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

Connecticut'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 $4,212,822 in Connecticut (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **355,256 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Connecticut (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 Connecticut (FY2025): Basic Field 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 Connecticut (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 Connecticut (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Connecticut sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-597)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-597)
- **Connecticut sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-584)
- **Connecticut sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-584)
- **Connecticut sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-584)
- **Connecticut sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-555)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_925.htm#sec_52-555)
- **Connecticut sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-581)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-581)
- **Connecticut sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-577)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-577)
- **Connecticut sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-577a)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-577a)
- **Connecticut sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-576)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_926.htm#sec_52-576)
- **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/ct.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Connecticut — 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 — 1 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 4212822 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Connecticut — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (1): Basic Field — 1…
**Connecticut — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (1): Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc. — CT-1 — Basic Field — 4212822 — 355256…