I hope this email finds you well. Today, I wanted to reach out and talk to you about our ongoing efforts to expand access to public benefits for the most vulnerable among us.

Low-income people face significant barriers in accessing the critical support they need to lead stable and secure lives. It is the firm belief of NCLEJ that a strong social safety net is essential to ensuring the well-being of all members of our society. If you agree, then add your name to show your support.

We believe that it’s not enough for people to just survive. They deserve to thrive, and we are actively working to challenge and transform our flawed system that leaves far too many people behind.

Everyone needs food to eat, water to drink, a place to live, and a basic income to support themselves and their loved ones every single day. These are the fundamental building blocks to life, and we are determined to ensure that all people are treated with the dignity they deserve. Public benefits like SNAP, Medicaid, SSI, TANF, and many others help provide life-saving support for vulnerable people. These programs are critical, and at the same time in need of major improvement.

We rely on the support of people like you to continue our work to hold government agencies accountable for their shortcomings in administering public benefits. Here are just a few examples of our impact in recent years:

• Because of an NCLEJ lawsuit, Connecticut went from having the worst SNAP delays in the country in 2017 to processing 96% of applications on time in 2021.
• In 2015, the State of Louisiana threatened to cut more than 31,000 people from SNAP—until NCLEJ successfully intervened and saved their benefits.
• Because of an NCLEJ lawsuit, SNAP delays in Georgia have significantly improved, and 48,000 Georgians whose benefits were wrongfully delayed received $22 million in back benefits.
• In Alaska this year, we successfully negotiated an interim settlement for the State to halve its more than 10,000 person SNAP backlog within six months.