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15.09.22 CVLC Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT 2014 –15 “ It’s like having the USS Enterprise with a couple of battleships watching my back. I know that CVLC has got me. I’m very grateful for that.” – Ralph Clyburn WHY LEGAL HELP FOR VETERANS? Because Legal Problems Destabilize Veterans in Recovery. Here's How We Help … ▶ A VETERAN’S VA COUNSELOR NOTICES that his post-deployment PTSD symptoms get worse when his landlord threatens to evict him and his children from their apartment. ▶ THE COUNSELOR CONNECTS the veteran to on-site legal help from CVLC—down the hall . ▶ THE VETERAN, COUNSELOR AND CVLC ATTORNEY work together to keep the veteran and his family in their apartment. VA Nurse David McNamara R.N. and Staff Attorney Darren Pruslow Without legal barriers, this veteran can focus on taking care of his family, his career and himself. CVLC Client David Volta and Senior Staff Attorney Cindy Johnson CASE BREAK DOWN 2014–15 PRO BONO SUCCESS CONSUMER 9% ¢ Average When Lump Sum Payment Received CRIMINAL/PARDON 9% ¢ DISCHARGE UPGRADE /MILITARY 7% ¢ EMPLOYMENT 4% ¢ ESTATE/PROBATE 3% ¢ FAMILY 20% ¢ HOUSING 21% ¢ Case Type OTHER 1% ¢ SSA BENEFITS 5% ¢ TAX 4% ¢ VA BENEFITS 17% ¢ TOTAL: 472 CASES CLOSED 2 VA Recognizes CVLC and ECCC with National Public-Private Partnership Award CONNECTICUT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER In April 2015, CVLC proudly accepted the U.S. Department of Co-Founder Veterans Affairs (VA) National Community Partnership Award for its Executive Director groundbreaking medical-legal partnership with the VA CT’s Errera Margaret Middleton Senior Counsel Community Care Center (ECCC) in West Haven, Connecticut. Mary-Christy Fisher Staff Attorneys: Cinthia Johnson CVLC was the first program of its kind to integrate legal help with Darren Pruslow VA care for veterans recovering from homelessness and mental Millie VandenBroek illness. Since 2009, CVLC has helped over 1,300 veterans resolve BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Bashaw destabilizing legal barriers. Reid and Riege, P.C. Adam M. Dworkin Practice Administrator, " As a primary care Griffin Faculty Practice Plan Karen Hunter physician for patients Hartford Hospital experiencing Patricia Kaplan homelessness, I Former Executive Director, New Haven Legal Assistance have witnessed John Kelley firsthand the power CT Comm. on Child Protection of legal assistance in Kevin M. Lenehan Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation improving the lives Dr. Michael J. Moravecek, of my patients. Legal DHMAS Whiting Forensic Division assistance should not Edward V. O’Hanlan be only for those who Robinson & Cole LLP David N. Rosen have the means to David Rosen & Associates afford it; access should John J. Shay, Jr. Vice President & General Counsel, be a human right.” IBM Credit LLC (Retired) – DR. DAVID ROSENTHAL, M.D. Kathleen Tourjee VA Dr. David Rosenthal, M.D. and Executive Director Margaret Middleton VP Human Resources WebMD Jeffrey Udell Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP CLIENT DATA-DRIVEN AND OUTCOME ORIENTED Neil Weare DEMOGRAPHICS President & Co-Founder We the People Project Percentage of Cases Resulting in Improved Housing, Been Homeless Financial or Healthcare Status — CVLC Representation ADVISORY BOARD 57% Richard Blumenthal U.S. Senator, Connecticut Served in Combat Francis Brady 37% Past President, CT Bar Association Dr. Laurie Harkness Served in Iraq/ Director, Errera Center, Case Type Afghanistan U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 20% Professor Michael Wishnie Yale School of Law Median Income In Memory of Co-Founder, $14,796 Howard R. Udell/ 1941 – 2013 3 Legal Help is Good Medicine Earlier this year, former Navy electrician Mr. Robert Stokes received an alarming notice from his landlord: He had fallen behind on rent and faced the possibility of eviction. Without counsel, Mr. Stokes, 54, signed an period of negotiation, the landlord agreed agreement with his landlord, scheduling a not to serve the eviction, which would have repayment plan for the missed rent. Strained forced Mr. Stokes to vacate his apartment from the financial stress of these extra immediately. Mr. Pruslow represented Mr. payments, Mr. Stokes again fell behind and Stokes, appearing in court on his behalf to this time his landlord sued to evict him. This renegotiate a more reasonable payment plan “ I’m so glad I have threat of eviction elevated his symptoms of that Mr. Stokes will be able to uphold. Most RIGHT: Volunteer Bill Egan acute anxiety to the point that he had to be importantly, Mr. Stokes has been discharged BELOW, L TO R: hospitalized. from the hospital and has returned to his Board Member John Kelley, access to multiple Board Chair John Bashaw, home. resources. I needed Thanks to coordinated assistance from Volunteer Jason Maddox legal help and I VA social worker John Sullivan and CVLC “The ability to partner with clinicians attorney Darren Pruslow, Mr. Stokes was able allows for feasible solutions that might not needed mental- to stay in his home. otherwise be possible,” Mr. Pruslow says. health support The successful outcome relied on the skill “Mr. Stokes has returned to full-time and I got both.” sets of attorneys and mental-health clinicians employment and his clinical status is – ROBERT STOKES collaborating in medical legal partnership. improving daily,” Mr. Sullivan says. “This is all Because the legal and healthcare teams due to the collaborative supports provided. worked, together Mr. Stokes’ hospitalization This was a very time-sensitive situation that didn’t disrupt his legal care. literally could have ended in homelessness at any moment. The partnership with CVLC is “I’m so glad I have access to multiple open, accessible, and flexible. I could not be resources,” says Mr. Stokes. “I needed legal happier with our outcome!” help and I needed mental-health support, and I got both.” Medical legal partnership at the ECCC continues to improve the well-being of Besides supporting the veteran directly, Mr. veterans by resolving legal issues that may Sullivan contacted the landlord to notify be barriers to wellness. him of Mr. Stokes’ mental health and after a BELOW: Tony Askins also benefited from CVLC’s legal services when his land- lord threatened him with an eviction. Mr. Askins is now stably housed. 4 Maximizing Services through Pro Bono Partnership “ The legal system can be intimidating to those without lawyers and I am proud to serve as part of the team of lawyers, that provides legal help to veterans through the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center.” – BILL EGAN, MANAGING PARTNER, ROBINSON & COLE, LLP “ Why do I volunteer? You know that feeling RIGHT: Volunteer Bill Egan you get when you’ve solved a problem BELOW, L TO R: Board Member John Kelley, for someone? Now couple that with the Board Chair John Bashaw, Volunteer Jason Maddox knowledge that you were probably the only resource available to solve that problem. That’s why. CVLC is an incredible organization doing valuable work.” – JASON MADDOX, QUINNIPIAC LAW GRADUATE 2015 Thanks to the volunteerism of Connecticut’s bar, in the last year 172 ATTORNEYS worked on for veterans PERLMUTTER CASES 322 donating an estimated MICHAEL : : . PHOTO $805,000 IN TIME REVENUE SOURCES + EXPENSES ¡ Fiscal Year 2014–2015 TOTAL REVENUE - 750,520 EXPENSES CORPORATIONS AND LAW FIRMS - 15,556 ¢ ¢ 76% - LEGAL SERVICES FOR VETERANS INDIVIDUALS - 21,007 ¢ ¢ 7% - ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION SALUTING SERVICE ANNUAL EVENT - 130,717 ¢ ¢ 4% - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION THE RIDE FOR OUR VETERANS - 161,403 ¢ ¢ 13% - DEVELOPMENT BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB FOUNDATION - 185,740 ¢ OTHER GRANTS - 236,095 ¢ 5 “ I was trying to explain that the disease was there but it wasn’t that noticeable before. Colleen presented a case that the VA really had to look at seriously. She did the research, covered all the bases. Colleen’s brief was over an inch thick! She did a wonderful job.” – Edward LaPointe Desirea Photography Desirea : PHOTO 6 Justice After 30 Years of VA Denials In 1971, Edward LaPointe returned home to Connecticut after being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps. He came home expecting to re-establish his life as a civilian, but his family members began to notice changes in his mood, behavior and appearance. Mr. LaPointe was suddenly unable to keep a job, something he had no trouble doing prior to his service. His psychiatric condition continued to deteriorate, and he was Ms. O’Neill collaborated with Dr. Joseph Chien, a forensic hospitalized in 1976. In 1984, Mr. LaPointe applied for service- psychiatry fellow at Yale University School of Medicine, who connected disability benefits, hoping to treat his deteriorating evaluated Mr. LaPointe and wrote a comprehensive report. Ms. psychiatric condition. Mr. LaPointe was denied service-related O’Neill was able to use the report to show that Mr. LaPointe benefits in 1986 and again in 1987, 1990 and 1996. was experiencing prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia while still in the military, and within one year of his discharge from CVLC connected Mr. LaPointe with Murtha Cullina LLP the service—much earlier than the VA originally believed Mr. associate Colleen O’Neill and partner Francis Brady. Working LaPointe’s service-related mental health issues began. under the supervision of Mr. Brady, Ms. O’Neill reviewed Mr. LaPointe’s previous attempts to receive benefits, researched Mr. LaPointe submitted a new application for service- schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder and decided to connected benefits with this new evidence. In August approach the benefits request from a new angle. 2014—approximately 30 years after his first application—the Department of Veteran Affairs issued a decision granting Mr. LaPointe service-connected disability benefits for his Ms. O’Neill became involved psychiatric disorder. with pro bono work through Mr. LaPointe calls the brief prepared by his attorneys a “work CVLC because she has “a lot of art.” After 30 years of discouraging news, Mr. LaPointe says he felt like he would never get benefits. He explains of respect for veterans” and the experience: “I was trying to explain that the disease was wanted “to be involved in there but it wasn’t that noticeable before.
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