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Local Attorneys Balance the Scales
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                JALA’               ,                    $2,000,000            .
That’s impressive by any standards! This total doesn’t include those we help in free clinics. In 2017 we’ve already assisted 1,589 Jacksonville area residents in our clinics.
Since January we’ve helped 11,331 neighbors
Civil Legal Aid Makes a Signiicant Economic Impact
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The Florida Bar Foundaon’s research conrms that for every $1 invested in civil legal aid, $7.19 is returned to the community, in the form of cost savings (avoiding emergency shelter, avoiding foreclosure, assisng domesc violence vicms and lower amounts spent on law enforcement) together with other benets.
Read the study at:
TheFloridaBarFoundaon.org/Impact
We Keep Roofs over Heads & Paychecks in Pockets
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We keep families in their homes, kids in local schools, and workers on the job. Employees can focus on their jobs when we focus on handling their civil legal issue.
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Please Help Us Deliver Economic and Social Justice...For All
www.JaxLegalAid.org/donate
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