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Program Profile

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc.

Jessie R. Nicholson, Executive Director
Alliance Bank Center, 55 E. 5th Street, Suite 1000, St. Paul MN 55101-1448
Phone: (651) 228-9823; Fax: (651) 228-9450
http://www.smrls.org/

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$1,444,149 $1,692,225 $-248,076 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 1,692,225 7,121,442 8,813,667 19%
2010 1,765,194 7,491,034 9,256,228 19%
2009 1,634,835 8,022,227 9,657,062 17%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
10,493 10,249 9,960
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
47 16 22 85

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
14,339 14,193 28,532
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
HOUSING 3,680 37%
FAMILY 2,330 23%
INCOME 1,527 15%
CONSUMER 816 8%
INDIVIDUAL 696 7%
HEALTH 284 3%
EMPLOYMENT 257 3%
MISC 226 2%
EDUCATION 92 1%
JUVENILE 52 1%
TOTALS 9,960 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 5,334 54%
African American 2,864 29%
Hispanic 869 9%
Native American 215 2%
Asian/Pacific 532 5%
Other 146 1%
TOTALS 9,960 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 7,303 73%
Men 2,657 27%
TOTALS 9,960 100%

Counties Served

Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Jackson, Le Sueur, McLeod, Martin, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Winona


Branch office locations

Southern Mn. Regional Legal Services, Inc.
55 East 5th St., Suite 400,
St. Paul, MN 55101-1118

Southern Mn. Regional Legal Services, Inc.
12 Civic Center Plaza, #3000, P. O. Box 3304
Mankato, MN 56002

Southern Mn. Regional Legal Services, Inc.
66 East Third Street, Suite 204,
Winona, MN 55987-3466

Migrant Legal Services
450 North Syndicate Street, Suite 285,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Southern Mn. Regional Legal Services, Inc.
712 Canterbury Road South,
Shakopee, MN 55379

Southern Mn. Regional Legal Services, Inc.
132 North Broadway,
Albert Lea, MN 56007

Migrant Legal Services
118 Broadway #616,
Fargo, ND 58102

Southern Mn. Regional Legal Services, Inc.
579 Wells St. #l00,
St.Paul, MN 55101

Southern Mn. Regional Legal Services, Inc.
421-Tenth Street,
Worthington, MN 56187

Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Services
450 North Syndicate St., Suite 285,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Education Law Advocacy Project
450 North Syndicate Street, Suite 285,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Southern MN Regional Legal Services, Inc.
903 West Center Street, Suite 130,
Rochester, MN 55902

Program Support Office
450 North Syndicate Street, Suite 285,
St. Paul, MN 55104