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Legal Services Corporation
America's Partner for Equal Justice

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

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

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