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

Rhode Island'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:

- **1 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $1,347,809 in Rhode Island (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **113,657 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Rhode Island (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 Rhode Island (FY2025): Basic Field 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 Rhode Island (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 Rhode Island (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Rhode Island sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-14(a))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-1/9-1-14.HTM)
- **Rhode Island sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-14.1)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-1/9-1-14.1.htm)
- **Rhode Island sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-14(b))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-1/9-1-14.HTM)
- **Rhode Island sets a 3 years from death civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-7-2)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE10/10-7/10-7-2.HTM)
- **Rhode Island sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-13(a))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-9/chapter-9-1/section-9-1-13/)
- **Rhode Island sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-13(a))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-9/chapter-9-1/section-9-1-13/)
- **Rhode Island sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-13(a))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-9/chapter-9-1/section-9-1-13/)
- **Rhode Island sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-13(b))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-9/chapter-9-1/section-9-1-13/)
- **Rhode Island sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-13(a))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-9/chapter-9-1/section-9-1-13/)
- **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/ri.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Rhode Island — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 1 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 1 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 1347809 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Rhode Island — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (1): Basic Field — 1…
**Rhode Island — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (1): Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. — RI-1 — Basic Field — 1347809 — 113657…