Community
Legal Needs
Assessment

We Want to Hear from You

Summit Legal Aid and Neighborhood Legal Services are conducting a comprehensive legal needs assessment in our shared 14-county region, and we need your help.

We are committed to ensuring that our services reflect the real needs of our communities.  Conducting a needs assessment is a critical step in understanding the most pressing civil legal challenges faced by residents in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Why We Need You

We can’t do this alone. Community agencies and local residents are on the front lines every day, seeing firsthand the legal struggles that people face.

Your input is vital to help us:

  • Reach underserved populations
  • Gain deeper insights into community-specific challenges
  • Build partnerships that improve access to justice

Are You a Resident Community Member?

You can be a part of the needs assessment today!

Take our Survey!

Sign up to Join a Focus Group!

Your voice matters — and we want to hear it.

By attending a focus group, you’ll have the chance to share what legal issues you see most often in your community, like problems with housing, family matters, employment, or accessing public benefits. You can talk about what’s working, what’s not, and what kinds of legal help people need.

This isn’t just a meeting — it’s your opportunity to shape how legal aid works in our area for years to come!

Sign up to join a meeting!

 

Partner Organizations

Partner Organization Survey

If you work at a nonprofit, government agency, healthcare provider, or other social service organization that helps low-income communities, please take the survey here

Host a Focus Group

Could your organization host an in-person group of community members?  Contact our facilitator, Steve Grumm, at sgrumm@thredpartners.com

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