Funding History

Funding from the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation annually represents just under 50% of all funding for legal services in the state of Ohio.

The document below summarizes the funding of legal services in Ohio since 1976. Contact OLAF with any questions you may have about the document.

Historical Summary of Funding Allocations for Legal Services in Ohio (February 2011 Update - (Adobe Acrobat format)

Also visit our Publications pages to review recent OLAF annual reports, audits, and other publications.

You may also want to read Securing Equal Justice For All: A Brief History of Civil Legal Assistance in the United States by the Center for Law and Social Policy.