Evaluation of the Legal Aid Program
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Program Profile
- 3 Evaluation Methodology
- 4 Findings
- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- 6 References
- Appendix A: Case Study Summaries
- Appendix B: Examples of Innovations
- Appendix C: Comparing Financial Eligibility Guidelines
- Appendix D: Legal Aid Program: Budget and Actual Expenditures
List of Tables
- Table 1. Planned Resources for Federal Legal Aid Program
- Table 2. Case Studies
- Table 3. Journey Mapping
- Table 4. Summary of Limitations, Challenges, and Mitigation Strategies
- Table 5. Legal Aid Applications by Type and Year
- Table 6. Criminal Legal Aid Duty Counsel Services by Type and Year
- Table 7. Number of Innovations Reported
- Table 8. Performance against Departmental Service Standards
- Table 9. National Average Fees Charged by Private Bar Counsel to Non-legal Aid Clients
- Table 10. Percentage Difference between Provincial Financial Eligibility Guidelines and Low-Income Cut-Offs for Years 2015 and 2020
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Criminal Legal Aid Applications, 2016-17 to 2018-19
- Figure 2. Budget 2016 Funding Increase
- Figure 3. Proportion of the Federal Contribution to Total Shareable Expenditures
- Figure 4. Federal Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid Funding (in millions of $)
- Figure 5. Proportion of the Federal Contribution to Total Shareable Immigration and Refugee Expenditures
- Figure 6. State-funded Counsel Cases Managed by Provincial or Territorial Governments or Legal Aid Plans
- Figure 7. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Refugee Protection Claims
- Figure 8. Refugee Claims Made by Irregular Border Crossers
- Figure 9. Comparison of Financial Eligibility Guidelines to Other Economic Measures – Single Person 2015 to 2020 Percentage Increase
- Figure 10. Comparison of Financial Eligibility Guidelines to Other Economic Measures – Family of Four 2015 to 2020 Percentage Increase
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