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