NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
928 PENN AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15222 www.nlsa.us

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO MEET THE CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF THE POOR AND VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION

NLSA HANDLED A TOTAL OF 8,470 CASES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD OF WHICH 1124 WERE HANDLED BY PRO BONO ATTORNEYS. APPROXIMATELY 7% OF THE TOTAL CASES INVOLVED CONSUMER ISSUES, 51% INVOLVED FAMILY ISSUES (88% OF THESE WERE PFA'S), 30% INVOLVED HOUSING ISSUES, 5% INVOLVED INCOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES (SSI, FOOD STAMPS, TANF, UNEMPLOYMENT), 6% INVOLVED EMPLOYMENT, AND THE REMAINING 1% INVOLVED SUCH ISSUES AS HEALTH, DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUES, PROPERTY TAXES, AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES. OF THE CASES HANDLED, 81.5% WERE FOR INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 59, 17.5% FOR INDIVIDUALS AGE 60 AND OVER, AND 1% FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE FEMALE (76.2%). FIFTY-THREE PERCENT (52%) OF THE CLIENTS WERE WHITE; 42% WERE BLACK; AND 6% OF THE CLIENTS WERE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS SUCH AS ASIAN, HISPANIC, AND NATIVE AMERICAN. WE CLOSED 5,932 CASES. OF THE CASES CLOSED, 62% WERE RESOLVED WITH ADVICE AND LIMITED ASSISTANCE; 20% WITH NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AND 18% WITH LITIGATION.NLSA OBTAINED A TOTAL OF $478,471.00 IN BACK AWARDS/SETTLEMENTS FOR CLIENTS ALONG WITH $78,285.00 IN TOTAL MONTHLY BENEFITS BRINGING IN $939,420.00 EACH YEAR TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. NLSA ALSO HELPED LOW INCOME CLIENTS SUCCESSFULLY AVOID PAYMENTS FROM THEIR LOW INCOMES TOTALING $461,753.00 TO SUCH CREDITORS AS LANDLORDS CLAIMING MONIES NOT DUE, CREDIT CARD AGENCIES ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT DEBTS THEY COULD NOT LEGALLY COLLECT, OR OVERPAYMENTS WHICH CLIENTS RECEIVED THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. NLSA CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS BASED ON "MODELS THAT WORK" -SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS OPERATED BY OTHER LEGAL AID PROGRAMS AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT THEMSELVES CAN SERVE AS "MODELS THAT WORK" FOR OTHER PROGRAMS STATEWIDE AND BEYOND. EACH OF THESE MODELS RELATE TO OUR PROGRAM PRIORITIES WHICH, IN THE BROADEST TERMS, ARE: "SECURING AND PRESERVING SAFE, DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE; "PROTECTING THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND THE STABILITY OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES; "PROVIDING ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS; AND "DEVELOPING, FINANCING AND LAUNCHING NEW COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE A LEGAL AID COMPONENT AND ADDRESS CRITICAL, HIGH-PRIORITY NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA".

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