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Program Profile

Mississippi Center for Legal Services

Sam H. Buchanan, Jr., Executive Director
111 East Front Street, P.O. Drawer 1728, Hattiesburg MS 39403-1728
Phone: (601) 545-2950; Fax: (601) 545-2935
http://www.mslegalservices.org/MS/index.cfm

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field 		FY 2011
Basic Field 		$ Difference
from FY 2011 		% Difference
from FY 2011
$2,831,290 $3,317,650 $-486,360 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 3,508,071 700,482 4,208,553 83%
2010 3,698,760 801,121 4,499,881 82%
2009 3,348,856 1,543,703 4,892,559 68%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
6,694 6,680 6,430
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
16 10 23 49

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
8,696 9,446 18,142
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
FAMILY 3,801 59%
CONSUMER 792 12%
HOUSING 521 8%
JUVENILE 505 8%
INCOME 440 7%
MISC 171 3%
EMPLOYMENT 167 3%
EDUCATION 20 0%
INDIVIDUAL 7 0%
HEALTH 6 0%
TOTALS 6,430 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 2,536 39%
African American 3,761 58%
Hispanic 36 1%
Native American 21 0%
Asian/Pacific 28 0%
Other 48 1%
TOTALS 6,430 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 5,027 78%
Men 1,403 22%
TOTALS 6,430 100%

Counties Served

Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson, Yazoo


Branch office locations

Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation
2305 Fifth Street, 2nd Floor, Post Office Box 1931
Meridian, MS 39302

Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation
414 South State Street, Suite 300, Post Office Box 951
Jackson, MS 39205-0951

Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation
221 Main Street, Post Office Box 575
McComb, MS 39649

Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation
520 East Pass Road, Suite J, Post Office Box 8691
Gulfport, MS 39507

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