Program Profile

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.

William J. Hawkes, Executive Director
Main Seneca Building, 237 Main Street, 4th Floor, Buffalo NY 14203-2473
Phone: (716) 847-0650; Fax: (716) 847-0227
http://www.nls.org/

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CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$1,266,453 $1,484,005 $-217,552 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 1,487,756 3,807,381 5,295,137 28%
2010 1,552,695 3,513,336 5,066,031 31%
2009 1,439,037 3,074,129 4,513,166 32%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
6,080 7,880 7,510
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
26 25 17 68

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
9,788 8,436 18,224
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
HOUSING 3,503 47%
INCOME 2,528 34%
FAMILY 933 12%
CONSUMER 306 4%
HEALTH 126 2%
MISC 94 1%
INDIVIDUAL 15 0%
EDUCATION 4 0%
EMPLOYMENT 1 0%
JUVENILE 0 0%
TOTALS 7,510 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 2,829 38%
African American 4,033 54%
Hispanic 465 6%
Native American 59 1%
Asian/Pacific 38 1%
Other 86 1%
TOTALS 7,510 100%

CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 5,820 77%
Men 1,690 23%
TOTALS 7,510 100%

Counties Served

Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming


Branch office locations

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
Power City Building, 225 Old Falls Street
Niagara Falls, NY 14302

Oak Orchard Legal Services
5073 Clinton Street Road,
Batavia, NY 14020