Your Support Brings Justice, Stability, and Hope

The cost of living keeps rising, making it harder for low-income Virginians to stay housed, healthy, and fed.

• Soaring rents and unfair landlords are pushing families toward eviction.
  
  
• Cuts to SNAP benefits mean more families are struggling to afford food and essentials.
  
  
• Healthcare coverage rollbacks put critical medical care out of reach for those with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
  
  

Your gift empowers the Virginia Poverty Law Center's dedicated attorneys and advocates to help struggling families navigate these challenges.

Support from the community and people like you helped fuel major victories in 2024—impacting lives well into 2025:

✅ Eviction Defense Center: Launched an innovative self-help tool for tenants, addressing over 11,000 eviction cases filed each month.

✅ Eviction Record Expungement: Helped clear over 30,000 dismissed eviction cases, giving renters a fresh start.

✅ Foster Care Reform: Advocated for key legislation supporting 5,156 children in foster care and their families.

✅ Consumer Protections: Secured medical debt reporting safeguards for 500,000 Virginians and utility shut-off protections for 920,000 low-income residents.

✅ Healthcare Access: Enroll Virginia connected 16,137 individuals to essential health coverage.

Your generosity fuels this life-changing work—breaking down systemic barriers, fighting poverty, and equipping Virginians with the legal knowledge they need to advocate for themselves.

Donate today to continue creating change for Virginians, especially our lower-income friends and neighbors.

Take it a step further and join the 1978 Society, a dedicated community of supporters whose recurring gifts provide VPLC with the steady, reliable funding needed to fight for justice all year long.

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