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Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
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

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

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Elder Law
Tax Information
Housing Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Offers an online Find a Lawyer program, Living Will forms, and the Handbook for Older Iowans, which covers health care decisions, wills, power of attorney, and landlord tenant rights. The handbook is available at no cost through the bar association, or at www.iowabar.org.

Services

Lawyer Referral Services
Consumer Complaints
Legal Associations
Internet Information Resources
Legal Information Services
Will Preparation 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).

Services

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Elder Law
Tax Information
Housing Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Center of Concern provides community services that include income tax preparation assistance, low income taxpayer clinic, employment counseling, and legal counseling (will/estate preparation).COMMUNITY SERVICES:> Employment Counseling> Legal Counseling> Income Tax Preparation Assistance> Low Income Taxpayer Clinic> Financial and Money Management Counseling> Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group, schedule available by phone or online

Services

Will Preparation Assistance
Career Counseling
LITC Programs
Professional Tax Preparation Services
AARP Tax Aide Program Sites
Legal Counseling
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
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

Advance Medical Directives
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Consumer Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Discrimination Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
School System Advocacy
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Debt Management
Local official who administers criminal, civil and traffic courts. Services covered include: - Filing Orders of Protection - Divorce filing - Applying for passport - Small claims - Records and Probate for Wills and Guardianship - File expungement - Paying fines and fees
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Administer Justice provides a wide range of services to meet both the immediate and future needs of low-income individuals facing civil legal matters once monthly at a participating community justice center. They help with cases involving: divorce/custody, landlord/tenant, debt/collections, estate planning, immigration and criminal records.

Services

Divorce Mediation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution