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Legal Services Corporation
America's Partner for Equal Justice

Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc.

John E. Whitfield, Executive Director
204 North High Street, P.O. Box 551, Harrisonburg VA 22803
Phone: (540) 433-1830; Fax: (540) 433-2202
http://www.brls.org/

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field	FY 2011 Basic Field	$ Difference from FY 2011	% Difference from FY 2011
$669,232	$784,193	$-114,961	-17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year	LSC Funding*	Non-LSC Funding	Total Funding	LSC Funding %
2011	815,742	1,182,914	1,998,656	41%
2010	824,476	1,304,107	2,128,583	39%
2009	770,425	1,219,660	1,990,085	39%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009	2010	2011
2,602	2,344	1,983

WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney	Paralegal	Other	Total
12	7	4	23

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults	Children	Total
2,826	1,968	4,794
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type	#	%
FAMILY	857	43%
CONSUMER	413	21%
HOUSING	347	17%
MISC	205	10%
INCOME	105	5%
HEALTH	42	2%
INDIVIDUAL	6	0%
EMPLOYMENT	4	0%
JUVENILE	3	0%
EDUCATION	1	0%
TOTALS	1,983	100%

CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity	#	%
White	1,561	79%
African American	324	16%
Hispanic	62	3%
Native American	11	1%
Asian/Pacific	5	0%
Other	20	1%
TOTALS	1,983	100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender	#	%
Women	1,487	75%
Men	496	25%
TOTALS	1,983	100%

Counties Served

Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Clarke, Craig, Franklin, Frederick, Highland, Page, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren, Bedford city, Buena Vista city, Clifton Forge city, Covington city, Harrisonburg city, Lexington city, Roanoke city, Salem city, Staunton city, Waynesboro city, Winchester city

Branch office locations

Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc.
303 South Loudoun Street, Suite D, P.O. Box 436
Winchester, VA 22604

Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc.
215 S. Main Street,
Lexington, VA 24450

Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc.
132 Campbell Avenue, SW, Suite 300
Roanoke, VA 24011

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