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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.

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

Categories

Debt Management
Tax Information
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Will Preparation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
School System Advocacy
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Consumer Law
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
The Clerk of Court does not give legal advice but provides a resource for County residents who choose to represent themselves in court or have questions on divorce, child custody, paternity, grandparent rights. Information on legal fees and costs for hiring attorneys is also available.

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Grandparent Rights
Paralegal Counseling
Contested Divorce Assistance
Family Law Courts
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Legal Counseling
Self Representation Assistance
Legal Information Services

Offers legal advice clinics to latinx immigrants. Individuals needing assistance with a legal issue can submit a request for help online with a few details on what the issue is. Once an appointment has been scheduled, individuals will have the opportunity to get free legal advice from a lawyer.

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Legal Counseling
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Accessline 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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Elder Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Advance Medical Directives
Self-help center providing legal guidance and resources to people who are representing themselves in court.

Legal advice and brief services provided by attorneys and paralegals. Attorneys do not provide court representation.

One on one assistance, information on what to expect during court proceedings, and review of completed court forms to ensure accuracy before entering court.

Assists walk-in clients with divorce, durable power of attorney, enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, child support modification, name change, conviction set aside, and protection orders.

Self-help clinics offered on a variety of legal subjects. Visit website to see if a clinic will be held soon related to a specific legal problem.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services

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.

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General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Legal Representation
Housing Counseling
Users may visit website to determine if they qualify to ask a Nebraska volunteer lawyer a question about a civil legal problem.

If qualified, users may post a civil (non-criminal) legal question for free. They receive an email when a lawyer answers the question and can log in to the website to read the lawyer's response.
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.

Categories

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

Contracts with Nebraska Legal Aid to provide legal assistance.

Assists people with little to no income in obtaining pro bono legal assistance from area lawyers and attorneys in specialized fields while also providing compassion, empathy, and a listening ear to all who come seeking help. Through the CCLS program, the program director matches a client's legal case with an area lawyer who has agreed to represent him/her in the court of law.

CCLS provides assistance in these areas:

-- Adoption.

-- Bankruptcy.

-- Child custody and support.

-- Debt elimination.

-- Employment.

-- Environmental issues.

-- Family Law.

-- Guardianship.

-- Immigration.

-- Landlord-tenant disputes.

-- Real estate transactions.

-- Social security benefits.

-- Traffic accidents.

-- Wills and probate.

Provides a 24-hour crisis line for Latina victims (men, women, children) of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Individual counseling, support groups, court advocacy, safety planning, community groups, referrals and domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy training.

Categories

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Parent Support Groups
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Legal Counseling
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.

Categories

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

Categories

Elder Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Information Services
Housing Counseling
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Advance Medical Directives
Refers persons to private practicing attorneys in their area for the type of legal problem they have. Attorneys are not legal aid, low income, or pro bono. The free referral entitles the caller to a 30-minute consultation either on the phone or in the attorney's office for a fee of no more than $25, with no obligation. After the consultation, the attorney will charge the client regular fees - it is up to the client to discuss fees with the attorney.
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.
Referral service for claimants refers callers to private attorneys in their area who handle Social Security disability claims.
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.

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

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.

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

Provides a 24-hour crisis line for Latina victims (men, women, children) of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Individual counseling, support groups, court advocacy, safety planning, community groups, referrals and domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy training.

Categories

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Parent Support Groups
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Legal Counseling
Website allows members of the public to search for a lawyer by county and/or practice area.
Offers an online Find a Lawyer program, Living Will forms, and the Handbook for Older Iowans, which covers health care decisions, wills, power of attorney, and landlord tenant rights. The handbook is available at no cost through the bar association, or at www.iowabar.org.

Categories

Legal Associations
Internet Information Resources
Lawyer Referral Services
Consumer Complaints
Legal Information Services
Will Preparation Assistance
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.

Categories

Debt Management
Tax Information
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Will Preparation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
School System Advocacy
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Consumer Law
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
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.
Iowa State Bar Association offers an online Find a Lawyer program, which refers individuals to lawyers throughout the state. For information, visit www.iowafindalawyer.com or www.iowabar.org, and click on Public Resources.

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Lawyer Referral Services
Internet Information Resources