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Legal Services Corporation
America's Partner for Equal Justice

LSC - Funded Programs in Louisiana

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field	FY 2011 Basic Field	$ Difference from FY 2011	% Difference from FY 2011
$7,389,560	$9,175,939	$-1,786,379	-24%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year	LSC Funding*	Non-LSC Funding	Total Funding	LSC Funding %
2011	$9,726,577	$5,155,350	$14,881,927	65%
2010	$9,540,719	$5,506,311	$15,047,030	63%
2009	$8,975,546	$4,927,880	$13,903,426	65%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009	2010	2011
17,237	17,096	16,651

WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney	Paralegal	Other	Total
108	23	64	195

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults	Children	Total
21,622	18,466	40,088
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type	#	%
FAMILY	8,327	50%
HOUSING	2,218	13%
INCOME	2,118	13%
CONSUMER	1,408	8%
MISC	1,053	6%
EMPLOYMENT	563	3%
JUVENILE	487	3%
INDIVIDUAL	268	2%
HEALTH	144	1%
EDUCATION	65	0%
TOTALS	16,651	100%

CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity	#	%
White	6,043	36%
African American	9,815	59%
Hispanic	287	2%
Native American	93	1%
Asian/Pacific	92	1%
Other	321	2%
TOTALS	16,651	100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender	#	%
Women	12,413	75%
Men	4,244	25%
TOTALS	16,651	100%

LSC-FUNDED PROGRAM	COUNTIES SERVED
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation Joseph R. Oelkers, III , Executive Director 1020 Surrey Street , P.O. Box 4823 Lafayette , LA, 70502-4823 (337) 237-4320 http://www.la-law.org/	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
Legal Services of North Louisiana, Inc. Alma S. Jones , Executive Director 720 Travis Street , Shreveport , LA, 71101 (318) 222-7186 http://www.lsnl.org/	Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Caldwell Parish, Catahoula Parish, Claiborne Parish, Concordia Parish, De Soto Parish, East Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Grant Parish, Jackson Parish, La Salle Parish, Lincoln Parish, Madison Parish, Morehouse Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Ouachita Parish, Red River Parish, Richland Parish, Sabine Parish, Tensas Parish, Union Parish, Webster Parish, West Carroll Parish, Winn Parish
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation Brian D. Lenard , Executive Director P. O. Drawer 2867 , Hammond , LA, 70404-2867 (504) 529-1000 http://www.slls.org	Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Iberville Parish, Jefferson Parish, Lafourche Parish, Livingston Parish, Orleans Parish, Plaquemines Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. James Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Washington Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, West Feliciana Parish