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LSC - Funded Programs in Mississippi

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CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field	FY 2011 Basic Field	$ Difference from FY 2011	% Difference from FY 2011
$4,760,638	$5,624,503	$-863,865	-18%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year	LSC Funding*	Non-LSC Funding	Total Funding	LSC Funding %
2011	$5,973,075	$1,725,593	$7,698,668	78%
2010	$6,189,026	$1,681,420	$7,870,446	79%
2009	$5,640,940	$3,665,543	$9,306,483	61%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009	2010	2011
10,418	10,875	11,155

WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney	Paralegal	Other	Total
32	13	41	86

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults	Children	Total
15,315	16,448	31,763
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type	#	%
FAMILY	6,235	56%
CONSUMER	1,396	13%
INCOME	1,052	9%
HOUSING	852	8%
JUVENILE	815	7%
EMPLOYMENT	382	3%
MISC	316	3%
INDIVIDUAL	57	1%
EDUCATION	29	0%
HEALTH	21	0%
TOTALS	11,155	100%

CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity	#	%
White	3,955	35%
African American	6,734	60%
Hispanic	54	0%
Native American	304	3%
Asian/Pacific	46	0%
Other	62	1%
TOTALS	11,155	100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender	#	%
Women	8,684	78%
Men	2,471	22%
TOTALS	11,155	100%

LSC-FUNDED PROGRAM	COUNTIES SERVED
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc. Ben Thomas Cole, II , Executive Director 5 County Rd 1014 , P.O. Box 767 Oxford , MS, 38655-0767 (662) 234-8731 http://www.nmrls.com/	Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha
Mississippi Center for Legal Services Sam H. Buchanan, Jr. , Executive Director 111 East Front Street , P.O. Drawer 1728 Hattiesburg , MS, 39403-1728 (601) 545-2950 http://www.mslegalservices.org/MS/index.cfm	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