Miami-Dade County · Budget Explorer
FY 2025–26 adopted
Public Safety department
Legal Aid
Adopted operating, capital, position, and expenditure data, with recent budget history and the FY 2026–27 proposal.
Adopted department total
$8.5M
Operating and capital allocations across all adopted strategic areas.
- Operating
- $8.5M
- Capital
- $0
- Funded positions
- 57
- Year-over-year
- +29.4%
Annual adopted operations
Multi-year adopted program
As published
Increase in total budget
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Overview
Department overview
Service responsibilities and the latest adopted operating change.
Legal Aid provides free legal help to low-income Miami-Dade residents who cannot afford an attorney in civil cases like housing, family law, and consumer issues.
Computer-generated service summary based on the FY 2025-26 adopted budget.
Operating change
Operating spending increased from $6.6M in FY 2024-25 to $8.5M in FY 2025-26: +$1.9M (+29.4%).
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Budget
Operating and capital
Operating covers annual services and staffing. Capital covers the department’s multi-year investment program.
Operating
$8.5M
100.0% of department total
Capital
$0
0.0% of department total
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History
Total budget by fiscal year
Each year is labeled as actual spending or an adopted budget. Proposed figures are not included.
| Fiscal Year | Figure type | Total Budget | Operating | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2021-22 | Actual spending | $4.6M | $4.6M | $0 |
| FY 2022-23 | Actual spending | $4.7M | $4.7M | $0 |
| FY 2023-24 | Actual spending | $5.8M | $5.8M | $0 |
| FY 2024-25 | Adopted budget | $6.6M | $6.6M | $0 |
| FY 2025-26 | Adopted budget | $8.5M | $8.5M | $0 |
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Proposal
FY 2026–27 proposed changes
Operating and position figures are compared with Appendix A’s restated adopted amounts. Capital is proposal only.
- Operating
- $8.5M$9.1M
- Funded positions
- 5757
- Proposed capital
- $0
+7.4% from restated adopted
0 positions
Proposal only; no restated adopted capital amount was published.
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Departments
Other departments in Public Safety
Departments with adopted operating allocations in the same strategic area.