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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

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

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

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

Categories

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

Categories

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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Housing Counseling
Will Preparation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
Tax Information
Elder Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Housing services:
--Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues
--Discrimination and disability accommodation
--Eviction from mobile home parks
--Evictions by private landlords
--Housing protection for seniors, veterans, people living with HIV/AIDS
--Foreclosure, property tax and other homeownership issues
--We receive special funding to conduct Fair Housing enforcement, testing, and education in several communities across our service area.

Abuse and violence services:
--Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence
--Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment
--Elder abuse, including financial exploitation
--Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking
--Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking
--Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability

Health services:
--Medical assistance denials, terminations, spend down issues (Medicaid, Medicare)
--SSI/SSD applications for people living with HIV-AIDS
--Nursing home discharges
--Home care services
--Guardianships of adults to ensure access to healthcare
--Powers of attorney and other advance directives

Educational and employment services:
--Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing
--SNAP (Food Stamp) and TANF (cash) denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions
--Medical assistance denials, terminations, spend down issues (Medicaid, Medicare)
--SSI and Social Security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments and garnishments
--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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence 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.
The Allamakee County Bar Association offers consultation service that provides information to the general public to determine whether an attorney is needed for their particular problem. Attorneys meet with individuals free of charge and provide referrals to legal services, a private attorney, or law enforcement. Attorneys offer advice on family law (i.e. divorce), landlord-tenant issues, lawsuits and small claims, financial problems, consumer law, traffic and criminal violations, employment, public benefits, guardianships of children, restraining orders between adults and adults and children and other areas. The Legal Clinic is open on an as needed basis and is typically open every other Mondays; interested parties must first contact the Clerk of Courts office to sign up for clinic. NOTE: Senior Citizen Legal Services is provided through Northland Area Agency on Aging.

Categories

Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
General Legal Aid
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
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

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

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

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

Monthly program offering free legal advice for low-income residents, as well as other legal resources and self-help forms. Available on a first-come, first served basis.


Civil law questions only; no criminal law, no appeals.

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.

Categories

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

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

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