Program Profile

Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc.

Felipe Chavana, Executive Director
5 Commerce Street, 2nd Floor, Newark NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 624-4500; Fax: (973) 624-8745
http://www.lsnj.org/directory.htm

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CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$1,023,979 $1,199,878 $-175,899 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 1,319,377 3,428,365 4,747,742 28%
2010 1,251,617 3,776,614 5,028,231 25%
2009 1,315,082 4,969,542 6,284,624 21%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
6,193 5,807 5,527
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
23 10 18 51

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
7,658 4,882 12,540
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
HOUSING 1,827 33%
INCOME 1,465 27%
FAMILY 991 18%
CONSUMER 935 17%
HEALTH 141 3%
MISC 95 2%
JUVENILE 56 1%
INDIVIDUAL 10 0%
EMPLOYMENT 5 0%
EDUCATION 2 0%
TOTALS 5,527 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 254 5%
African American 4,005 72%
Hispanic 1,109 20%
Native American 1 0%
Asian/Pacific 24 0%
Other 134 2%
TOTALS 5,527 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 4,256 77%
Men 1,271 23%
TOTALS 5,527 100%

Counties Served

Essex


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