Program Profile

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Colleen M. Cotter, Executive Director
1223 West Sixth Street, Cleveland OH 44113-1354
Phone: (216) 687-1900; Fax:
http://www.lasclev.org/

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CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$1,997,118 $2,340,183 $-343,065 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 2,342,499 5,676,963 8,019,462 29%
2010 2,441,175 5,783,846 8,225,021 30%
2009 2,260,897 5,684,471 7,945,368 28%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
6,751 7,756 7,589
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
49 14 21 84

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
10,576 7,933 18,509
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
CONSUMER 2,432 32%
HOUSING 1,742 23%
FAMILY 1,548 20%
INCOME 666 9%
INDIVIDUAL 299 4%
MISC 247 3%
HEALTH 242 3%
EMPLOYMENT 208 3%
EDUCATION 200 3%
JUVENILE 5 0%
TOTALS 7,589 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 2,717 36%
African American 4,209 56%
Hispanic 538 7%
Native American 8 0%
Asian/Pacific 27 0%
Other 82 1%
TOTALS 7,581 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 5,298 70%
Men 2,291 30%
TOTALS 7,581 100%

Counties Served

Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain


Branch office locations

Cleveland Office
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, 1223 West Sixth Street
Cleveland, OH 44113

Painesville Office
8 North State Street, Suite 300
Painesville, OH 44077

Jefferson Office
121 E. Walnut Street,
Jefferson, OH 44047

Elyria Office
1530 West River Road North, Suite 301
Elyria, OH 44035