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The Impact of THE CAMPAIGN for Legal Services

• Who Benefits from THE CAMPAIGN for Legal Services?
• The Impact of THE CAMPAIGN.
• Legal Services are Basic Services:  food shelter, health care and educational opportunity are preserved when low-income individuals have access civil legal services

Silicon Valley Demographics

• Majority of Santa Clara County Families Speak Foreign Language at Home: Mike Smith, The Mercury News, September 22, 2008
• Language Barriers to Justice in California: Agencies Benefiting from SVCLS Address Needs: An excerpt from the 2006 Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services Annual Report

Poverty in Silicon Valley

• Redefining Poverty and the Silicon Valley Self-Sufficiency Standard: An excerpt from the 2008 Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services Annual Report

Seniors

• A Baby Boomer Turns 60 Every 8 Seconds - Putting Increased Strain On Limited Senior Resources: An excerpt from the 2007 Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services Annual Report

The Growing Need for Legal Assistance

• What's the Need?
• Santa Clara County IOLTA Funding Declines
• Cutbacks in National Legal Services Corp. Funding
• Implications of The Collapsing Credit, Housing and Job Markets for Legal Services Organizations in Santa Clara Valley: Michele Landis Dauber, Professor of Law and Bernard D. Bergreen Faculty Scholar, Stanford University, November 18, 2008
• A Language Gap in Justice: Geoff Robinson, The Recorder, October 17, 2008
• Language Barriers to Justice In California: California Commission on Access to Justice, 2005
• Equal Access Fund: Report To California Legislature, March 2005
• Hard Times for Legal Services: California Bar Journal Nov. 2002
• The Path to Equal Justice: A Five-Year Status Report on Access to Justice in California: California Commission on Access to Justice, October 2002