Our grantees now estimate that they currently turn away four out of every five low-income individuals who are seeking critical legal assistance.
Four out of five low-income individuals seeking legal assistance are rejected by our grantees.
LSC, therefore, required its grantees to begin to examine, on a statewide level, how all grantees in a particular state would serve in the present, and plan to serve in the future, the civil legal needs of low-income persons.