1. Resourcing Clinics

2. Resourcing Tools
For simplicity, resourcing has been described in terms of staff
Actual resourcing will be allocated as budgets to be spent according to the priorities of the clinic’s community board
Reflects Principle 2 of clinic autonomy
Reflects Principle 1 of flexibility for clinics
Reflects Principle 7 letting clinics assign the right staff for each job

3. Resourcing calculations
We need to take into account the Clinic Legal Education Program currently at PCLS
5 net additional staff are needed for whatever clinic hosts the program (plus 20 students)
Separate from the other 130 working in the GTA
Retains staff/student ratio

4. Tools for allocation - Demand
Volume of case files based on current demand
Favours well resourced clinics
Unreliable predictor of future demand
Probable demand factors (e.g. immigration, tenancy, OW caseloads, ODSP appeals)
Assumes current poverty law needs immutable
Causal factors vary (municipal OW policies impact)
Mapped correlations with income were high

5. Tools for allocation - Income
LICO
Pros
Common measure
Strong predictor of other demand factors
Readily available
Cons
Not an absolute predictor of demand
Over the eligibility criteria

6. Predictor of demand

7. Over Income Eligibility Criteria
Household
Income
LICO
Under 20K
Under 10K
York
8.7%
8.8%
8.2%
Peel
15.5%
12.4%
12.8%
Toronto
75.8%
78.8%
79.0%
Total
100.0%

8. How LICO reflects Staffing
‘96 LICO HHLD
% of Total
‘96 share of 135 staff
Ratio
York
28455
7.5% 10
2811:1
Peel
48795
12.9% 17
Toronto
302250
79.6%
108
Total
379500
100.0%
135

9. Application of Ratios Over Time
‘01 LICO HHLD %
‘01 staff
‘06 LICO HHLD
‘06 staff
‘10 LICO HHLD
‘10 staff
York
30215
8.7% 12
50150
11.8% 18
76510
15.2% 25
Peel
54110
15.5% 21
80770
19.0% 29
110100
21.9% 36
Toronto
264375
75.8%
104
293560
69.2%
315280
62.8%
Total
348700
100.0%
137
424480
150
501890
166

10. Distribution of existing staff
‘96 LICO HHLD
% of Total
‘96 staff
‘10 LICO HHLD %
‘10 staff
York
28455
7.5% 10
76510
15.2% 20
Peel
48795
12.9% 16
110100
21.9% 29
Toronto
302250
79.6%
104
315280
62.8% 82
Total
379500
100.0%
130
501890
143.9%

11. Issues
Does Legal Aid fill the gap created by growth and poverty concentration in the 905 by providing new resources?
Do Toronto clinics fill that gap by redeploying existing resources?
What catchments are possible under those two models?

12. The Model Clinic Structure

13. Principles for Model Structure
Flexibility (1) right staff for the right job (7) HR (19)
More CD (3) , more PLE (4), more reform (4)
Staff backup (6), Staff teams (11)
Integrated advice system (13)
Administrative capacity for volunteers (18), partnerships (15), and multiple sites (14,16)
Core areas of law (29) more areas of law (27)

14. Principles
Adhere to municipal boundaries to support relationships between staff and partners/adjudicating bodies (25)
Connect adjoining areas of poverty, use affluent areas as “seams” or boundaries (17)
Catchment areas should reflect access strategies like transportation services (17)
Clinics should be accountable to communities (2)
We need to look at unmet needs and current demand in mapping new clinics (29, 30)

15. Map of 3 clinics in the GTA

16. Implications A very large clinic in Toronto with around 82-104 staff
A model sized clinic in Peel if Mississauga participates 29-36
A clinic in York below the size of the model clinic

17. The Model Clinic Structure
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18. Very large clinics Good for administrative capacity (15, 17, 18)
Good as a forceful advocate (23)
Good for new areas of law (27)
Can be good for law reform (4)

19. Very large clinics Can be challenging for HR (19)
Can be challenging for staff support (6)
Can be challenging for seamless service (10)
Can be challenging for integrated advice (13)
Can be challenging for partnerships (15)
Can be challenging for location (17)
Can be challenging for community connection (2)

20. Map of 2 clinics in the Toronto

21. Implications
Two large clinics in Toronto with around staff – larger than the model
Split along affluent areas in central North York, and using Don River or affluent areas of Riverdale
A model sized clinic in Peel if Mississauga participates 29-36
A clinic in York below the size of the model clinic

22. Map of 3 clinics in the Toronto

23. Implications
Three clinics in Toronto with at least two about the size of the model clinic
Using affluent areas in central North York as a seam
South Clinic based on subway line
East Clinic based on bus routes

24. Map of 4 clinics in the Toronto

25. Implications
Four clinics in Toronto with only clearly one at or near the size of the model clinic
An model sized clinic in Peel if Mississauga participates 29-36
A clinic in York below the size of the model clinic

26. Size impacts Toronto at 82 + 5 Toronto at 90 + 5 Toronto at 10 + 5
5 CLINIC MODEL
6 CLINIC MODEL
York= 20
York= 22
York= 25
Peel= 29
Peel= 31
Peel= 36
S= 24 +5
O= 22
S= 27 +5
O= 24
S=31
O = 28
T= 24
P= 25
T= 26
P= 28 T=
P = 32
U= 34
Q= 16 +5
U= 37
Q= 18 +5
U= 43
Q = 20 +5
R= 19
R= 20
R = 24