# Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for Colorado (FY2025) — context brief

Colorado's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **1 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $6,506,972 in Colorado (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **536,505 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Colorado (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC grant counts by service-area type in Colorado (FY2025): Agricultural Worker 1, Basic Field 1, Native American 1** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in Colorado (FY2025) — a derived ratio** — DERIVED · Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for Colorado (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Colorado sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-103)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-103/)
- **Colorado sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-102.5)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-102-5/)
- **Colorado sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-102)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-102/)
- **Colorado sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-106)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-106/)
- **Colorado sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-102)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-102/)
- **Colorado sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-102)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-102/)
- **Colorado sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-101)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-101/)
- **Colorado sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-101(1)(c))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-101/)
- **Colorado sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-103.5)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-13/limitation-of-actions/article-80/section-13-80-103-5/)
- **Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/co.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Colorado — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 1 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 3 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 6506972 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Colorado — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (3): Agricultural Worker — 1; Basic Field — 1; Native American — 1…
**Colorado — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (3): Colorado Legal Services — CO-6 — Basic Field — 6040901 — 509412; Colorado Legal Services — MCO — Agricultural Worker — 321278 — 27093; Colorado Legal Services — NCO-1 — Native American — 144793 — …