State Profile

LSC - Funded Programs in New Jersey

CURRENT FUNDING STATUS
FY 2012
Basic Field
FY 2011
Basic Field
$ Difference
from FY 2011
% Difference
from FY 2011
$6,096,003 $7,143,175 $-1,047,172 -17%

FUNDING HISTORY
Year LSC Funding* Non-LSC Funding Total Funding LSC Funding %
2011 $7,465,627 $26,162,981 $33,628,608 22%
2010 $7,774,018 $33,325,506 $41,099,524 19%
2009 $7,710,169 $40,980,486 $48,690,655 16%
*Includes Basic Field and other LSC grants, carryover funds and derivative income.

TOTAL CASES CLOSED
2009 2010 2011
36,328 32,654 29,282
WORKFORCE 2011
Attorney Paralegal Other Total
133 45 85 263

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED 2011*
Adults Children Total
40,176 28,997 69,173
*Includes number of persons in households for cases closed.

CASES CLOSED BY CASE TYPE 2011
Case Type # %
HOUSING 9,967 34%
INCOME 6,459 22%
FAMILY 5,629 19%
CONSUMER 5,400 18%
INDIVIDUAL 725 2%
MISC 528 2%
HEALTH 380 1%
EMPLOYMENT 77 0%
JUVENILE 76 0%
EDUCATION 41 0%
TOTALS 29,282 100%
CLIENTS BY ETHNICITY 2011
Ethnicity # %
White 8,381 29%
African American 11,945 41%
Hispanic 7,811 27%
Native American 53 0%
Asian/Pacific 450 2%
Other 642 2%
TOTALS 29,282 100%
CLIENTS BY GENDER 2011
Gender # %
Women 20,832 71%
Men 8,441 29%
TOTALS 29,282 100%
 
LSC-FUNDED PROGRAM COUNTIES SERVED
Legal Services of Northwest Jersey
Diane K. Smith , Executive Director
34 West Main Street, Suite 301,
Somerville , NJ, 08876-2218
(908) 231-0840
http://www.lsnj.org/lsnwj/index.htm
Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren
South Jersey Legal Services, Inc.
Douglas E. Gershuny , Executive Director
745 Market Street ,
Camden , NJ, 08102-1117
(856) 964-2010
http://www.volunteersolutions.org/volunteerway/org/217970.html
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation
John H. Fitzgerald , Executive Director
574 Summit Avenue ,
Jersey City , NJ, 07306-2797
(201) 792-6363
http://www.lsnj.org/directory.htm
Bergen, Hudson, Passaic
Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc.
Felipe Chavana , Executive Director
5 Commerce Street, 2nd Floor ,
Newark , NJ, 07102
(973) 624-4500
http://www.lsnj.org/directory.htm
Essex
Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services, Inc.
William J. Rempel , Executive Director
303 West Main Street , Third Floor
Freehold , NJ, 07728
(732) 866-0020
http://www.lsnj.org/omls/index.htm
Monmouth, Ocean
Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc.
Janice Chapin , Executive Director
317 George Street, Suite 201 ,
New Brunswick , NJ, 08901-2006
(732) 249-7600
http://www.lsnj.org/cjls/index.htm
Mercer, Middlesex, Union