LSV Attorney Quoted in News Story About Flooding and FEMA

LSV's dedicated attorney for flood victims was quoted in a news story about the experiences that Vermonters had after the flooding of 2023.

Vermont Public reported:

“Erika Johnson, a lawyer at the nonprofit Legal Services Vermont, has been helping lower-income residents navigate the bureaucracy.

‘So when we start digging into these cases, what I have seen is that sometimes people can get incorrect information or inconsistent information from the different folks that they talk to. So if they call the FEMA helpline three times, they might hear three different things,' Johnson said. 'I think there’s often a big disconnect between how the agency does its work and how the folks on the ground know how to access those services.’”

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