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

Vermont'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 $648,871 in Vermont (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **54,718 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Vermont (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 Vermont (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 Vermont (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 Vermont (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Vermont sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (14 V.S.A. § 1492(a))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/071/01492)
- **Vermont sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (12 V.S.A. § 512(3))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00512)
- **Vermont sets a 3 years (or 2 from discovery) civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (12 V.S.A. § 521)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00521)
- **Vermont sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (12 V.S.A. § 512(4))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00512)
- **Vermont sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (12 V.S.A. § 512(4))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00512)
- **Vermont sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (12 V.S.A. § 512(5))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00512)
- **Vermont sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (12 V.S.A. § 511)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00511)
- **Vermont sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (12 V.S.A. § 511)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00511)
- **Vermont sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (12 V.S.A. § 511)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00511)
- **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/vt.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Vermont — 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) — 648871 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Vermont — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (1): Basic Field — 1…
**Vermont — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (1): Legal Services Vermont — VT-1 — Basic Field — 648871 — 54718…