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Legal Services Corporation
America's Partner for Equal Justice

LSC - Funded Programs in Pennsylvania

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012 Basic Field	FY 2011 Basic Field	$ Difference from FY 2011	% Difference from FY 2011
$11,362,389	$13,314,224	$-1,951,835	-17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year	LSC Funding*	Non-LSC Funding	Total Funding	LSC Funding %
2011	$13,969,284	$24,420,211	$38,389,495	36%
2010	$14,230,903	$23,785,419	$38,016,322	37%
2009	$13,299,462	$22,288,701	$35,588,163	37%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009	2010	2011
52,839	54,799	50,431

WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney	Paralegal	Other	Total
194	77	144	415

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults	Children	Total
60,260	53,279	113,539
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type	#	%
FAMILY	19,042	38%
HOUSING	13,515	27%
INCOME	7,888	16%
CONSUMER	5,823	12%
EMPLOYMENT	1,439	3%
HEALTH	1,062	2%
MISC	941	2%
JUVENILE	641	1%
EDUCATION	63	0%
INDIVIDUAL	17	0%
TOTALS	50,431	100%

CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity	#	%
White	31,703	63%
African American	13,496	27%
Hispanic	3,690	7%
Native American	102	0%
Asian/Pacific	393	1%
Other	1,049	2%
TOTALS	50,433	100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender	#	%
Women	36,593	73%
Men	13,827	27%
TOTALS	50,433	100%

LSC-FUNDED PROGRAM	COUNTIES SERVED
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Anita Santos-Singh , Executive Director 42 South 15th Street , Suite 500 Philadelphia , PA, 19102 (215) 981-3808 http://www.philalegal.org/	Philadelphia
Laurel Legal Services, Inc. Cynthia A. Sheehan , Executive Director 306 South Pennsylvania Avenue , Greensburg , PA, 15601-3066 (724) 836-2211 http://www.palegalservices.org/finder/laurel_legal_services.htm	Armstrong, Cambria, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland
MidPenn Legal Services, Inc. Rhodia Thomas , Executive Director 213-A North Front Street , Harrisburg , PA, 17101 (717) 234-0492 http://midpenn.org/	Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Schuylkill, York
Neighborhood Legal Services Association Robert V. Racunas , Executive Director 928 Penn Avenue , Pittsburgh , PA, 15222-3799 (412) 255-6700 http://www.nlsa.us/	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence
North Penn Legal Services, Inc. Victoria A. Coyle , Executive Director 65 Elizabeth Avenue , Suite 800 Bethelehem , PA, 18018 (610) 317-5308 http://www.northpennlegal.org/	Bradford, Carbon, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. Robert M. Brenner , Executive Director 10 West Cherry Avenue , Washington , PA, 15301 (724) 225-6170 http://www.palegalservices.org/finder/southwestern_pa_legal_aid.htm	Fayette, Greene, Somerset, Washington
Northwestern Legal Services Robert A. Oakley , Executive Director Renaissance Center, Suite 700 , 1001 State Street Erie , PA, 16501-1828 (814) 452-6949 http://www.nwls.org/	Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, Warren
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Harvey F. Strauss , Executive Director 625-627 Swede Street , Norristown , PA, 19401-4801 (610) 275-5400 http://www.lasp.org	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery