Media Center
Find press releases, impact reports, media contacts, and updates on our fight for a fairer Virginia.
Welcome to Virginia Poverty Law Center’s Media Center: your source for the latest on our advocacy, legal work, and community impact. Here you’ll find press releases, featured news stories, data-driven reports, and downloadable materials for journalists, partners, and the public. Whether you’re covering a breaking issue, researching policy change, or highlighting our work, this is where you’ll find trusted, timely information about our mission and movement.
News and Insights
Update
Long-Delayed Benefits Finally Reaching Virginia Families
The new congressional agreement funds SNAP through September 2026, but the disruption has already strained families, food banks, and community resources.
Update
VPLC Joins National Coalition Defending FTC Independence
VPLC is among 40 consumer, privacy, and competition organizations filing an amicus brief in Slaughter v. Trump, supporting Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in the challenge to her attempted removal by the President.
Update
Marketplace Open Enrollment: What Virginians Need to Know
Open Enrollment on Virginia’s Insurance Marketplace is underway through January 30, and VPLC’s Enroll Virginia program continues to offer free, unbiased enrollment assistance. Without congressional action to extend enhanced premium tax credits, Marketplace premiums will rise sharply in 2026.
Press Releases
See all the latest news from VPLC in our Press Release library.
Latest Stories
Justice in Real Life: Maria
Elevating tenants’ voices to drive lasting housing reform across Virginia.
Justice in Real Life: Carlos
A $32 mistake cost him everything.
Justice in Real Life: Lena
When tenants say enough is enough.
How We Drive Change Across Virginia
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Directors
Valerie L’Herrou, Esq.
Deputy Director of the Center for Family Advocacy
Staff Attorney, Family & Child Welfare
Susheela Varky, Esq.
Director of the Center for Family Advocacy and Legal Assistance for Victim-Immigrants of Domestic Abuse (LA VIDA)
