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Legal Services Corporation
America's Partner for Equal Justice

Acadiana Legal Service Corporation

Joseph R. Oelkers, III, Executive Director
1020 Surrey Street, P.O. Box 4823, Lafayette LA 70502-4823
Phone: (337) 237-4320; Fax: (337) 237-8839
http://www.la-law.org/

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field	FY 2011 Basic Field	$ Difference from FY 2011	% Difference from FY 2011
$1,890,736	$2,215,527	$-324,791	-17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year	LSC Funding*	Non-LSC Funding	Total Funding	LSC Funding %
2011	2,509,592	1,160,090	3,669,682	68%
2010	2,580,185	1,139,457	3,719,642	69%
2009	2,375,421	746,851	3,122,272	76%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009	2010	2011
3,549	4,042	3,895

WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney	Paralegal	Other	Total
23	15	17	55

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults	Children	Total
5,755	4,806	10,561
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type	#	%
FAMILY	2,117	54%
INCOME	587	15%
CONSUMER	313	8%
MISC	271	7%
HOUSING	227	6%
JUVENILE	152	4%
EMPLOYMENT	105	3%
INDIVIDUAL	67	2%
HEALTH	43	1%
EDUCATION	13	0%
TOTALS	3,895	100%

CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity	#	%
White	1,801	46%
African American	1,983	51%
Hispanic	48	1%
Native American	7	0%
Asian/Pacific	12	0%
Other	44	1%
TOTALS	3,895	100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender	#	%
Women	2,821	72%
Men	1,071	27%
TOTALS	3,895	100%

Counties Served

Acadia Parish, Allen Parish, Avoyelles Parish, Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Evangeline Parish, Iberia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Lafayette Parish, Rapides Parish, St. Landry Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Vermilion Parish, Vernon Parish

Branch office locations

ALSC-Alexandria Office
1808 Jackson Street, P. O. Box 350
Alexandria, LA 71301

ALSC- Lake Charles Office
One Lakeshore Drive, Suite 800,
Lake Charles, LA 70629

Louisiana Disability Law Center
927 Moss Street /Suite 2502, P. O. Box 3254
Lake Charles, LA 70601

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