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

Michigan'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:

- **6 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $15,981,424 in Michigan (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **1,326,739 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Michigan (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 Michigan (FY2025): Basic Field 5, Agricultural Worker 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 Michigan (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 Michigan (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Michigan sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5805)
- **Michigan sets a 2 years (or 6 months from discovery); max 6 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805; § 600.5838a)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5838a)
- **Michigan sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5805)
- **Michigan sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5805)
- **Michigan sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5805)
- **Michigan sets a 3 years (saving period under § 600.5852) civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805; § 600.5852)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5852)
- **Michigan sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5807)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5807)
- **Michigan sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5807)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5807)
- **Michigan sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5813)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5813)
- **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/mi.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Michigan — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 6 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 7 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 15981424 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Michigan — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (3): Basic Field — 5; Agricultural Worker — 1; Native American — 1…
**Michigan — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (7): Lakeshore Legal Aid — MI-13 — Basic Field — 6213347 — 523954; Legal Aid of Western Michigan — MI-15 — Basic Field — 2885740 — 243346; Michigan Advocacy Program — MI-12 — Basic Field — 2445571 — 206228…