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Former Guilford County judge Joe John thought that it might be persuasive to throw the book, the Good Book, at the Republican majority a few weeks back.

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About Legal Aid of NC

Clients

$16,000 Median annual household income for our clients

$10,000 38 percent of clients have annual household incomes less than this

$35,000 90 percent of clients have annual household incomes less than this

73 percent of clients are women

25 percent of clients are senior citizens (age 60 and older)

44 percent of clients are white, 43 percent are black, 7 percent are Hispanic

Cases

30 percent — Housing foreclosure prevention, eviction defense, safe housing, equal housing, housing vouchers

20 percent — Domestic violence protective orders, child custody, expunctions of erroneous charges

10 percent — Consumer rights predatory lending, unfair debt collection, exemptions and bankruptcies to protect essential property and income

10 percent — Benefits, VA benefits, unemployment, food stamps, Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability

Other — Education, health care, criminal record expunctions, human trafficking, wills and powers of attorney

Impact

25,000 — Number of individual clients served annually

55,500 — Number of people (clients plus household members) whose lives are affected by Legal Aid work annually

10,753 — Number of households with children served annually

70 percent — Portion of cases resolved before trial

$48.8 million — Total economic impact* of civil legal aid services in North Carolina in 2012

*Total economic impact is measured as new state revenue from federal benefits and other sources plus increases in employment wages and business outputs plus cost savings from avoiding costlier public interventions.

Source: Legal Aid of North Carolina

Poverty

A look at poverty levels in the areas of the Triad served by Legal Aid of North Carolina:

County/# at 125 percent of poverty level

Davidson/36,442

Forsyth/87,958

Guilford/113,419

Randolph/34,827

Rockingham/23,316

Source: 2015 American Community Survey, U.S. Census

Note: Alamance County is served by the Pittsboro office.

Cases by area in 2016

Triad cases opened during 2016:

Legal area

Consumer 571

Education 43

Employment 165

Family 1,163

Health 166

Housing 1,290

Income maintenance 228

Individual rights 256

Miscellaneous 448

Total 4,330

Counties covered in Triad region: Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin​​​​​​​​​​

Source: Legal Aid of North Carolina

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