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Program Profile

Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation

John H. Fitzgerald, Executive Director
574 Summit Avenue, Jersey City NJ 07306-2797
Phone: (201) 792-6363; Fax: (201) 798-8780
http://www.lsnj.org/directory.htm

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CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$1,673,267 $1,960,701 $-287,434 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 1,962,490 6,610,177 8,572,667 23%
2010 2,045,706 8,899,228 10,944,934 19%
2009 2,159,831 10,867,864 13,027,695 17%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
10,073 8,272 7,141
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
29 0 21 50

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
10,331 6,839 17,170
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
HOUSING 2,002 28%
FAMILY 1,744 24%
INCOME 1,430 20%
CONSUMER 1,356 19%
INDIVIDUAL 375 5%
HEALTH 89 1%
MISC 60 1%
EMPLOYMENT 47 1%
EDUCATION 26 0%
JUVENILE 12 0%
TOTALS 7,141 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 1,435 20%
African American 1,923 27%
Hispanic 3,379 47%
Native American 4 0%
Asian/Pacific 187 3%
Other 213 3%
TOTALS 7,141 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 4,961 69%
Men 2,180 31%
TOTALS 7,141 100%

Counties Served

Bergen, Hudson, Passaic


Branch office locations

Northeast New Jersey Legal Services-Bergen
190 Moore Street, Suite 100,
Hackensack, NJ 07601

Northeast New Jersey Legal Services-Passaic
152 Market Street, 6th Floor,
Paterson, NJ 07505