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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.

Services

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

Services

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

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).

Services

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Housing Counseling
Will Preparation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Tax Information
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Elder Law
Advance Medical Directives
Provides holistic criminal and civil legal services with matters such as landlord/tenant disputes, consumer protection cases, divorce, custody and visitation rights, benefit application, elder law issues, such as guardianship and due process claims. Also, represents low-income individuals whose civil rights have been violated by courts, police, and jails and by filing class actions lawsuits challenging cash bail and debtors’ prisons.
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.

Services

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

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

Services

Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling

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).

Services

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

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

Services

Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation is not provided; they handle cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters.
Representation of indigent persons charged with violation of state criminal statutes
Provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation is not provided; they handle cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters.
Provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation is not provided; they handle cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters.
Provides legal services to eligible individuals with disabilities to enforce rights under mental health or related laws, primarily in involuntary admission or involuntary treatment hearings.
Provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation is not provided; they handle cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters.
Provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation is not provided; they handle cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters.
Provides legal representation in courts and administrative hearings.
Provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation is not provided; they handle cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters.

Provides pro bono (free) legal services to those in Polk County that meet income guidelines. The Volunteer Lawyers are mainly focused on assisting with family law. Lawyers can potentially help with divorces, child custody, child support, wills, and bankruptcy cased. Can only help with cases in Polk County.

Provides legal counseling and representation for the disabled and offers help with Social Security Disability/SSI claims and appeals.

Services

Legal Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Legal Advocates for Seniors and People with Disabilities® (LASPD) is a nationwide program designed to help seniors and people with disabilities cope with debt issues without having to file a bankruptcy or using other standard solutions such as debt consolidation or debt settlement.The key to the LASPD solution is the source of income for seniors and people with disabilities. It is usually some form of Social Security benefit (retirement, disability, survivor or supplemental), veterans benefits, workers compensation, or pensions, and all of these forms of income are PROTECTED FROM GARNISHMENT by federal law. In other words, private creditors cannot successfully sue you and get your bank to give them any of that money.LASPD lets your creditors know that you now have legal representation regarding your rights under federal law, that you ARE judgment/collection-proof, and that if they still want to communicate, they should contact LASPD.

Services

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Legal Representation
Appointed by the court to represent children in high-conflict divorce or custody matters. Attorneys work one-on-one with children to listen, support, and advocate for child-focused resolutions. The main focus is to understand the desires of the children and to have them communicated to the court during custody cases to help achieve a child-focused result.

Offers to match the caller's legal problem with available resources, such as advice, extended representation, or referral. For most low-income applicants. Callers are screened for eligibility, and a determination is made whether eligible callers have a legal problem that falls within the priorities. If the caller's legal problem is eligible for review for extended services, the caller is referred to one of our five regional offices. If the callers are not eligible for referral to a regional office, attorneys provide the caller with immediate advice or quick access to other information and resources.

Services

Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Housing 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.

Services

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

Services

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

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).

Services

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