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The Arkansas Equal Justice Watch: SEBASTIAN 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.

Sebastian 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. Terry Rice email | profile
Rep. Frank Glidewell
email | profile
Rep. Stephanie Malone
email | profile
Rep. Tracy Pennartz
email | profile
Rep. Steven Breedlove
email | profile

Sen. Ed Wilkinson
email | profile
Sen. Denny Altes email | profile

 

POPULATION PROFILE: LEGAL AID PROFILE:
Population:
115,100
Poverty Level Population:
21,383
Population without HS Diploma: 17,475
Legal Aid Cases:
357
Disabled Population:
23,408
# of cases per 1,000 living in Poverty:
17
Divorced Population:
11,452
Foreclosures in 2008:
627*
Type of Cases:
  1. Family Law (208)
  2. Consumer (62)
  3. Housing (28)

 

Bankruptcies: 1,093**
  • *This is a 62% increase from 2007.
  • **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 5 residents of Sebastian County qualify for free legal aid.
 
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