• 16.6% of people in South Carolina had incomes below the poverty line ($24,600 for a family of four) in 2015
  • In the past year, 85% of the civil legal problems reported by low-income Americans received inadequate or no legal help
  • 71% of low-income households experienced at least one civil legal problem in the last year including problems with health care, housing conditions, disability access, veterans' benefits, and domestic violence.
  • In 2017, low income Americans approached LSC-funded legal aid organizations for support with an estimated 1.7 million problems.  They will receive only limited or no legal help for more than half of these problems due to a lack of resources.