Pine Tree Legal Assistance

Pine Tree Legal Assistance (PTLA) is a nonprofit agency that specializes in providing free civil legal services for the poor in Maine, United States. Based in Portland, Maine but operating statewide, PTLA opened in 1967.[1] It was led by Nan Heald from 1990 to 2022.[2] In 2022, it received a $20 million federal grant which allowed it to double the size of its anti-eviction program.[3]

References
  1. "MPC Member Spotlight: Pine Tree Legal Assistance". Maine Philanthropy Center. 29 September 2016.
  2. Sharon, Susan (21 January 2022). "Justice advocate Nan Heald, executive director of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, dies of cancer". Maine Public.
  3. "Pine Tree Legal gets federal funding for eviction legal services". newscentermaine.com. 9 May 2022.


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