The 11 percent increase would bring funding for the LSC to a total of $390 million. The agency said most of the funding, $365.8 million, would be awarded as competitive grants to 137 nonprofit legal aid programs across the nation.
In endorsing the increase, Rep. Alan B. Mollohan, D-W.Va., chairman of the House Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees LSC, said, “We know that the poor are hit hard during economic downturns, and this funding will help more low-income Americans faced with unlawful evictions, domestic violence and other serious legal problems.”
