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

District of Columbia'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 $1,079,960 in District of Columbia (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **91,070 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering District of Columbia (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 District of Columbia (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 District of Columbia (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 District of Columbia (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **District of Columbia sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(4))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **District of Columbia sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (D.C. Code § 16-2702)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-2702)
- **District of Columbia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(7))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **District of Columbia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(7))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **District of Columbia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(8))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **District of Columbia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(8))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **District of Columbia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(8))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **District of Columbia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(8))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **District of Columbia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(3))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/12-301)
- **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/dc.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**District of Columbia — 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) — 1079960 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**District of Columbia — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (1): Basic Field — 1…
**District of Columbia — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (1): Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia — DC-1 — Basic Field — 1079960 — 91070…