Legal Services Corporation America's Partner for Equal Justice
Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc.
Cheryl Three Stars Valandra, Executive Director 160 Second Street, P.O. Box 727, Mission SD 57555-0727 Phone: (605) 856-4444; Fax: (605) 348-5874 http://www.helpsouthdakota.com/homeDPLS
CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field
FY 2011 Basic Field
$ Difference from FY 2011
% Difference from FY 2011
$1,332,433
$1,564,198
$-231,765
-17%
FUNDING HISTORY
Year
LSC Funding*
Non-LSC Funding
Total Funding
LSC Funding %
2011
1,577,650
538,313
2,115,963
75%
2010
1,718,772
639,347
2,358,119
73%
2009
1,653,626
538,986
2,192,612
75%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.
TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009
2010
2011
2,189
2,575
2,273
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney
Paralegal
Other
Total
13
9
6
28
NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults
Children
Total
2,258
2,300
4,558
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.
CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type
#
%
FAMILY
813
36%
MISC
703
31%
HOUSING
216
10%
JUVENILE
164
7%
CONSUMER
148
7%
INCOME
108
5%
INDIVIDUAL
91
4%
EMPLOYMENT
21
1%
HEALTH
6
0%
EDUCATION
3
0%
TOTALS
2,273
100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity
#
%
White
458
20%
African American
23
1%
Hispanic
55
2%
Native American
1,718
76%
Asian/Pacific
3
0%
Other
1
0%
TOTALS
2,258
100%
CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender
#
%
Women
1,486
66%
Men
771
34%
TOTALS
2,258
100%
Counties Served
Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Corson, Custer, Dewey, Fall River, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Harding, Hughes, Hyde, Jackson, Jones, Lawrence, Lyman, Meade, Mellette, Pennington, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Shannon, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Tripp, Walworth, Ziebach, Native Americans living in all counties in South Dakota, including those who live on the Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Lower Brule, Yankton and Lake Traverse Indian Reservations
Branch office locations
Dakota Plains Legal Services Corner of White Ghost Drive, P.O. Box 20 Ft. Thompson, SD 57339
Dakota Plains Legal Services Carnegan & River Road, P.O. Box 507 Ft. Yates, ND 58538
Dakota Plains Legal Services Indian School Road, P.O. Box 500 Eagle Butte, SD 57625
Dakota Plains Legal Services Hwy 18, N. Courthouse, P.O. Box 1989 Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Dakota Plains Legal Services 301 Veterans Ave., Suite 4, 301 Veterans Ave., Suite 4 Sisseton, SD 57262
Dakota Plains Legal Services 528 Kansas City Street, Suite 1, P.O. Box 1500 Rapid City, SD 57709
Dakota Plains Legal Services PO Box 70, Pierre, SD 57501