Legal Aid Of The Bluegrass Makes Cuts

{Covington, Kentucky}...Federal funding cuts have led Legal Aid of the Bluegrass to cut nine positions, including two lawyers in Covington, where the nonprofit is based, two in Lexington and one in Morehead. Legal Aid of the Bluegrass provides assistance in civil cases to low-income families in 33 counties. The staff reduction is part of a trend after federal funding to the nation’s 135 legal aid societies was reduced this year by $72 million, to $348 million. Before the most recent cuts, Legal Aid of the Bluegrass was already turning away 7,062 people who requested help and were eligible in terms of income.