Kansas Legal Services 2021 Annual Report
All of the activities and accomplishments of KLS in 2021 are in the 2021 Annual Report.
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In 2021, Kansas Legal Services provided life changing services in the following manner: |
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1,012 Victims of domestic violence obtained a Final Protection from Abuse order, through the representation of a KLS advocate and funded by a variety of sources, including the Victims Of Crime Act (VOCA) funding, including stability for 606 children.
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249 Adults and children received steady monthly income from Social Security or SSI disability benefits, putting over $1.146 million in the Kansas economy.
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2,971 Kansans completed divorce forms through the Free Legal Forms page on the KLS website, which has 28 sets of legal forms available.
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1,389 Veterans or their families received legal advice or representation.
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258 Clients received legal assistance for expungement of criminal conviction or arrest, 505 people used online forms for self-representation in expungement process.
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466 Cases were mediated, involving employment or family issues. |
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44 Kansas families got a fresh financial start from a bankruptcy filed by KLS offices, resulting in $4.9 million in debt relief. |
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197 Families met their child’s special needs, due to successful Children’s disability and Medicare benefit claims, funded by the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
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257 Kansas families received specialized assistance with keeping children out of foster care through the Kansas Legal Services’ Kids2Kin program, to promote permanency for Kansas kids.
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2,037 Hours of legal services provided at no cost to 326 clients from 88 private attorneys, through KLS pro bono program.
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552 Parents received child support orders in divorce and paternity cases, represented by KLS staff, for 1,116 children.
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49 Attorneys provide high quality, effective legal advocacy for low income Kansans.
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5,751 Hours were contributed by 29 law school volunteers to advance the legal needs of 1,439 KLS clients, preparing them to continue to give back during their careers on a pro bono basis.
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9,788 Clients received timely legal advice as they faced family law, housing, consumer related or other crises in their lives.
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30,840 Applicants for KLS service, including 22,599 handled by the Central Intake Unit.
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12,823 Applicants completed the online application form to make an initial request for services.
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1,992 Self-represented persons had questions answered through the Live Chat feature on the KLS website.
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372,302 Unique visitors to the KLS website (each counted once) with 944,450 page views (a 10% increase over 2021) on www.kansaslegalservices.org
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$118,390 Donated to KLS by legal community supporters of our work. |
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Photo by Andrea Lichter, KLS - Topeka, for the annual report.