By Mike Monahan There are about a million people in Georgia living at or below the federal poverty guidelines, most living not in the shadows of Atlanta s skyscrapers but in our smaller cities and towns.
Domestic violence remains entrenched.
The aim of civil legal services and coordinated pro bono programs is to meet these most critical personal legal needs of low-income Georgians. Business lawyers can help build communities by volunteering to be lawyers for the poor, handling legal matters associated with economic development and microenterprise efforts. Georgia s nonprofit sector is healthy and growing. According to the Georgia Nonprofit Resource Center, Georgia is home to 14,155 active charitable organizations. 1 Georgia s nonprofit community is comprised of arts organizations, child care, health and education programs the full range of community-centered activities.