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Program Profile

Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc.

Donald Isaac, Executive Director
1321 E. Memorial Boulevard, Lakeland FL 33801
Phone: (239) 334-4554; Fax: (239) 936-7038
http://www.frls.org/

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$3,453,891 $4,047,202 $-593,311 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 4,391,979 2,524,593 6,916,572 63%
2010 4,618,352 2,679,527 7,297,879 63%
2009 4,211,998 2,182,345 6,394,343 66%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
3,257 4,985 6,173
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
23 11 19 53

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
9,979 6,607 16,586
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
HOUSING 2,713 44%
INCOME 979 16%
FAMILY 796 13%
CONSUMER 625 10%
MISC 384 6%
EMPLOYMENT 349 6%
INDIVIDUAL 163 3%
HEALTH 120 2%
EDUCATION 31 1%
JUVENILE 13 0%
TOTALS 6,173 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 2,895 47%
African American 2,098 34%
Hispanic 1,066 17%
Native American 15 0%
Asian/Pacific 13 0%
Other 86 1%
TOTALS 6,173 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 4,070 66%
Men 2,101 34%
TOTALS 6,173 100%

Counties Served

Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lee, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Polk, St. Lucie


Branch office locations

Belle Glade
1500 NW Avenue L, Suite A
Belle Glade, FL 33430

Fort Myers
3210 Cleveland Avenue, Suite 101, P.O. Box 219
Fort Myers, FL 33802

Fort Pierce
510 US Highway 1, Suite 1, P.O. Box 4333
Ft Pierce, FL 34950

West Palm Beach
3111 South Dixie Highway, Suite 140,
West Palm Beach, FL 33405

Punta Gorda
226 Taylor Road, Room 210
Punta Gorda, FL 33950