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Strong City/MD Office of Public Defender: Expungement VISTA
 
 
 
This position is sponsored by Strong City Baltimore in Baltimore, MD; and the VISTA member will serve with Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore, MD. Strong City sponsors 30 VISTA projects at nonprofit, government, and community organizations throughout Baltimore City and Maryland. Established in 1969 to help neighborhoods become safer, better places to live, Strong City's mission is to build and strengthen neighborhoods and people. Strong City will provide support to the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and the VISTA member throughout the year, including recruitment, training, resources, and professional development opportunities, and meetings. The Office of the Public Defender provides superior legal representation to indigent defendants in the State of Maryland. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Maryland to provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in the representation of indigents, including related necessary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings within the State, and to assure effective assistance and continuity of counsel to indigent accused taken into custody and indigent defendants in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the courts of the State of Maryland, and to authorize the Office of the Public Defender to administer and assure enforcement of the provisions of this article in accordance with its terms.
 
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Member Duties : The goal of this project is to improve the economic opportunity for low income Baltimoreans by creating streamlined, straightforward processes for eligible cases to be expunged from their criminal record. The VISTA will: 1) Develop and implement a routinized process for public defenders to represent clients in seeking expungement 2) Find eligible cases and help to secure expungement 3) Develop and conduct training for Baltimore City public defenders
 
Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Living Allowance ,  Childcare assistance if eligible . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Permits working at another job during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Ex-Offender Reentry ,  Community Outreach ,  Homelessness ,  Neighborhood Revitalization . 
 
Skills :
Counseling ,  Writing/Editing ,  Communications ,  Teaching/Tutoring ,  General Skills ,  Law ,  Computers/Technology ,  Public Speaking ,  Team Work . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Strong City/MD Office of Public Defender: Expungement VISTA

Program Start/End Date
08/31/2018  -   08/30/2019

Work Schedule Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None

Program Locations MARYLAND   Washington/Baltimore  

Languages
English

Accepting Applications
From  04/18/2018  To  07/01/2018 

Contact Azure Grimes
3503 N Charles St
Baltimore   MD   21218
4103870088
agrimes@strongcitybaltimore.org
www.strongcitybaltimore.org/

Listing ID 80252


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