Causes: Civil Rights, Crime & Law, Legal Services, Public Interest Law

Mission: To provide meaningful access to justice in resolving civil legal problems for low-income clients, thus promoting family stability and reducing legal consequences of poverty.

Programs: With funding from the legal services corporation, alsc took in applications from 747 households during 2014, providing legal advice or representation to 238 of those households containing 522 individuals. During the course of the year, including carryover and new cases, 389 households received lsc-funded assistance from alsc. Additionally, alsc used lsc funds to develop and distribute self help legal resources through our website and through conducting multiple community legal education clinics. It is estimated these resources provided assistance to thousands more low-income households.

with a designated legislative grant from the state's department of commerce, community, and economic development , alsc provided legal advice and/or representation in non-criminal matters to additional indigent alaskans throughout the state.

with funding from dhss grants (title iii nts and family caregiver), alsc took in applications from 1326 households, providing legal advice or representation to 767 of those households containing 993 individuals. There were 1471 open cases during the year.