Pisgah Legal Services
Christopher Collins is currently working as North Carolina Medicaid Ombudsman at Pisgah Legal Services, providing assistance to low-income individuals in accessing and utilizing health care coverage under Medicaid. Prior to this, Collins served as a Supervisor at Yancey County DSS, a Caseworker at various organizations, a Vocational Specialist at October Road Inc., an Associate Professional at Alpha Omega Health Inc., and a Documentation Technician at Kelly. With a Master of Arts in Christian Studies from North Greenville University, Collins also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mars Hill University and an Associate of Arts from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.
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Pisgah Legal Services
Our Mission: To pursue justice by providing legal assistance and advocacy to help low-income people in Western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives. What We Do: Pisgah Legal Services is an innovative, responsive nonprofit law firm founded in 1978 that: - provides free civil legal aid to very low-income people; - helps more than 9,200 of the most vulnerable people in our communities annually to meet urgent needs; - partners with dozens of other agencies to make sustainable change for people in crisis; - coordinates the pro bono services of more than 280 area attorneys; - improves systems and policies that impact the lives of thousands of low-income people. PLS' primary service area includes six counties: Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties. We provide limited services in a total of seventeen Western North Carolina counties.