Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans, and LASP is one of its 134 legal aid organization grantees.
LSC analysis of recent census numbers shows increased poverty rates in the four counties that LASP serves.
The number of people below federal poverty guidelines increased by an average of 14% across Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties between 2010 and 2014.
Nationally, the number of poor residents in the suburbs of the country's largest metropolitan areas has grown substantially, and now, more poor people live in the suburbs than in cities.
Click on this
map to see poverty rates in the suburban Philadelphia region.
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