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| | CASA Article |
 | | Some options for earning time dollars (also known as service credits or time-banking) include studying English, coaching soccer, volunteering at church, babysitting, learning how to become a lobbyist or even working on their own cases. |
 | | A concept created by a Washington, D.C., law professor, time dollars are a medium of exchange that rewards altruism and lets people frequently regarded as “useless” by the traditional economy help fill social needs by, for example, walking an elderly person’s dog, learning their rights, attending health and housing programs and other community-building activities. |
 | | In legal programs at CASA and in California, time dollars are providing a new approach to the way clients and attorneys interact — and, according to the man who thought it all up, not a moment too soon. |
| www.casademaryland.org /press/Timedollars.htm (1326 words) |
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