Legal ServicesNational Technology Assistance Project

www.lsntap.orgGabrielle Hammond

About NTAP

NTAP is a national nonprofit that helps poverty law programs improve client services and outreach through innovative uses of technology.

About Presenters

Ilene Jacobs, CRLA Jack Daniel, CRLA Gabrielle Hammond, NTAP

In This Session Understand Data

Census Data and Other Data Use of Data in CRLA Use of mapping in CRLA for Litigation Trends

GIS Mapping LSC’s TIG GIS Mapping Project Census Mapper and Other Options

Polling of Audience How many use US Census Data in analyzing trends?

How many use mapping software to visually display trends?

Do you currently analyze case management data by hand? Or other data?

Ways you have used data for litigation?

Ilene Jacobs & Jack Daniel

Understand Data -- Connect to Litigation Census Data and Other Data Use of Data in CRLA Use of mapping in CRLA for Litigation Trends

Gabrielle Hammond Another Example of Mapping in Action Legal Services of Northern California

GIS Mapping National Server Project

CensusMapper

Families Paying More than 50% of Income as Rent

Del Paso Heights – Sub Prime Lending

Vacant Lots - Del Paso Heights

Point Map Example

From PolicyLink GIS PowerPoint Presentation -Structures with Code Violations, South L.A.

Banks in Del Paso Heights

Banks in Fair Oaks

Check Cashing in Del Paso Heights

Check Cashing in Fair Oaks

DEL PASO HEIGHTS, SACRAMENTO– CHECK CASHING SITES

DEL PASO HEIGHTS, SACRAMENTO - BANKS

Source: Office of Inspector General

GIS: Coming Soon

Legal Aid of East Tennessee, UT, NTAP:

1. National Server with US Census Data Uploaded into a mapping software called ArcIMS.

2. Non-techie solution: Can submit your CMS data to the server and generate “Top 10 Maps.”

Timeline

UT has begun work on uploading Census data by program service area.

Will meet with them on Monday. NTAP expects to begin training in nine months.

Interested: Participate on Advisory Board for GIS: gabrielle@gabriellehammond.com

Possible Maps1. Cases closed by county2. Cases closed by zip code3. Poverty population4. Overlay of poverty population and cases closed

5. Open cases6. Closed cases by case type (legal matter)7. Closed cases by service rendered (counsel and advice, brief service, litigation with rep, etc.)

8. Cases closed by advocate assignment (and office)

9. Office location and cases closed10. Pro bono cases closed11. Persons helped12. Location of opposing party by problem code13. Ethnic background and cases closed or open14. Primary language and cases closed or open15. Cases closed by funding code16. Rejected cases17. Fundraising donor base

Questions?

Gabrielle Hammond, Executive Director

Legal Services NTAP(National Technology Assistance

Project)gabrielle@lsntap.org

310-450-7392