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Provides assistance for people who want to draft a living will.
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 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 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.

Services

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
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.
Medical Social Services provides support services for patients and their families during hospitalization and upon discharge, for people receiving outpatient services, and for previous patients and for other people not previously associated with the facility who need the service. Services included: consultation and the coordination of available services for the patient's continuing care at home or in a short or long-term care facility; or whatever other support may be needed to help resolve the logistical, social and psychological problems related to the illness; and offers information on advance directive/living will/power of attorney for health care.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

-- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

-- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

-- Nursing home and home care issues.

-- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

-- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Services

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
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).

Services

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Tax Information
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Will Preparation Assistance
At the Power of Attorney Workshops, CDEL representatives prepare Powers of Attorney for Health Care and Property, as well as Illinois Living Will Declarations, for low-income seniors at senior centers throughout Cook County.

Services

Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Living Wills
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Advance health care planning information and services available to help ensure that individual's health care preferences are discussed, documented and honored.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

-- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

-- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

-- Nursing home and home care issues.

-- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

-- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Services

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
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.

Services

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

Services

School System Advocacy
Legal Representation
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Legal Information Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Adoption Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Labor and Employment Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Tax Information
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Hanover Township Social Services assists seniors and their caregivers with energy assistance, health insurance counseling, therapy and psychiatric services, pharmaceutical assistance, public benefits programs, and provides information and referrals to external services.

Services

Living Wills
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Psychiatry
Benefits Screening
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Merchandise/Services Discount Cards
Individual Counseling
General Mental Health Support Groups
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
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).

Services

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Tax Information
General Legal Aid
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Oak Park Township strives to promote the well-being of all its older residents. They offer a wide variety of affordable, and often free, services geared toward enhancing and improving the quality of life for senior residents including the chore program, affordable wills, benefits assistance, a memory cafe, the senior health insurance program (SHIP), caregiver support, and the home repair program.

Services

Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Case/Care Management Referrals
Daily Money Management Services
Living Wills
General Minor Home Repair Programs
Medicare Information/Counseling
Personal Care
Orland Township offers a variety of programs to assist seniors in everyday life. The Minor Home Repair Program, Senior Transportation Program, RTA Senior Ride Free Program Registration, S.H.I.P. (Senior Health Insurance Program) Counselors, Luncheons, and Dinner Dances. Senior Services also hosts Drop-In, where the Orland Township Activity Center opens on Thursdays and Fridays from 9:00am to 2:00pm for residents to play cards and bingo and enjoy refreshments. Call or visit the website for specific information by program.Senior Services also provides applications for Free Amplified Phone Program and Cell Phones for Seniors Program, in partnership with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's office.

Services

General Minor Home Repair Programs
Senior Centers
Train Fare
Local Bus Fare
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Living Wills
Mature Driver Training
Cell Phones
Bloom Township offers a variety of financial and legal services to the community such as living will preparation, legal aid, and AARP tax 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.

Services

School System Advocacy
Legal Representation
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Legal Information Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Adoption Legal Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
General Legal Aid
Labor and Employment Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Tax Information
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Midwest Care Management Services can help you plan ahead by arranging to be your financial or healthcare power of attorney.

Services

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services offers a team of volunteer legal assistants that provide legal services free of cost to low-income individuals.

Services

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Living Wills
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Consumer Law
Land Deeds/Titles
Adoption Legal Services
Bankruptcy Assistance
Divorce Mediation