ProfMillward's profile picture. poverty lawyer, clinician @AUWCL civil advocacy clinic. interests: health, public benefits, access to justice, workers' rights. also: momming, toddlers, coffee.

Jess Millward

@ProfMillward

poverty lawyer, clinician @AUWCL civil advocacy clinic. interests: health, public benefits, access to justice, workers' rights. also: momming, toddlers, coffee.

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Thrilled to join my fellow Practitioners on this morning's panel!

Fantastic panels featuring those responsible for the establishment and growth of our pathbreaking @wclclinic and our current Practitioners-in-Residence who work with @AUWCL faculty to teach our students and who represent the future of clinical legal education. #FiftyandForward

DeanFairfaxEsq's tweet image. Fantastic panels featuring those responsible for the establishment and growth of our pathbreaking @wclclinic and our current Practitioners-in-Residence who work with @AUWCL faculty to teach our students and who represent the future of clinical legal education. #FiftyandForward
DeanFairfaxEsq's tweet image. Fantastic panels featuring those responsible for the establishment and growth of our pathbreaking @wclclinic and our current Practitioners-in-Residence who work with @AUWCL faculty to teach our students and who represent the future of clinical legal education. #FiftyandForward
DeanFairfaxEsq's tweet image. Fantastic panels featuring those responsible for the establishment and growth of our pathbreaking @wclclinic and our current Practitioners-in-Residence who work with @AUWCL faculty to teach our students and who represent the future of clinical legal education. #FiftyandForward


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Feds deny state requests to waive student requirements for SNAP—Thanks ⁦@laurenwalizer⁩ for tracking this. It’s a travesty. insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/2…


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Today's DOES hearing revealed the harsh reality of wage theft and its persistent effects on low-wage workers. @dclinenews points to how DC has failed to protect against these abuses and other workers' rights violations in the District. bit.ly/3cw6pNR


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A bombshell hidden in the new U.S. maternal mortality #: *rate doesn't include deaths >42 days postpartum *the same report says 277 US women died >42 days in 2018, bringing full-year total to 935 *so 30% of US deaths not counted in the new rate @propublica propublica.org/article/the-ne…


The federal poverty line is arbitrary and outdated. The line determines who is in or out for life-sustaining benefits, and I've seen too many of my clients suffer for want of food, medical care, and housing, even in states where the cost of living is low.

.@AOC testifying on the need to update the federal poverty line: "For children to lose their parents because they can’t afford insulin or chemotherapy, in what we proudly call the richest country in the world, is a moral injustice and a moral outrage." #ProtectKids



I'm looking forward to speaking about my experience as an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow at Montana Legal Services. @EJW_org, @AmeriCorps and @MLSA provided wonderful support while I served Montanans living in poverty.

Interested in working in rural communities? Come to the Rural Justice Lawyering panel TOMORROW from 12-1:00 PM in N101 to learning about rural lawyering! Pizza is provided! See you there!

auwcl_opi's tweet image. Interested in working in rural communities? Come to the Rural Justice Lawyering panel TOMORROW from 12-1:00 PM in N101 to learning about rural lawyering! Pizza is provided! See you there!


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Legal Aid filed a federal lawsuit today to stop implementation of a new Trump Administration rule that could cut about 700,000 Americans off food stamps, on behalf of individual DC residents and @BreadfortheCity. legalaiddc.org/wp-content/upl… #HandsOffSNAP

LegalAidDC's tweet image. Legal Aid filed a federal lawsuit today to stop implementation of a new Trump Administration rule that could cut about 700,000 Americans off food stamps, on behalf of individual DC residents and @BreadfortheCity.  legalaiddc.org/wp-content/upl…  #HandsOffSNAP

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SNAP benefit levels are based on unrealistic expectations. Evidence suggests that raising SNAP benefits would improve food security, lessen the adverse effects linked to families running out of food, and would likely result in health benefits: cbpp.org/research/food-…

cbpp.org

More Adequate SNAP Benefits Would Help Millions of Participants Better Afford Food

The Thrifty Food Plan — the USDA’s food plan designed to provide a nutritionally adequate diet at minimal cost and the basis for SNAP benefits — is badly out of date.


3 out of 5 maternal deaths during pregnancy and the first 12 months postpartum could be prevented with adequate medical care. Medicaid should cover postpartum individuals beyond the first 60 days.

Women with substance use disorders generally do well during #pregnancy because they have access to care & insurance, UCSF's Dr. Mishka Terplan, @do_less_harm, says. “Where things fall apart is postpartum. We actually abandon women after delivery.". ucsfh.org/2shSHeT



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