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

Hawaii'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 $2,312,571 in Hawaii (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **165,889 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Hawaii (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 Hawaii (FY2025): 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 Hawaii (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 Hawaii (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Hawaii sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-4)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-36/chapter-657/section-657-4/)
- **Hawaii sets a 2 years (6-year repose) civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7.3)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol13_ch0601-0676/hrs0657/hrs_0657-0007_0003.htm)
- **Hawaii sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol13_ch0601-0676/hrs0657/hrs_0657-0007.htm)
- **Hawaii sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol13_ch0601-0676/hrs0657/hrs_0657-0007.htm)
- **Hawaii sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol13_ch0601-0676/hrs0657/hrs_0657-0007.htm)
- **Hawaii sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 663-3)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-36/chapter-663/section-663-3/)
- **Hawaii sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol13_ch0601-0676/hrs0657/hrs_0657-0001.htm)
- **Hawaii sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol13_ch0601-0676/hrs0657/hrs_0657-0001.htm)
- **Hawaii sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-1(4))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol13_ch0601-0676/hrs0657/hrs_0657-0001.htm)
- **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/hi.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Hawaii — 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 — 2 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 2312571 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Hawaii — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (2): Basic Field — 1; Native American — 1…
**Hawaii — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (2): Legal Aid Society of Hawaii — HI-1 — Basic Field — 1967206 — 165889; Legal Aid Society of Hawaii — NHI-1 — Native American — 345365 — …