Statement of Priorities

PRIORITY EIGHT:

Represent clients on the following issues subject to the following
FACTORS FOR DETERMINING ACCEPTANCE OF CASES:

1. Availability of financial and staff resources.

2. Strength of the evidence and legal grounds supporting the individual's claim.

3. Unavailability of effective alternative representation or resources.

4. Inability of the individual, his/her parent(s), legal guardian, or interested person to advocate.

5. Immediacy, severity, and duration of effects of the threatened harm to the individual.

6. Increased vulnerability of the individual based on social, economic, or minority group status.

7. Likelihood that a successful result in the individual’s case will have a positive impact on other individuals.

While not all factors need to be satisfied for a case to be accepted for representation, collectively they provide a means for allocating limited resources most effectively within Rhode Island's disability community by avoiding duplication of services, assisting those who are most in need, and ensuring that the greatest number of individuals possible may realize benefits from our advocacy efforts.

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