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

Illinois'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:

- **3 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $16,916,481 in Illinois (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **1,426,520 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Illinois (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 Illinois (FY2025): Basic Field 3, Agricultural Worker 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 Illinois (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 Illinois (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Illinois sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (735 ILCS 5/13-201)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-735-civil-procedure/il-st-sect-735-5-13-201/)
- **Illinois sets a 2 years (4-year repose) civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (735 ILCS 5/13-212)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (http://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050K13-212.htm)
- **Illinois sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (735 ILCS 5/13-202)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=073500050K13-202)
- **Illinois sets a 2 years (10/12-year repose) civil statute of limitations for product liability (735 ILCS 5/13-213)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050K13-213.htm)
- **Illinois sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (740 ILCS 180/2)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=074001800K2)
- **Illinois sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (735 ILCS 5/13-205)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050k13-205.htm)
- **Illinois sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (735 ILCS 5/13-205)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050k13-205.htm)
- **Illinois sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (735 ILCS 5/13-205)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050k13-205.htm)
- **Illinois sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (735 ILCS 5/13-206)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050K13-206.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/il.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Illinois — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 3 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 4 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 16916481 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Illinois — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (2): Basic Field — 3; Agricultural Worker — 1…
**Illinois — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (4): Legal Aid Chicago — IL-6 — Basic Field — 7748398 — 653401; Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. — IL-7 — Basic Field — 5353610 — 451455; Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc. — IL-3 — Basic Field — 3525538 — 297299…