuses on improving family preservation efforts for families with teenaged children at risk of entering out-of-home placement in the child welfare system. Caroline was previously a legal intern in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services.

During law school, Caroline served as a client advocate for the Custody and Support Assistance Clinic. There, she advised clients on child custody, child support, and protection from abuse matters under the supervision of attorneys from Philadelphia Legal Assistance’s Family Law Unit.

Education

Caroline received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2016. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan in 2013.

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

2 days ago

Take Action: Submit a Comment to End Rule Preventing SSI Participants From Getting Food They Need - Food Research & Action Center

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March 29, 2023 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provides a lifeline of cash assistance at a maximum amount of $914 per month for millions of people who are disabled, blind, or age 65 or over, and ha...

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Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

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🎧 CLS Director of Client Voice April Lee was on the ACLU’s At Liberty podcast! April discusses the harm of mandated reporting, which drives families away from help and floods child welfare hotlines with false and frivolous calls. She and the ACLU’s Anjana Samant talk about a new path forward, one where families in poverty are met with support and empathy rather than surveillance and punishment. Do not miss the last 10 minutes of this podcast, because it will make your day and leave you inspired. April discusses the impact of our peer advocacy model and why she believes that each of us has the power to change the world. The podcast ends by reminding us all that “the world needs more Aprils” and we could not agree more! ... See MoreSee Less

Mandatory Reporting Is Destroying Families | American Civil Liberties Union

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Keeping kids safe is one of our greatest responsibilities as adults. But what if the main tool we use to protect children is actually preventing everyone from getting the resources they need? Every st...

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Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

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Kate Dugan, a staff attorney in the Homeownership and Consumer rights unit at CLS, said the “unusually slow year” for “First Level Reviews” is causing some homeowners a major headache. “For homeowners with mortgages, forward and reverse, that’s an especially frustrating timeline because those companies, for the most part, already advanced taxes,” said Dugan. “So we have clients whose mortgage payments went up and they’re not going to be able to fix that. They’re not going to be able to do a new escrow analysis for months.” ... See MoreSee Less

Philly has roughly 17K property assessment appeals to review

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Property assessments dictate how much property owners must pay in property taxes. Bills are due on Friday.

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