This connects the idea of outreach to the concept of embeddedness in the community; making legal aid a presence in the community, creating an awareness of legal issues in people’s consciousness and becoming part of the social organization of helping in the community. [...] At the beginning of the project news items about the van appeared in the major media in the region. [...] Number of Contacts with the Van by Community Table 2 shows the number of visitors to the van by community, distinguishing people with problems and casual visitors.10 The table is organized around the number of visitors to the van with problems. [...] Connecting with the Van through Patterns of Social Interaction There are other indications that the presence of the van and the availability of help with everyday legal problems is becoming part of the social fabric of the community. [...] Engaging the resources within the community extends the capacity of legal aid to deal with problems beyond the limits of the funding available from conventional sources and the skills resident in the clinic.
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