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The Arkansas Equal Justice Watch: GRANT COUNTY

Information is provided below about key population data and free civil legal aid service in your area. The Legal Aid Profile below states how many people in the county are living at or below the 125% Poverty Level and how many cases the free legal provider handled in the county in 2008. Additional information shows the critical need for legislative support of legal aid in this area.

Grant County
(Free Civil Legal Services)

Center for Arkansas Legal Services
1400 West 5th
Pine Bluff AR 71601
1-800-952-9243

Legislator Information

Rep. Bobby Pierce email | profile

Sen. Steve Faris email | profile
Sen. Jerry Taylor email | profile

POPULATION PROFILE:		LEGAL AID PROFILE:
Population:	16,500	Poverty Level Population:	2,332
Population without HS Diploma:	2,470	Legal Aid Cases:	54
Disabled Population:	3,541	# of cases per 1,000 living in Poverty:	23
Divorced Population:	1,106	# of cases per 1,000 living in Poverty:	23
Foreclosures:	High	Type of Cases: Family Law (37) Consumer (8)
Bankruptcies:	3,793*

*3,793 (cases pending in October 2008 for the counties of Arkansas, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, and Lincoln) 1/2 of all applicants had to be turned away from legal aid due to lack of funding. 1 in 7 residents of Grant County qualify for free legal aid.