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

Pennsylvania'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:

- **9 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $19,445,947 in Pennsylvania (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **1,636,154 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania (FY2025): Basic Field 9, 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 $11.89 per person in poverty in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5523(1))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.023.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524(7))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.024.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524(2))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.024.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.024.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524(2))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.024.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524(3))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.024.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 2 years from death civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524(2))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.024.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 4 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5525(a)(3))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.025.000..HTM)
- **Pennsylvania sets a 4 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5525(a)(8))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.025.000..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/pa.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Pennsylvania — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 9 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 10 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 19445947 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Pennsylvania — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (2): Basic Field — 9; Agricultural Worker — 1…
**Pennsylvania — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (10): MidPenn Legal Services, Inc. — PA-25 — Basic Field — 3765838 — 317563; Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center — PA-1 — Basic Field — 3532146 — 297856; North Penn Legal Services, Inc. — PA-24 — Basic Field — 3094290 — 260933…