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      	Economic Incentives in Legal Reform Paper by Bruce Owen and Jorge Portillo reporting a study demonstrating that women in Ecuador who had been served by a legal aid clinic were economically better off than a comparable group of women who had not received services. [ more info ]
      	Explaining the Recent Decline in Domestic Violence Article published in Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 21, Number 2, 1 April 2003 , pp. 158-172(15), concluding that access to legal services is one of the primary factors contributing to a 21 percent decrease nationally in the reported incidence of domestic violence between 1993 and 1998. [ more info ]
      	Increasing Access to Restraining Orders for Low-Income Victims of Domestic Violence: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Research study from University Of Wisconsin, La Follette School of Public Affairs (March 2007) [ more info ]
      	Cost savings to the Commonwealth from civil legal aid Fact sheet on economic benefit of legal aid, from Massachusetts, 2005 [ more info ]
      	Evaluation of Team Child in Florida 2002 evaluation demonstrating that legal services program for troubled youth is highly cost-effective. Program in one site generates $2.44-$3.91 per $1 spent; program in other site generates $1.38-$2.18, probably as a result of later start date. [ more info ]
      	Economic Impact of Legal Aid of Nebraska, 2003 Paper prepared by Legal Aid of Nebraska and Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha [ more info ]
      	Homelessness Prevention Program Outcomes and Effectiveness Evaluation by New York State Department of Social Services (1990) finding that program providing legal advice, representation, and other services to eliminate situations likely to result in homelessness saved $4 for every $1 expended (see p. 23) [ more info ]
      	Data on the costs of homelessness Miscellaneous data from various sources, with citations; some needs to be updated [ more info ]
      	The Economic Costs of Poverty in the United States Report by Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University, et al. Does not address benefits of legal aid, but quantifies costs of poverty. [ more info ]
      	Legal Aid: Essential to the Justice System Fact sheet on economic benefit of legal aid, from Minnesota, 2003 [ more info ]