Navigation LSC report finds civil legal aid yields $7 for every $1 invested
Civil legal aid delivers a powerful economic return — an average of $7 for every $1 invested — according to a new nationwide analysis by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which calls such a return “rare” for publicly funded programs.
The 14-page report, “The Economic Case for Civil Legal Aid: A Systematic Review of Economic Impact Studies,” reviewed 56 independent studies across 39 states, including two Florida reports, and found that legal aid programs generate measurable financial and social benefits, from housing stability and wage recovery to taxpayer savings and local economic boosts.
“Even the studies with the lowest estimated ROI demonstrate that civil legal aid is a self-sustaining intervention,” the report states.
