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

Ohio'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:

- **5 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $18,118,701 in Ohio (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **1,527,901 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Ohio (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 Ohio (FY2025): Basic Field 5, 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 Ohio (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 Ohio (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Ohio sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.11)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.11)
- **Ohio sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.113)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.113)
- **Ohio sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.10)
- **Ohio sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.10)
- **Ohio sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.10)
- **Ohio sets a 2 years from death civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Ohio Rev. Code § 2125.02)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2125.02)
- **Ohio sets a 4 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.07)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.07)
- **Ohio sets a 4 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.09)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.09)
- **Ohio sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.06)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.06)
- **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/oh.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Ohio — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 5 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 6 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 18118701 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Ohio — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (2): Basic Field — 5; Agricultural Worker — 1…
**Ohio — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (6): Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio — OH-24 — Basic Field — 5215678 — 439824; Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. — OH-23 — Basic Field — 4160123 — 350812; The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland — OH-21 — Basic Field — 3178825 — 268062…