快猫视频鈥檚 Report Tracks Trends in Legal Aid
WASHINGTON 鈥 The 快猫视频 (快猫视频) today released 鈥淏y the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs.鈥 The report provides an annual overview of the work undertaken by 快猫视频-funded legal aid organizations around the country in the prior year. It includes data on the number of cases closed, details on the types of legal services provided, client demographics and more. The report includes both national and state-level data and allows for comparisons over time and across different geographic areas.
鈥淏y the Numbers includes illuminating data on the wide array of assistance legal aid programs funded by 快猫视频 provide to low-income Americans in their areas of most pressing needs 鈥 housing, family issues, income maintenance, consumer protection, and health,鈥 said 快猫视频 President Ronald S. Flagg. 鈥淲omen represent over 70% of the clients served by those legal aid programs and nearly 45% of the members of the households served are children.鈥
More than 1.8 million people live in households that were served by 快猫视频-funded legal aid organizations in 2019. The report includes demographic information about the populations helped by 快猫视频 grantees. For example, compared to the previous year, grantees served approximately 8,000 more clients over 60 years of age.
The report looks at the type of legal assistance grantees鈥 clients received, including any notable trends. In 2019, 快猫视频 grantees reported 136,820 cases involving domestic violence. This represents a 5.9% increase from the previous year, a continuation of an upward trend that began in 2011.
The report also offers a comprehensive overview of 快猫视频 grantees鈥 operations. Grantees closed 745,000 cases in 2019, an increase of 2,000 from the previous year. Legal aid organizations employed approximately 500 more staff members than in 2018.
Read the report for more insights into 快猫视频 grantees鈥 work on behalf of low-income people seeking civil legal assistance.