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- Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes committed in Marion County.

- Advises and represents the County Board and the elected and appointed officials of Marion County.

- Assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection.

- Goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

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Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support

-- Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes committed within the County.

-- Advises and represents the County Board and the elected and appointed officials of the County.

-- Assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection.

-- Goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Categories

Crime Victim Support
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Public Counsel

Rape crisis center services are available via the hotline. Sexual assault program services include:

-- Crisis intervention

-- 24-hour response at medical facilities or police stations

-- Assistance and support with medical and legal procedures

-- Counseling for child and adult survivors of sexual assault

The YWCA also provides information and referral and extensive community education programs for:

-- Helping school children learn how to stay safe from abuse and how to report it

-- Helping schools work against bullying

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

-- Providing professional training on sexual harassment, sexual assault issues, and many related topics

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Adult Sexual Assault Prevention
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Sexual Assault Prevention
Sexual Assault Counseling
Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Sexual Assault Hotlines
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

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

Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes within the county, assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection, and goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Categories

Public Counsel
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- 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.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

Medical advocacy is available 24 hours a day at hospital emergency rooms. Whenever a survivor arrives at the hospital for treatment, the hospital calls the hotline and an advocate is sent out to sit with the survivor. The advocate offers emotional support, provides information on sexual violence, and gives any necessary referrals.

Legal advocacy is available 24 hours a day wherever needed. Advocates can support a survivor at the police department or help a survivor with a case that is currently being prosecuted.

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic Violence Hotlines
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

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

Offers specially trained legal advocates advise rights under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act, assist in obtaining Orders of Protection, provide support in court to victims in abuse-related cases, and provide referral and linkage to other social service programs. Also provides bi-lingual/bi-cultural services.

Medical Advocacy:

Trained advocates respond to local hospitals 24-hours a day. They can accompany a survivor through the evidence collection and medical treatment process. Advocates provide support, give information about options and rights, and assist with safety planning.

Legal Advocacy:

Legal advocates can assist with navigating the civil and criminal justice process. This includes assistance in filing for Civil No Contact and Stalking No Contact Orders. They can also help individuals assert their rights as crime survivors and accompany them to meetings with officials and court hearings.

Categories

Sexual Assault Treatment
Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support

Offers support services to those who are experiencing or who have survived domestic violence, elder abuse, sexual abuse, and child abuse. Offers case management, assistance obtaining an Order of Protection, Civil No Contact Order, or Stalking No Contact Order, help with court advocacy, individual counseling, children's services and support groups.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sexual Assault Counseling
Protective/Restraining Orders
Abuse 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

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

Offers assessments and 26-week psycho-educational group services for individuals who use power and control in their intimate relationships. Additionally, provides guidance and support for obtaining protective or restraining orders to ensure legal protection against harassment, stalking, or violence in situations involving domestic abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault, or other forms of harm.

Categories

General Abuse Prevention
Protective/Restraining Orders
Abuse Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention

Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes within the county, assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection, and goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Public Counsel
Crime Victim Support
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

Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Legal Representation
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Advance Medical Directives
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Consumer Law
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
School System Advocacy
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
The Circuit Clerk is the official record keeper of the Court. All Civil, Probate, Traffic, Criminal, and Juvenile cases are filed through the Clerk's office. Also collects and disperses all monies ordered to be paid by the court.

Categories

County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Protective/Restraining Orders

Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes within the county, assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection, and goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Categories

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- 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.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- 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.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Health Related Advocacy Groups
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

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

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- 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.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Health Related Advocacy Groups
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

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

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- 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.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- 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.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Abuse Counseling
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups