NLS HANDLED 11,373 CASES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. PRO BONO ATTORNEYS HANDLED 1,464 CASES. APPROXIMATELY 7% OF THE TOTAL CASES INVOLVED CONSUMER ISSUES, 35% INVOLVED FAMILY ISSUES (75% OF THESE WERE PFAS), 44% INVOLVED HOUSING ISSUES, 7% INVOLVED INCOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES (SSI, FOOD STAMPS, TANF, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION), 5% INVOLVED EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, AND THE REMAINING 2% INVOLVED SUCH ISSUES AS HEALTH, DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS, PROPERTY TAXES, AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES. OF THE CASES HANDLED, 74% WERE FOR INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 18 AND 54, 26% FOR INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER, AND LESS THAN 1% FOR THOSE UNDER 18. MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE FEMALE (74%). FORTY-SIX PERCENT (46%) OF THE CLIENTS WERE WHITE, 45% WERE BLACK, AND 11% WERE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS SUCH AS ASIAN, HISPANIC, AND NATIVE AMERICAN. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS COMPRISED 2% OF OUR CLIENTS.