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Offers onsite legal assistance at the courthouse during hours eviction hearings are scheduled. Tenants may speak with an attorney for legal advice, help negotiating with their landlord, and possible representation at the hearing (representation is not guaranteed). Follow up case management services may also be offered.
Mediation for dispute settlement, such as divorce, child custody, small claims, consumer business, tenant/landlord, estate settlement and planning, debt, etc.

Elder mediation with families of elderly to make decisions.

Juvenile parole/probation mediation when conflict in the youth's life increases the risk of further law violation or incarceration.

Offers large group facilitation, conflict resolution training workshops, and family group conferencing.

Categories

Conflict Resolution Training
Mediation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Assists individuals or families who are at immediate risk of homelessness and seeking emergency shelter to identify safe, alternate housing arrangements, and if necessary, connect them with community referrals to help them obtain or return to housing.

Categories

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Homeless Diversion Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides assistance to landlords in being licensed and to register all of their residential properties within the city limits.

Categories

City Government Departments/Offices
Landlord/Tenant 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

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

Adoption Legal Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Consumer Law
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Tax Information
School System Advocacy
Labor and Employment Law
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Will Preparation Assistance
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Information Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Provides answers about rights of landlords and renters; provides inspections, code enforcement, and responds to complaints.

Categories

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

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

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

Debt Management
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

Schedules meetings with disputing parties in safe, neutral settings.

Examples of parties the agency works with:

- Families experiencing divorce, to reach custody and parenting agreements

- Juvenile offenders, to see the harm caused by their crimes, rebuild trust, and reduce recidivism

- Neighbors facing property disputes in small claims court

- Parents and their children who are involved in the child welfare system

- Companies challenged with internal employee disputes, learning new ways to communicate

- Parents with concerns regarding their special needs child's instructional path

- Relatives navigating the care of their elders

- Tenants facing eviction and homelessness, to participate in mediation and reach agreements to remain in their housing or create a structured path forward

- Landlords looking at way to keep tenants in occupancy or to minimize expenses associated with the formal eviction process

Categories

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Mediation
Conflict Resolution Training
Provides education, information, and referrals to landlords and tenants regarding their rights and responsibilities. Also help to explain eviction notices, talk about how to terminate tenancy, explain repairs/maintenance, and explain deposits. Home Inc. is not a legal service and does not have the ability to enforce any laws.

Can provide information and referrals for people who are looking for rental units.

Categories

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Housing Counseling
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
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Housing Counseling
Tax Information
Assist landlords with rental licensing requirements. Also assist tenants with non-responsive landlords in regards to maintaining the unit/structure.
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
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Housing Counseling
Tax Information
Investigates discrimination in housing as related to rental, sales, and lending transactions.

Inservice programs on fair housing laws for housing providers, human service agencies, etc.

Public education to help the public understand how the Fair Housing Laws protect people.

Community program development to address housing discrimination.

Information on landlord and tenant rights.

Categories

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

Adoption Legal Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Consumer Law
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Tax Information
School System Advocacy
Labor and Employment Law
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Will Preparation Assistance
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Information Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Provide assistance to landlords in being licensed and to register all of their residential properties within the city limits.

Categories

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
City Government Departments/Offices
Rental Inspections Program is responsible for the registration of all residential rentals in the City limits of Marshalltown. Units are inspected approximately every three years for compliance. Staff also respond to written complaints from tenants.

Categories

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
City Government Departments/Offices
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

Adoption Legal Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Consumer Law
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Tax Information
School System Advocacy
Labor and Employment Law
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Will Preparation Assistance
Debt Management
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Information Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Provides assistance to prevent individuals from losing their housing and becoming homeless. This may include helping them preserve their current housing situation or identifying alternate appropriate housing options. The program provides short-term assistance via in-home case management services for up to three months. The focus of the program is on crisis resolution, linking program participants to community resources and mainstream benefits, and helping them develop a plan to prevent future housing instability.

Categories

Homelessness Prevention Programs
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Provides assistance to prevent individuals from losing their housing and becoming homeless. This may include helping them preserve their current housing situation or identifying alternate appropriate housing options. The program provides short-term assistance via in-home case management services for up to three months. The focus of the program is on crisis resolution, linking program participants to community resources and mainstream benefits, and helping them develop a plan to prevent future housing instability.

Categories

Homelessness Prevention Programs
Landlord/Tenant Assistance

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

Debt Management
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Provides legal representation for tenants given an eviction notice due to delayed rental payment associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.