The great majority of Legal Services Corporation cases are individual matters involving socalled poverty law. Characteristically. poverty law cases involve family matters. income maintenance/Government benefits issues. housing complaints. or consumer issues. Of the cases handled by the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services. Inc.. which serves all of southern Minnesota including the St. Paul area. 75 percent involved these issues. The remainder of SMRLS cases were in related areas such as juvenile. employment. tort. mental health. education. immigration. civil rights. and so forth. Of the clients who received SMRLS assistance last year. approximately 15 percent were minorities and approximately 60 percent were women. SMRLS also helped 2.000 senior citizen clients.
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