LEGAL SERVICES OF THE HUDSON VALLEY
90 MAPLE AVENUE, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601 www.lshv.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF LSHV IS TO PROVIDE FREE HIGH QUALITY COUNSEL IN CIVIL MATTERS FOR POOR AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR AN ATTORNEY WHERE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS ARE AT STAKE.

LSHV IS THE ONLY NEW YORK PROVIDER OF FREE, COMPREHENSIVE, LEGAL SERVICES IN CIVIL MATTERS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY WHEN THEIR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS ARE AT STAKE. THIS INCLUDES URGENT LEGAL NEEDS SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOUSING EMERGENCIES, HEALTHCARE, DISABILITY AND BENEFITS, ELDER LAW, CONSUMER FRAUD AND MORE. LSHV SERVES LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY, FROM YOUNG CHILDREN TO SENIORS. OVER 50% OF OUR CLIENTS IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR HISPANIC, 70% ARE FEMALE AND 15% OF THOSE ARE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; 45% OF CLIENTS ARE DISABLED AND CLOSE TO 25% ARE ELDERLY. OUR CLIENTS ARE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINE (53,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IN 2021). IN 2020, LSHV HANDLED MORE THAN 12, 000 CASES IMPACTING OVER 27,300 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE SEVEN-COUNTY SERVICE AREA.

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