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607 Sycamore, Suite 304, Waterloo, IA 50703
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.
300 North Pine Street, Creston, IA 50801
Offers emergency assistance to veterans and their widows, including help with food, clothing, transportation, rent, and utilities. Provides support for filing claims with the Veteran Administration or state veteran benefits, including assistance with medical expenses, burial benefits, and compensation or pension benefits for eligible veterans and their dependents.
Additionally, offers guidance on retirement benefits for veterans who meet eligibility requirements. Facilitates access to military records, including obtaining copies of documents related to an individual's association with the armed forces, verifying discharge status, and addressing errors in military records. Provides information and referrals for veteran homes that offer care for veterans limited by age or illness who require support in settings where home care is unavailable or unsuitable.
301 North Buxton Street, Indianola, IA 50125
Provides assistance in determining eligibility and filing for veteran benefits, including burial benefits. These services include completion of forms, referrals, follow-up services, and other assistance. Temporary financial assistance may be available for rent or mortgage, utilities/propane, gas, and food.
214 East Main Street, Knoxville, IA 50138
Provides emergency general relief, including rent and utility assistance, medical expense assistance and food vouchers when available. Also helps with Veteran benefits, Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits and burial benefits. This service is offered to legal residents, indigent individuals, honorably discharged Veterans, their spouses, widows, and dependent children.
605 Cayuga Street, Storm Lake, IA 50588
Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits and burial benefits through compensation or pension claims. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.
101 East Main Street, Marshalltown, IA 50158
Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for burial expenses may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.
1601 Broadway, Dakota City, NE 68731
State level services do not require wartime service. Completes applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund, fee exempt fishing and hunting permits, Nebraska Veterans Homes, and waivers of tuition.
Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.
305 Main Street, Bedford, IA 50833
Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expenses may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.
545 State Street, Garner, IA 50438
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.
602 South Locust Street, Glenwood, IA 51534
County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident of Mills County for the past one year.
State level services (do not require wartime service) assist in completing applications for the Iowa Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Iowa Veterans Homes; and waivers of tuition.
Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.
203 Main Street, Dakota City, IA 50529
Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws, including burial benefits.
720 Lyon Street, Des Moines, IA 50309
Family support network channels requests for any type of assistance including financial to Legion Posts throughout the United States. Callers are advised to give their home zip code and a call-back telephone number where they can be reached.
1801 South B Street, Albia, IA 52531
Provides assistance to veterans and their families with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral and burial expenses, grave markers, and medical expenses for those unable to afford necessary care. Offers food vouchers that can be exchanged for food products at designated locations, supporting low-income individuals and families or other eligible populations.
Additionally, assists veterans in applying for compensation and pension programs. Eligibility requires the veteran to have an honorable discharge, have served 90 days or more of Federal active duty, and be a county resident.
1240 26th Avenue Court SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, utilities, burial expense and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.
101 South Main Street, Sigourney, IA 52591
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.
125 South 15th Street, Ord, NE 68862
State level services do not require wartime service. Assist in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; waivers of tuition.
Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.
609 1st Avenue North, Estherville, IA 51334
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers. Assists Veterans applying for compensation and pension programs.
O'Brien County Courthouse, 155 South Hayes Avenue, Primghar, IA 51245
Veteran service office.
Plymouth County Courthouse, 215 4th Avenue Southeast, Le Mars, IA 51031
Veteran services office.
667 Ware Road, Room 100, Woodstock, IL 60098
Prepares, presents, and prosecutes claims for VA Disability and Pension benefits on behalf of veterans and/or their families. This program also assists with identifying and applying for other benefits or programs offered by the VA such as VA Healthcare.
Identifies programs/ services/ benefits the veteran and/or the veteran’s family can use, and are eligible for, that are not administered by the VA.
723 1st Avenue South, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
County benefits include rent, utilities, transportation for medical care, medications, and burial expenses.
Mahaska County Courthouse, 106 South 1st Street, Oskaloosa, IA 52577
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers. Can also assist Veterans with applying for compensation and pension programs.
346 Main Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048
County level services include the following: provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs; personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents; must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty (wartime service for some benefits); and must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Cass County.
State level services do not require wartime service and include the following: completes applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund, nominal fee for fishing and hunting permits, applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes, and waivers of tuition.
Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, Grave Markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.
2175 Lexington Boulevard, Washington, IA 52353
Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expenses may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.
400 Cedar Street, Tipton, IA 52772
Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal, state, and local benefits, including compensation, pension claims, and burial benefits. Support for burial benefits includes assistance with applications for burial and funeral allowances, headstones, markers, Presidential Memorial Certificates, and interment in national cemeteries. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, utilities, and food may also be available to eligible county residents.