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ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services

LEGAL AID | LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Patient Rights Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

LEGAL SERVICES | DRAKE UNIVERSITY

Provides legal assistance in Elderly Law, Civil Law, and Children's Rights Law. Can only take a limited number of cases. No bankruptcies or personal injury cases.

What's Here

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid

DISASTER RELIEF HOTLINE | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

The Disaster Relief Project provides information and legal assistance to victims of state-declared disasters that result from flooding, tornadoes and other natural disasters.

Offers free legal assistance to victims of state-declared disasters. Also hosts disaster preparedness workshops and presentations for the general public and provides ongoing training and webinars for volunteer attorneys.

With the help of pro bono attorneys, provides information, referrals, advice, self-help services, limited assistance and representation to qualifying low-income victims of state-declared disasters. The type of assistance provided depends upon the situation, the legal issue, and Legal Aid's resources. Services are free to those who qualify.

Common legal issues for which this program provides assistance:

- Insurance Issues: Includes submitting claims, avoiding public adjuster fraud, negotiating insurance settlements, and filing an appeal.

- Housing - Renters: Includes identifying the rights as a renter of a damaged unit, facilitating communication with landlords, negotiating early termination of a lease, resolving issues with renter's insurance claims, and recovering personal items from damaged rental units.

- Contractor Fraud Issues: Includes hiring a contractor and avoiding fraud, reviewing work contracts/estimates, obtaining proper work permits for repairs, passing city inspection, and recognizing and preventing predatory lending.

- Government Benefits: Includes applying for benefits and/or filing an appeal for denial of benefits, benefit award disagreement, or overpayment notices.

- Housing - Owners: Includes negotiating payments, understanding a homeowner's options in real estate contracts, and obtaining disaster assistance.

- Document Recovery: Including replacing lost documents (driver's licenses, birth certificates, Social Security cards, EBT cards, etc.) and replacing immigration documents.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Legal Representation
Post Disaster Legal Counseling Services

LEGAL SERVICES | LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF STORY COUNTY

Provides legal representation in civil cases for low-income eligible Story County residents. Services include civil protective orders (domestic, sexual, and elder abuse), dissolution of marriage, child custody, visitation, will, power of attorney, paternity, guardianship, conservatorship, debtor/creditor, landlord/tenant, unemployment benefits appeals.

What's Here

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Consumer Law
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
General Legal Aid
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services

ERC FAMILIES | EDUCATION RIGHTS COUNSEL

Provides limited direct pro bono representation for qualifying families statewide. Capacity is limited and determined after an initial consultation with the family. Only families with an income of 200% of federal poverty guidelines or below are eligible for direct representation.

What's Here

Legal Representation

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Patient Rights Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

LEGAL AID | LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Patient Rights Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

LEGAL AID | LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services

LEGAL AID | LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Patient Rights Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CLAIMANTS | REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES

Provides legal counseling and representation for the disabled and offers help with Social Security Disability/SSI claims and appeals.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Counseling

LEGAL AID | LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Patient Rights Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services

LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN | IOWA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S JUSTICE

Appointed by the court to represent children in high-conflict divorce or custody matters. Attorneys work one-on-one with children to listen, support, and advocate for child-focused resolutions. The main focus is to understand the desires of the children and to have them communicated to the court during custody cases to help achieve a child-focused result.

What's Here

Legal Representation

LEGAL AID | LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Patient Rights Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Patient Rights Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement