1. Top Line is 1976 Total Funding Adjusted For Inflation
Funding for Civil Legal Services in Real Dollars Has Fallen Behind
Even with recent increases, 2008 total is only 3/4 what it was in 1976,
taking inflation into account.
$45,000,000
$40,000,000
Top Line is 1976 Total Funding Adjusted For Inflation
$35,000,000
$30,000,000
$25,000,000
$20,000,000
IOLTA
Erosion Due to Inflation
$15,000,000
Filing
Fees
$10,000,000
$5,000,000
Actual State Funding (Appropriated & Title XX Block-Grants) $0
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007