Louisiana Social Return on Investment of Civil Legal Aid Services
The total net social return on investment for Louisiana’s civil legal aid programs during the 2023-24 fiscal year was 1,328%. In other words, for every $1 invested in Louisiana’s civil legal aid services, these programs deliver $13.28 in immediate and long-term consequential financial benefits.
In the 2023-24 fiscal year, Louisiana’s civil legal aid organizations provided assistance in over 100 types of civil legal issues including family law, housing, health care, consumer protection, public benefits, employment, and community support.
Louisiana invested more than $12million in tax-based funding for civil legal aid. Across civil legal aid services provided in Louisiana during the 2023-24 fiscal year, the long-term benefits of civil legal aid totaled $162,988,000.
Long-term benefits of civil legal aid services include savings in community supports costs, reductions in community medical care expenses, savings in community law enforcement, savings in housing and supports costs for homeless families, and more.
The Louisiana Bar Foundation engaged an independent organization, Community Services Analysis LLC, to conduct a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis, an internationally standardized and accepted process, of more than 45 of Louisiana’s civil legal aid organizations for the 2024 fiscal year.
