Southern Arizona Legal Aid

YOUR DOLLARS HELP TO EXPAND SERVICES TO THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE NO ACCESS TO EQUAL JUSTICE

In 2003 - Thanks to the support of National, State, Local organizations like the Legal Services Corporation, the State of Arizona, the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education, Pima County, United Way, Pima Council On Aging, and private individuals like you, SALA was able to provide direct legal assistance to meet the fun-damen-tal human needs of more than 27,900 individuals. Services included: safety and protection for children and women who are vic-timi-zed by domestic violence; preservation of shelter for those wrong-ful-ly evic-ted from their homes; access to food stamps for people who are star-ving and unable to obtain ser-vices; access to long-term health care for those denied ser-vices; and a means to survive for disabled persons who are unable to obtain benefits.

Volunteer Lawyers Program:
• 1,100 Volunteer Lawyers accepted new cases for 2,759 Clients
• Completed 2,628 Cases benefiting over 7,095 persons
• 20,693 hours of free legal services valued at $4,138,500 were donated

Outcomes:
• 52% of families represented obtained protection from domestic violence
• 86% of clients were successful in obtaining and/or maintaining benefits
• SALA raised community awareness of legal rights and options by teaching prevention and self-help methods, making presentations and distributing brochures and self-help materials to over 30,000 individuals
• SALA conducted a variety of self help workshops; i.e., divorce with/without children, paternity, bankruptcy and advice only on consumer issues
• Total dollars obtained/saved for client use within the community from SSI, SS, child support, spousal maintenance, etc.
Back Awards: $883,175
Monthly Benefits: $286,332