Quick Facts

Current Funding from Congress (Public Law 116-93.)

$440,000,000

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

$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) Click here for information about the HHS poverty guidelines.)

$15,950 for individual, $32,750 for family of four
Click here for the full federal register guideline.

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