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

Missouri'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:

- **4 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $8,540,658 in Missouri (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **720,210 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Missouri (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 Missouri (FY2025): Basic Field 4, 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 Missouri (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 Missouri (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Missouri sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.140)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.140)
- **Missouri sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.105)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.105)
- **Missouri sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.100)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=537.100)
- **Missouri sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.120)
- **Missouri sets a 5 years (from discovery; max 10) civil statute of limitations for fraud (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120(5))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.120)
- **Missouri sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.120)
- **Missouri sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.120)
- **Missouri sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.120)
- **Missouri sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.110)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.110)
- **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/mo.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Missouri — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 4 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 5 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 8540658 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Missouri — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (2): Basic Field — 4; Agricultural Worker — 1…
**Missouri — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (5): Legal Aid of Western Missouri — MO-3 — Basic Field — 2730859 — 230286; Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc. — MO-4 — Basic Field — 2713284 — 228804; Legal Services of Southern Missouri — MO-7 — Basic Field — 2233446 — 188340…