premise: In July 1995, in anticipation of the funding cutbacks, LSC initiated the broad outlines of its state planning process to highlight strategies by which programs could stretch scarce federal dollars to help ensure that all low-income clients have an equal opportunity to receive the most accessible, effective legal assistance possible.
hypothesis: The LSC tried to plan for budget cuts in July 1995, by offering outlines of the planning process and sharing strategies with programs that would be impacted. 