Legal Services programs may record and report the provision of legal assistance as a case only  (a) the client is financially and otherwise eligible to receive assistance under the LSC Act, regulations, and other applicable law; the client's case is within program priorities (or is an emergency case accepted under the program's emergency case acceptance procedures); the legal services program has actually accepted the client for service through its intake system or another established procedure for ensuring client eligibility; (b) the type of legal assistance provided to the client is not prohibited by the LSC Act, regulations, or other applicable law (e.g.
Legal Services programs are able to help those that they are not otherwise prohibited from helping year round.