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Legal Needs of Older Floridians: A 2006 Survey
/ Research Report
February 2007—
Which legal issues most concern age 60+ Floridians? How do they now receive legal help, for what issues, and how can their legal needs be met? This late 2006 AARP mail survey seeks answers to these questions, examining issues of health care coverage, housing, hurricane damage, consumer fraud, and legal services. (58 pages)
Money Management Programs in Iowa: What Service Providers Say
/ Research Report
January 2006—
Most of the money management services currently available in Iowa are furnished on an ad hoc basis. Of the 182 service organizations surveyed, 82 percent report having received calls from or having had contact with mid-to-low income clients experiencing problems in managing their money because of mental, physical or social incapacity. (18 pages)
Technology: Changing the Way Low- and Middle-Income People Receive Legal Services Around the World
/ Opinion
September 2003—
Wayne Moore, AARP Director of Advocacy Planning and Issues Management, discusses legal service programs which are trying to serve more people with the same resources, primarily through the innovative use of technology.