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Legal Services Corporation
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LSC - Funded Programs in Massachusetts

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field	FY 2011 Basic Field	$ Difference from FY 2011	% Difference from FY 2011
$4,980,374	$5,835,905	$-855,531	-17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year	LSC Funding*	Non-LSC Funding	Total Funding	LSC Funding %
2011	$6,443,856	$4,394,366	$10,838,222	59%
2010	$6,640,767	$1,926,837	$8,567,604	78%
2009	$5,987,747	$1,569,830	$7,557,577	79%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009	2010	2011
17,074	17,803	16,273

WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney	Paralegal	Other	Total
42	17	24	83

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults	Children	Total
24,035	11,522	35,557
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type	#	%
HOUSING	6,157	38%
FAMILY	3,746	23%
INCOME	2,806	17%
CONSUMER	1,642	10%
EMPLOYMENT	584	4%
JUVENILE	442	3%
MISC	340	2%
INDIVIDUAL	310	2%
HEALTH	185	1%
EDUCATION	61	0%
TOTALS	16,273	100%

CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity	#	%
White	8,007	49%
African American	3,682	23%
Hispanic	3,510	22%
Native American	74	0%
Asian/Pacific	254	2%
Other	746	5%
TOTALS	16,273	100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender	#	%
Women	11,376	70%
Men	4,895	30%
TOTALS	16,273	100%

LSC-FUNDED PROGRAM	COUNTIES SERVED
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Sheila Hubbard , Executive Director 99 Chauncy Street, Suite 400 , Boston , MA, 02111 (617) 423-0648 http://www.vlpnet.org/	Acton town, Ashland town, Arlington town, Bedford town, Bellingham town, Belmont town, Braintree town, Brookline town, Cambridge city, Canton town, Carlisle town, Concord town, Cohasset town, Dedham town, Dover town, Everett city, Foxborough town, Framingham town, Franklin town, Hingham town, Holbrook town, Holliston town, Hopkinton town, Hudson town, Hull town, Lexington town, Lincoln town, Malden city, Marlborough city, Maynard town, Medfield town, Medford city, Medway town, Melrose city, Millis town, Milton town, Natick town, Needham town, Newton city, Norfolk town, Norwell town, Norwood town, Plainville town, Quincy city, Randolph town, Scituate town, Sharon town, Sherborn town, Somerville city, Stoneham town, Stow town, Sudbury town, Suffolk, Wakefield town, Walpole town, Waltham city, Watertown town, Wayland town, Wellesley town, Weston town, Westwood town, Weymouth town, Winchester town, Woburn city, Wrentham town
South Coastal Counties Legal Services Susan Nagl , Executive Director P.O. Box 2507 , 22 Bedford Street, 2nd Floor Fall River , MA, 02722 (508) 979-7160 http://www.ncla.net/	Abington town, Avon town, Barnstable, Bridgewater town, Bristol, Brockton city, Carver town, Dukes, Duxbury town, East Bridgewater town, Halifax town, Hanover town, Hanson town, Kingston town, Lakeville town, Marion town, Marshfield town, Mattapoisett town, Middleborough town, Nantucket, Pembroke town, Plymouth town, Plympton town, Rochester town, Rockland town, Stoughton town, Wareham town, West Bridgewater town, Whitman town
Merrimack Valley Legal Services, Inc. Kenneth F. MacIver, Jr. , Executive Director 35 John Street, Suite 302 , Lowell , MA, 01852-1101 (978) 458-1465 http://www.mvlegal.org/	Ashby town, Ayer town, Billerica town, Boxborough town, Burlington town, Chelmsford town, Dracut town, Dunstable town, Essex, Groton town, Littleton town, Lowell city, North Reading town, Pepperell town, Reading town, Shirley town, Tewksbury town, Townsend town, Tyngsborogh town, Westford town, Wilmington town
Massachusetts Justice Project, Inc. Gordon Shaw , Executive Director 57 Suffolk Street , Suite 401 Holyoke , MA, 01040 (413) 533-2660 http://www.masslegalhelp.org/	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester