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STABILITY LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance

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

GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES | UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN

Certified senior law students, working through the Civil Clinical Law Program at the University of Nebraska, College of Law, provide free legal services in certain types of civil legal cases to low-income persons.

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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 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

ILLINOIS ARMED FORCES LEGAL AID NETWORK | ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION

Free legal aid for low income veterans, active military, reserve, and National Guard members, and their spouses and dependents who meet income guidelines. Assists with civil legal cases such as family, housing, and consumer law issues as well as military specific issues such as VA benefits appeals and Discharge Upgrades.

Legal issue needs to be resolved in Illinois, but the person can reside or be stationed anywhere. For VA issues, the VA facility that is providing treatment or is part of the dispute should be in Illinois or the client should reside in Illinois.

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General Legal Aid

STABILITY LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance

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

FAMILY ADVOCACY CLINIC | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW CLINICS

Provides legal representation to parents, children, and families facing separation due to allegations of abuse or neglect. Students represent low-income parents and/or children as court-appointed counsel in juvenile abuse and neglect cases in Champaign County.

What's Here

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid

CIVIL CLINIC | CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

A third-year law student, under supervision of a licensed attorney, will represent clients in a variety of non-fee generating cases. Civil law cases only, no criminal matters.

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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

ILLINOIS ARMED FORCES LEGAL AID NETWORK | ILLINOIS ARMED FORCES LEGAL NETWORK (IL-AFLAN)

Provides civil legal services across Illinois for low income military personnel, veterans, and their families. Common areas of legal assistance include discharge upgrades, benefits appeals, and civil legal problems like Family, Housing, and Consumer issues. IL-AFLAN is a network comprised of over 10 legal aid organizations and law school clinics. When calling, be prepared to speak with an attorney (That is, set aside enough time to discuss case and have any relevant documents present).

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General Legal Aid

GENERAL SERVICES | SIOUX COUNTY OFFICES

Offers programs for county residents who meet certain income and resource guidelines including general assistance such as rent, utilities, provisions for food and nonfood items, emergency medical and dental services, and funeral expenses. Also includes legal services when funding is available.

What's Here

Medical Expense Assistance
General Relief
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
General Legal Aid

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

STABILITY LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance

ILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE | ILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE

Provides free legal information and court forms so that people who cannot afford a lawyer can resolve their own legal issues and go to court on their own.

Self-help legal resources help people understand and enforce their legal rights and understand how to represent themselves in court, if necessary.

Provides legal resources for a wide range of legal issues, including divorce, child support, restraining orders, criminal records, public benefits, immigration, housing, and much more.

People who wish to apply for free legal aid may be able to get a local legal aid referral or apply online for legal aid help through the website.

What's Here

General Legal Aid

STABILITY LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance

STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Offers a legal aid office for students currently enrolled at Iowa State University and registered Iowa State University student groups. It is staffed by two attorneys who advise and often represent students in a variety of cases and are available for consultation with respect to most legal concerns.

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General Legal Aid

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

VETERANS LEGAL CLINIC | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW CLINICS

Provides legal help to veterans in civil matters such as family law, consumer disputes, and evictions. The clinic also assists veterans with service-related matters such as discharge upgrades. The VLC collaborates with local veteran service organizations to holistically address the needs of their clients.

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General Legal Aid

STABILITY LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance

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

STABILITY LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance