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LSC - Funded Programs in Tennessee


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CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$6,446,811 $7,554,246 $-1,107,435 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 $7,829,303 $12,785,931 $20,615,234 38%
2010 $8,455,587 $15,187,110 $23,642,697 36%
2009 $8,034,101 $13,689,901 $21,724,002 37%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
16,644 16,905 17,047
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
74 49 77 200

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
22,090 16,140 38,230
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
FAMILY 4,359 26%
HOUSING 3,778 22%
INCOME 3,194 19%
CONSUMER 2,739 16%
MISC 1,388 8%
HEALTH 762 4%
EMPLOYMENT 443 3%
JUVENILE 247 1%
INDIVIDUAL 73 0%
EDUCATION 64 0%
TOTALS 17,047 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 9,784 57%
African American 6,388 38%
Hispanic 408 2%
Native American 59 0%
Asian/Pacific 73 0%
Other 319 2%
TOTALS 17,031 100%
CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 12,368 73%
Men 4,651 27%
TOTALS 17,031 100%
 
LSC-FUNDED PROGRAM COUNTIES SERVED
Legal Aid of East Tennessee
David R. Yoder , Executive Director
502 South Gay St. , Suite 404
Knoxville , TN, 37902-1502
(865) 637-0484
http://www.laet.org/
Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington
Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc.
Harrison D. McIver, III , Executive Director
Claridge House, Suite 200 , 109 North Main Street
Memphis , TN, 38103-5013
(901) 255-3447
http://www.malsi.org/
Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
Gary Housepian , Executive Director
300 Deaderick Street ,
Nashville , TN, 37201-1103
(800) 238-1443
http://www.las.org/
Anderson, Bedford, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Scott, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson, Wilson
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.
J. Steven Xanthopoulos , Executive Director
210 W. Main Street , P.O. Box 2066
Jackson , TN, 38302-2066
(731) 426-1311
http://www.wtls.org/
Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Weakley