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Program Profile

Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc.

Deierdre L. Weir, Executive Director
613 Abbott Street, Detroit MI 48226-4216
Phone: (313) 967-5555; Fax: (313) 965-9694
http://www.ladadetroit.org/

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field 		FY 2011
Basic Field 		$ Difference
from FY 2011 		% Difference
from FY 2011
$3,604,220 $4,223,354 $-619,134 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 4,919,638 3,805,948 8,725,586 56%
2010 4,511,886 4,124,791 8,636,677 52%
2009 4,080,960 4,483,913 8,564,873 48%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
8,308 8,491 8,518
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
55 11 50 116

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
12,016 8,108 20,124
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
HOUSING 2,303 27%
FAMILY 2,213 26%
CONSUMER 1,778 21%
MISC 1,039 12%
INCOME 852 10%
EMPLOYMENT 166 2%
HEALTH 78 1%
EDUCATION 43 1%
JUVENILE 27 0%
INDIVIDUAL 19 0%
TOTALS 8,518 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 2,477 29%
African American 5,691 67%
Hispanic 165 2%
Native American 17 0%
Asian/Pacific 36 0%
Other 132 2%
TOTALS 8,518 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 5,552 65%
Men 2,966 35%
TOTALS 8,518 100%

Counties Served

Macomb, Oakland, Wayne


Branch office locations

Administration Office
613 Abbott St., 6th Floor
Detroit, MI 48226

Federal Defender Office
613 Abbott Street, 5th Floor
Detroit, MI 48226

State Defender Office
613 Abbott St., 4th Floor
Detroit, MI 48226

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