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Assistant Director of Human Resources TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC Occupation: Human Resources Specialists
Location: MERCEDES, TX - 78570-3125 Positions available: 1
Job #: 16418768 Work At Home option: Not Specified
Posted: 1/30/2024 Updated: 5/20/2024 Expires: 6/20/2024
Source: WorkInTexas Site: WorkInTexas

 
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TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC
Is a Non-Profit employer with 35 locations

https://www.trla.org/

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The original TRLA program - known as Texas Rural Legal Aid - was created in 1970 by the Texas Trial Lawyers Association with federal funding for nine South Texas counties. The founding father was James DeAnda, of Corpus Christi, who later became the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Texas Rural Legal Aid joined several legal aid programs established in mostly urban areas, including Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Laredo, and El Paso. All were subsequently funded through a then-new federal agency, Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which was established in 1974. Over the next few years, groups such as Texas Rural Legal Aid, Coastal Bend Legal Services, and Legal Aid of Central Texas expanded into rural counties. During that time, Bexar County Legal Aid, the El Paso Legal Aid Society, and the Laredo Legal Aid Society remained as single-county urban legal services programs. By 1980, every county in Texas provided some level of free civil legal services to low-income residents. At that time, federal funding had almost reached an early goal established by LSC - enough funding to provide one lawyer for every 5,000 eligible clients in the country.

With the advent of the Reagan administration in 1980, a period of uncertainty emerged. The administration first attempted to eliminate federal funding for legal aid services altogether, but the U.S. Congress insisted that LSC be continued. The administration next tried to destroy LSC from within by appointing a board and hiring staff who were hostile to the program's mission. Federal funding was cut by one-third, and legal aid programs were subjected to intense scrutiny.

Under the Clinton administration, financial support for LSC increased modestly, but the program never recovered to the 1980 levels of funding. A subsequent effort to eliminate LSC resulted in new restraints on programs receiving LSC funds, including reduced funding in 1996 and in restrictions on attorneys' fees, class actions, representation of prisoners, and lobbying.
However, state funding in Texas began to fill the gap, coming first in the form of financial resources from Interest-On-Lawyers-Trust-Accounts (IOLTA), a program implemented by the Texas Supreme Court in 1984. The Supreme Court established the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation to administer IOLTA funds, and the foundation later became the funding conduit for all state funding of legal aid services.

In 2002, at the direction of LSC, four legal aid programs previously serving several areas — Legal Aid of Central Texas in the Austin area; Bexar County Legal Aid Society in San Antonio; Coastal Bend Legal Services in the Corpus Christi, Laredo, and Victoria areas; and the El Paso Legal Aid Society — merged with the original Texas Rural Legal Aid program to create a new agency that doubled the size of its clientele. To reflect the merger, the organization's name was changed to Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. In the year of the merger, TRLA provided civil legal aid to more than 25,000 low-income clients, with services ranging from brief advice and counseling to extensive litigation in state and federal courts.
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Salary Range: Not Available DOE (Depends on Experience) Benefits Provided: 401K, Dental, Flex-Time, Holidays, Life Insurance, Medical, Sick Leave, Vacation, Vision Other Benefits: Not Available Full or Part Time: Full Time (30 Hours or More) Job Duration: Over 150 Days Type of Job: Regular
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Minimum Experience Required: 36 months
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Minimum Education Level Required: Bachelor's Degree
Required License/Certification: No

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This section shows the number of job openings advertised online in Hidalgo County, TX for Human Resources Specialists and for the related occupational group of Business and Financial Operations Occupations on May 22, 2024 (Jobs De-duplication Level 2).
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Human Resources SpecialistsOccupation is in National High Growth industryGreen Occupation 10
Business and Financial Operations Occupations 98
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There were 10 job openings advertised online in Hidalgo County, TX for Human Resources Specialists on May 22, 2024. There are also 98 job openings advertised online for the related occupation group of Business and Financial Operations Occupations in Hidalgo County, TX on May 22, 2024.
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