---
title: "Check financial eligibility for help funded by the Legal Services Corporation"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/build-the-contribution-and-property-security-register-for-a-grant-of-aid/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A54-NE20261022-1-US"
practice_area: "Legal Aid & Community Legal Practice"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check financial eligibility for help funded by the Legal Services Corporation

> List the household income and assets supplied, and whether the applicant is described as a victim of domestic violence. Do not decide eligibility.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/build-the-contribution-and-property-security-register-for-a-grant-of-aid/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Legal Aid & Community Legal Practice](https://ailawframework.com/practice/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the household income and assets supplied, and whether the applicant is described as a victim of domestic violence. Do not decide eligibility. |
| What the lawyer must review | 42 U.S.C. § 2996f(a)(2) requires the Corporation to set maximum income levels, taking account of family size, urban and rural differences, and cost of living, and guidelines that include liquid assets, income, fixed debts, and medical expenses. 45 C.F.R. § 1611.3 says the recipient's annual income ceiling may not exceed 125 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, and that the recipient must set reasonable asset ceilings. For an applicant described as a victim of domestic violence, the recipient counts that applicant's income and assets and those of other household members, and not assets of the alleged perpetrator, including assets held jointly. Section 1611.5 authorizes exceptions. There is no national contribution scale and no national rule requiring security over property. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build the contribution and property-security register for a grant of aid](https://ailawframework.com/practice/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/build-the-contribution-and-property-security-register-for-a-grant-of-aid.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the household income and assets supplied, and whether the applicant is described as a victim of domestic violence. Do not decide eligibility.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The recipient's own ceiling, at or below the regulatory maximum, is the one that applies. Read the whole of § 1611.5 before using an exception. One path in that section uses 200 percent of the guidelines.

## Sources

- [45 C.F.R. Part 1611 (financial eligibility)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-B/chapter-XVI/part-1611) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 U.S.C. § 2996f (grants and contracts)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2996f) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*