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.{{cite web |title=MPC Member Spotlight: Pine Tree Legal Assistance |url=https://www.mainephilanthropy.org/news/mpc-member-spotlight-pine-tree-legal-assistance |website=Maine Philanthropy Center |language=en |date=29 September 2016}} It was led by Nan Heald from 1990 to 2022.{{cite news |last1=Sharon |first1=Susan |title=Justice advocate Nan Heald, executive director of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, dies of cancer |url=https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2022-01-21/justice-advocate-nan-heald-executive-director-of-pine-tree-legal-assistance-dies-of-cancer |work=Maine Public |date=21 January 2022 |language=en}} In 2022, it received a $20 million federal grant which allowed it to double the size of its anti-eviction program.{{cite news |title=Pine Tree Legal gets federal funding for eviction legal services |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/money/business/pine-tree-legal-assistance-of-maine-among-recipients-of-department-of-housing-and-urban-development-funding-to-help-tenants-facing-eviction/97-dec7e616-c4a7-4c2e-9726-51e0a3ebd8c9 |work=newscentermaine.com |date=9 May 2022}}