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Legal Services Corporation
America's Partner for Equal Justice

LSC - Funded Programs in Arkansas

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field	FY 2011 Basic Field	$ Difference from FY 2011	% Difference from FY 2011
$3,513,241	$4,116,748	$-603,507	-17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year	LSC Funding*	Non-LSC Funding	Total Funding	LSC Funding %
2011	$4,309,780	$2,101,397	$6,411,177	67%
2010	$4,608,078	$2,016,989	$6,625,067	70%
2009	$4,230,004	$2,215,784	$6,445,788	66%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009	2010	2011
11,208	12,137	11,854

WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney	Paralegal	Other	Total
54	8	27	89

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults	Children	Total
16,444	14,734	31,178
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type	#	%
FAMILY	6,595	56%
CONSUMER	1,540	13%
HOUSING	1,094	9%
JUVENILE	875	7%
INCOME	659	6%
MISC	493	4%
EMPLOYMENT	253	2%
INDIVIDUAL	184	2%
HEALTH	125	1%
EDUCATION	36	0%
TOTALS	11,854	100%

CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity	#	%
White	7,721	65%
African American	3,488	29%
Hispanic	363	3%
Native American	42	0%
Asian/Pacific	127	1%
Other	113	1%
TOTALS	11,854	100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender	#	%
Women	8,933	75%
Men	2,921	25%
TOTALS	11,854	100%

LSC-FUNDED PROGRAM	COUNTIES SERVED
Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. Lee Richardson , Executive Director 714 South Main Street , Jonesboro , AR, 72401 (870) 972-9224 http://www.arlegalservices.org/	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe, Newton, Phillips, Poinsett, Randolph, St. Francis, Searcy, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, Washington, Woodruff
Center for Arkansas Legal Services Jean Turner Carter , Executive Director 1300 W. 6th Street , Little Rock , AR, 72201-3593 (501) 376-3423 http://www.arlegalservices.org/	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