Legal Aid Of North Carolina Inc

Programs: Legal aid of north carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity. Lanc focuses its advocacy on cases that affect its clients' basic human needs - safety from violence, shelter and income - and cases involving systemic and structural injustices and inequalities that broadly affect low-inocme north carolinians. Lanc's core cases involve domestic violence, housing, public benefits, consumer rights, employment, education and health care. Clients are among the poorest of the poor. Generally people with incomes below 125% of the federal poverty level. Three-quarters of our clients are women, many of whom have minor children. Lanc serves roughly 25,000 clients a year in all 100 counties of north carollina. Lanc has more than 20 field offices and operates 12 statewide or regional projects that focus on discrete areas of law or serve special client populations. Lanc is a full-service law firm that provides a comprehensive array of services to clients, from advice and brief service to full representation in court. Lanc also conducts self-help legal workshops that educate and empower clients to handle certain basic legal issues themselves. Lanc also produces and distributes self-help and educational resources like handbooks, brochures and videos. Lanc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is funded by a wide variety of sources, including federal grants, state court fees, charitable foundations, state and local bar associations, law firms and individuals. Nearly half of lanc's funding comes from the federal legal services corporation, which is funded by a congressional appropriation for grants to civil legal aid organizations across the country.