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HENRY A. FREEDMAN Henry A. Freedman is the Executive Director of the Welfare Law Center in New York City (formerly Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, www.welfarelaw.org), which works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support — public funding provided on the basis of need — is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development. During his almost 30 years as a Director, Mr. Freedman has taken part in various significant litigation initiatives, among which, Supreme Court argument in Califano v. Westcott, 443 U.S. 76 (1979) and arguments in First and Sixth Circuits. Since the passing of the so-called "welfare reform" laws in 1995, the WLC has launched new programs of litigation, community education, and support to work for low-income organizations, including novel programs to promote communication among low income communities through the use of computer technology (www.lincproject.org). Before becoming head of the Center, Mr. Freedman has been a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow and Staff Attorney for the Center, an Associate Professor at Catholic University’s Law School, an associate with a New York law firm, an adjunct professor and lecturer at several law and social work university programs. He received his LLB degree from Yale Law School and his BA from Amherst College. Among his various awards are a 1998 New York State Bar Association "Public Interest Law Award" and a National Legal Aid and Defender Association "Reginald Heber Smith Award for Dedicated Service." Mr. Freedman has served on the New York State Department of Social Services State Advisory Council, on a Consulting Group on Welfare Reform, and on a Human Services Task Force for New York Governor Hugh Carey. He is a frequent public speaker and talk radio and television panelist on discussions of welfare and legal services. He also has several publications on the history and most recent developments of welfare law in the United States. Mr. Freedman is involved with community service in the "Beyond Shelter" Coalition of West Side Synagogues for Permanent Housing for the Homeless. 275 Seventh
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