i. The sources of the applicants' referral to the LAC are shown below. With the increase of the public's awareness of the program the referrals from sister legal aid societies gradually decreased, and the number of applicants referred as a result of publicity and word of mouth communications increased. Friend (includes 5 former clients) Relative Publicity OEO Community Aide (Community Service Center, Southern Alameda Legal aid societies. Percent 10 9 9 7 24 7 Employer Private attorney Church School Law enforcement agency-. Repeat Community group (AA, Family Service Bureau, etc.) Other 1 1 10 2 8 2 4. General type of cases presented (figures may exceed total number of applicants where more than one problem was involved.) Adoption Administrative (I.N.S.; State Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board; 6 1 20 10 5 Advice Bankruptcy Civil complaint (defendant). Civil complaint (plaintiff) Criminal Custody Divorce, annulment, or separate maintenance_. Guardianship Landlord-tenant Paternity (plaintiff). Support (plaintiff). 41 1 5 1 1 6 Re statistical summary of the fourth 100 applicants processed. 1. On February 7, 1967, the 400th applicant for legal services was processed by the Legal Assistance Center of Washington Township (LAC). In cooperation with the Union City Economic Opportunity Agency, a branch office of LAC was opened on January 20, 1967, at 525 H Street, Union City, on a full-time once per week basis. This branch office, which holds office hours from 8:30 to 5:00 every Friday, has processed 18 applications in three days and has been largely responsible for the near doubling of applicants whose residence was in Union City. It has been officially estimated that 27.6 per cent of Union City residents fall within the poverty criteria established by the Federal Government, and the LAC branch office is the first step made toward reaching these people with needed legal aid. 2. A breakdown of the applications processed between January 15, 1967, and February 7, 1967 is as follows: a. Applicant accepted for legal services under the terms of the poverty assistance program: (See also subparagraph j below.)‒‒‒‒ b. Applicants not qualified for poverty assistance but referred to local Percent 21 21 0 3 e. No legal problem presented, Applicant referred to a social service agency f. Applicant found not qualified for poverty assistance. Referred to an attorney outside Washington Township.... g. Applicant found not qualified for poverty assistance, and who did not j. Based upon income of family unit, applicant found not qualified; but applicant accepted for poverty assistance under special exception relating to domestic relations matters___. 3. The characteristics of the applicants interviewed were as follows: a. Sex, male 39 percent; female 61 percent. 11 7 12 b. Residence: The LAC continues to serve the 125,000 residents of Fremont, Newark, and Union City, which area covers nine separate census tracts. In the four columns shown below, column one indicates the total percentage of poverty (using as a yardstick an annual income of $4,000 for a family of four) within the census tract itself; column two indicates the precentage of people within the census tract as compared to the total population of Washington Township; column three shows the percentage of the first 300 applicants processed who resided within the nine census tracts; column four shows the percentage of the fourth 100 applicants who resided within the nine census tracts. c. Breakdown of the applicants processed by marital status is as follows: 20130623OM d. An analysis of the language of the applicants processed indicated a marked increase in the number of non-English speaking applicants, as well as an increase in the number of billingual individuals whose fluency in English was less than adequate. The percentage of applicants interviewed who had no English speaking ability were as follows: e. Of the applicants interviewed a breakdown by the highest school grade completed is as follows: f. Based upon the usual occupation of the applicant and spouse, where applicable, and the number employed by category is as follows: No previous contact with an attorney. 1. Average income of applicant by family size: I. The sources of the applicants' referral to the LAC are shown below. With the increase of the public's awareness of the program the referrals from sister legal aid societies gradually decreased, and the number of applicants referred as a result of publicity and word of mouth communications increased. Percent Friend (included 1 former client). 15 Relative Publicity OEO Community Aide (Community Service Center, Southern Alameda 8 7 5 Community Group (AA, Family Service Bureau, etc.). 4. General type of cases presented (figures may exceed total number of applicants where more than one problem was involved.) Administrative (California State Welfare Department; New Haven Unified School District; Department of Motor Vehicles) – 328854 I. Total of all expenditures (paid and obligated for period July 21, 1966 to July 31, 1967).. $49, 706. 16 22, 126.37 48.60 4,346.67 26,521.64 262.40 283.78 546. 18 27,067.82 22, 638.34 12,005. 18 22, 126.37 9,398.75 12, 727.62 48.60 4,346.67 2,581.62 1,765.05 14,541.27 26,546, 45 330 155 175 151.81 IV. Total cost per closed case 3 ($26,546.45÷175)............. 1 Costs of community education, statistical reporting and initial outlay for furniture and equipment included in total fixed expenses. 2 Figures represent clients as opposed to legal problems. For example, a client who has a landlord-tenant eviction problem and a wage attachment on an old judgment is counted as one case. Although 330 clients were represented, a total of 429 distinct legal problems were presented and resolved. 3 No allocation of expense was made for guidance given qualified applicants on nonlegal problems, although office time or such cases equaled or exceeded time expended for referral of qualified clients with legal problems. |