Quick Facts

Current Funding from Congress[fn]Public Law 116-93.[/fn] $440,000,000 
Inflation-Adjusted Funding Necessary to Match LSC’s Largest Appropriation of $420 million in FY 2010[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019. [/fn] $483 million (2019 dollars necessary to match 2010 appropriation)
Average Percentage of Grantee Funding from LSC[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] 33.7%
Number of People Now Eligible for LSC-funded Assistance[fn]United State Bureau of the Census, 2018 American Community Survey 1-year Estimates, Table S1701, Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months.[/fn] 57.3 million
Percentage of Population Eligible for LSC-funded Assistance[fn]United State Bureau of the Census, 2018 American Community Survey 1-year Estimates, Table S1703, Selected Characteristics of People at Specified Levels of Poverty in The Past 12 Months.[/fn] 17.8%
Total Number of People in all Households Served by LSC Grantees [fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] 1.8 million
Breakdown of People Served by Gender[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] Women: 72%, Men: 28% 
Total Cases Closed Nationwide[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] 745,788
Total Number of Veterans Served by LSC Grantees[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] 96,000
Number of LSC Grantees[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] 132
Number of LSC Grantee Offices[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] 880 Offices 
Total Number of Staff at LSC Grantees[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn] 10,582 
Average Salary of LSC Grantee Staff Attorneys, (0-5 years of experience)[fn]Legal Services Corporation, By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs, 2019.[/fn]

$54,397

2017 Income Eligibility for LSC-funded Services (125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)[fn]Click here for information about the HHS poverty guidelines. [/fn]

$15,950 for individual, $32,750 for family of four
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