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The Arkansas Equal Justice Watch: LOGAN 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.

Logan County
(Free Civil Legal Services)

Center for Arkansas Legal Services
901 South 21st Street
Fort Smith, AR 72902
1-800-952-9243

 

Legislator Information

Rep. John Paul Wells email | profile

Sen. Ed Wilkinson
email | profile
Sen. Sharon Trusty
email | profile

 

POPULATION PROFILE: LEGAL AID PROFILE:
Population:
22,500
Poverty Level Population:
5,029
Population without HS Diploma: 4,532
Legal Aid Cases:
38
Disabled Population:
5,514
# of cases per 1,000 living in Poverty:
8
Divorced Population:
1,885
Foreclosures:
Medium
Type of Cases:
  1. Family Law (27)
  2. Consumer (8)

 

Bankruptcies: 1,093*
  • *1,093 (cases pending in October 2008 for the counties of Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian, Conway, Johnson, Pope, and Yell)
  • 1/2 of all applicants had to be turned away from legal aid due to lack of funding.
  • 1 in 4 residents of Logan County qualify for free legal aid.
 
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