<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMshuko wa kwanza ulifanyika mnamo 1996 baada ya kupunguzwa kwa ufadhili wa LSC, wakati mpango mdogo wa LSC, North Central West Virginia Legal Aid Society, ulijiunga na mpango mkubwa wa West Virginia Legal Services Plan.  <response>: The first mergers occurred in 1996 subsequent to LSC funding cuts, when the smallest LSC program, North Central West Virginia Legal Aid Society merged with the largest program West Virginia Legal Services Plan. 