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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 2017 Annual Report

2017 by the Numbers

Having an SLLS attorney prevents loss of family, food, shelter, income, medical care, or personal safety. In
2017, SLLS handled over 12,000 cases, closing over 8,000 of those. SLLS helped almost 28,000
vulnerable Louisianans, reached another 13,475 people through community education, and provided legal
information to 165,000 more through LouisianaLawhelp.org and slls.org. About 4,000 cases remained
open. The charts below are a breakdown of our closed and open cases as of 12/31/2017.

637 Closed Cases
Education/Emloyment/ 106
Health Individual Benefits 1.2%
7.7%

662
Wills/Successions 7.9% 2920
Family/Domestic Violence
35%
819
Consumer
9.8%

842
Child in Need of Care
10.1%

973 1361
Income & Benefits 11.7% Housing 16.4%

Open Cases
11 Employment .3% 17 Education .4%
61 Individual Rights 1.6%
9 Health .2%
256 Consumer 6.7%

310 Miscellaneous 8.1%
1209
Juvenile 31.5%

375 Housing 9.8%

392 Income 10.2%
1186 Family
31%

2017 Annual Report