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Program Profile

Center for Arkansas Legal Services

Jean Turner Carter, Executive Director
1300 W. 6th Street, Little Rock AR 72201-3593
Phone: (501) 376-3423; Fax: (501) 376-3664
http://www.arlegalservices.org/

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$2,103,848 $2,465,248 $-361,400 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 2,617,878 786,889 3,404,767 77%
2010 2,805,521 848,930 3,654,451 77%
2009 2,554,882 1,062,753 3,617,635 71%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
5,766 6,051 5,639
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
23 2 15 40

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
8,025 6,759 14,784
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
FAMILY 2,802 50%
CONSUMER 849 15%
HOUSING 635 11%
INCOME 455 8%
JUVENILE 376 7%
MISC 271 5%
EMPLOYMENT 132 2%
HEALTH 69 1%
INDIVIDUAL 35 1%
EDUCATION 15 0%
TOTALS 5,639 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 3,179 56%
African American 2,275 40%
Hispanic 80 1%
Native American 20 0%
Asian/Pacific 12 0%
Other 73 1%
TOTALS 5,639 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 4,170 74%
Men 1,469 26%
TOTALS 5,639 100%

Counties Served

Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier, Union, White, Yell


Branch office locations

Center For Arkansas Legal Services
100 Greenwood Suite E,
Hot Springs, AR 71913

Center For Arkansas Legal Services
1400 West 5th Ave.,
Pine Bluff, AR 71601

Center For Arkansas Legal Services
101 W. Main St., Suite 300,
El Dorado, AR 71730

Center for Arkansas Legal Services
901 South 21st Street,
Fort Smith, AR 72902

Center for Arkansas Legal Services
101 East Main Street, Suite C,
Russellville, AR 72801