If you have any questions about the items on this page, please contact Donna Southwell, Director of Policy Analysis, at dsouthwell@mlac.org.

FY11 Economic Benefits Statement

The work of MLAC-funded legal aid programs substantially boosts the Commonwealth’s economy each year by bringing in millions of federal dollars, improving the economic condition of low-income clients and other residents and saving the state millions in costly social services. In FY11, new revenue for legal aid clients and cost savings to the Commonwealth won by legal aid totaled an estimated $53.2 million, of which $27.7 million was in the form of new federal revenue. Two versions are available:

• A 16-page Economic Benefits Statement that details the work that results in this revenue and savings
• A 2-page Economic Benefits Fact Sheet that provides a summary

MLAC Fact Book

The Fact Book summarizes data provided by MLAC-funded programs at end of each fiscal year and provides great insight into program operations. The FY11 Fact Book will be released in spring 2012.

• FY10 MLAC Fact Book
• FY09 MLAC Fact Book
• FY08 MLAC Fact Book

Opportunity Mapping Report

"The Geography of Opportunity: Building Communities of Opportunity in Massachusetts," was released in January 2009. The research was conducted by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University on behalf of Massachusetts legal aid programs. The report presents compelling maps and demographic analyses that detail racial isolation in the Commonwealth's low "opportunity" communities.