Florida Rural Legal Services
Some of our Accomplishments
In the past year we were able to achieve many good results for our clients. A partial list of some of the cumulative benefit amounts from 2010 is as follows:
• Social Security benefits . . . . . . . $626,400
• Unemployment benefits . . . . . . . $812,847
• Child Support . . . . . . . $675,237
• Food Stamps and Welfare . . . . . . . $108,966
• Back wages and employment . . . . . . . $71,117
• Garnishments avoided . . . . . . . $111,619
• Medicaid and Medicare . . . . . . . $19,963
• Alimony . . . . . . . $9,000
Our firm closed almost 5,700 cases for low income families in 2010, and provided free legal information and education on a wide range of topics to over 20,000 people.