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Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Borrowers with Federal Student Loans can speak to trained counselors to discuss forgiveness programs and/or programs to reduce monthly payments. Callers may be eligible for smaller payments due to family size, amount of debt, hardship, and other circumstances. Counselors will match callers with appropriate government programs such as SAVE, PAYE, PSLF among others for the most relief.
Borrowers with Federal Student Loans can speak to trained counselors to discuss forgiveness programs and/or programs to reduce monthly payments. Callers may be eligible for smaller payments due to family size, amount of debt, hardship, and other circumstances. Counselors will match callers with appropriate government programs such as SAVE, PAYE, PSLF among others for the most relief.
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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).
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).
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Financial education including monthly workshops to help individuals gain or regain control over their finances. One on one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Asset Management Individual Development Account (IDAs) are matched savings accounts which may be used for the purchase of assets such as buying a home, pursuing post-secondary education or vocational training, and starting or expanding a small business.
Opportunity Passport Account program helps youth leaving foster care become financially literate as they gain experience with the banking system. Youth amass assets for education, housing, health care, vehicle, investments and other specified expenses.
Advocacy, including reviewing credit report, preparing financial action plan, assisting with setup of debt repayment schedules, and ongoing review of household budget.
Financial education including monthly workshops to help individuals gain or regain control over their finances. One on one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Asset Management Individual Development Account (IDAs) are matched savings accounts which may be used for the purchase of assets such as buying a home, pursuing post-secondary education or vocational training, and starting or expanding a small business.
Opportunity Passport Account program helps youth leaving foster care become financially literate as they gain experience with the banking system. Youth amass assets for education, housing, health care, vehicle, investments and other specified expenses.
Advocacy, including reviewing credit report, preparing financial action plan, assisting with setup of debt repayment schedules, and ongoing review of household budget.
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Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Offers mortgage delinquency counseling, foreclosure intervention, and reverse mortgage counseling.
Certified consumer credit counselors provide confidential services free of charge. Customized services provided in person, by phone, or by internet/email include:
- Financial Counseling
- Credit Report Counseling
- Debt Management Plans
- Education and Workshops
- Comprehensive Housing Counseling
Debt management plan assists clients who enroll in the program with managing their budget.
Offers mortgage delinquency counseling, foreclosure intervention, and reverse mortgage counseling.
Certified consumer credit counselors provide confidential services free of charge. Customized services provided in person, by phone, or by internet/email include:
- Financial Counseling
- Credit Report Counseling
- Debt Management Plans
- Education and Workshops
- Comprehensive Housing Counseling
Debt management plan assists clients who enroll in the program with managing their budget.
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Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Negotiates with current creditors to lower or eliminate the interest rate (typically to 2% to 8%) and have clients debt-free in five years or less. There is no prepayment penalty. Clients can leave the program at any time, although the creditors may return the interest rates to previous levels. Regardless of how many creditors are owed, this program works on a single, consolidated monthly payment.
Negotiates with current creditors to lower or eliminate the interest rate (typically to 2% to 8%) and have clients debt-free in five years or less. There is no prepayment penalty. Clients can leave the program at any time, although the creditors may return the interest rates to previous levels. Regardless of how many creditors are owed, this program works on a single, consolidated monthly payment.
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Callers with unsecured debts such as credit cards or medical debt speak directly with trained counselors to discuss programs to reduce payments, interest, and late fees. Under a debt management plan, counselors can contact creditors and reduce payments, interest, and even principal amounts owed. These steps can help families reduce debt and avoid bankruptcy. This service focuses on unsecured debts such as credit cards, medical debts, and personal loans.
Callers with unsecured debts such as credit cards or medical debt speak directly with trained counselors to discuss programs to reduce payments, interest, and late fees. Under a debt management plan, counselors can contact creditors and reduce payments, interest, and even principal amounts owed. These steps can help families reduce debt and avoid bankruptcy. This service focuses on unsecured debts such as credit cards, medical debts, and personal loans.
Free one-on-one clinics are held monthly at various sites throughout Nebraska. Professionals provide education and resources on mediation, farm finances, legal matters, farm succession planning and USDA farm programs.
Free one-on-one clinics are held monthly at various sites throughout Nebraska. Professionals provide education and resources on mediation, farm finances, legal matters, farm succession planning and USDA farm programs.
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Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.
Foreclosure prevention counseling.
Financial education.
Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.
Foreclosure prevention counseling.
Financial education.
Categories
Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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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.
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.
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Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.
Helps with:
- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.
- Evictions from mobile home parks.
- Evictions by private landlords.
- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).
- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.
- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Categories
Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.
Foreclosure prevention counseling.
Financial education.
Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.
Foreclosure prevention counseling.
Financial education.
Categories
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.
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.
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Provides a free, one-stop resource to connect homeowners with important tools, including access to counseling services, legal advice, mortgage payment assistance programs, foreclosure prevention events, and tips on how to avoid mortgage fraud.
Provides a free, one-stop resource to connect homeowners with important tools, including access to counseling services, legal advice, mortgage payment assistance programs, foreclosure prevention events, and tips on how to avoid mortgage fraud.
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Financial education including monthly workshops to help individuals gain or regain control over their finances. One on one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Asset Management Individual Development Account (IDAs) are matched savings accounts which may be used for the purchase of assets such as buying a home, pursuing post-secondary education or vocational training, and starting or expanding a small business.
Opportunity Passport Account program helps youth leaving foster care become financially literate as they gain experience with the banking system. Youth amass assets for education, housing, health care, vehicle, investments and other specified expenses.
Advocacy, including reviewing credit report, preparing financial action plan, assisting with setup of debt repayment schedules, and ongoing review of household budget.
Financial education including monthly workshops to help individuals gain or regain control over their finances. One on one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Asset Management Individual Development Account (IDAs) are matched savings accounts which may be used for the purchase of assets such as buying a home, pursuing post-secondary education or vocational training, and starting or expanding a small business.
Opportunity Passport Account program helps youth leaving foster care become financially literate as they gain experience with the banking system. Youth amass assets for education, housing, health care, vehicle, investments and other specified expenses.
Advocacy, including reviewing credit report, preparing financial action plan, assisting with setup of debt repayment schedules, and ongoing review of household budget.
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Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.
Foreclosure prevention counseling.
Financial education.
Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.
Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.
Foreclosure prevention counseling.
Financial education.
Categories
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.
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.
Categories
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.
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.
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