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Child support hotline available to any parent who needs assistance in establishing legal parentage, or establishing or enforcing child support or medical support.
Child support hotline available to any parent who needs assistance in establishing legal parentage, or establishing or enforcing child support or medical support.
Responsible for prosecuting violations of the criminal laws in the State of Illinois, as well as traffic violations. Other cases handled by the State’s Attorney’s office include: - Juvenile detention and prosecution. - Juvenile abuse and neglect. - Interstate reciprocal child support and public aid cases. - Advice to government officials.

Services

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support
State's Attorney
Child support hotline available to any parent who needs assistance in establishing legal parentage, or establishing or enforcing child support or medical support.
Child support hotline available to any parent who needs assistance in establishing legal parentage, or establishing or enforcing child support or medical support.
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
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
Child Support: Collects child support on behalf of households receiving public assistance not only to eliminate their dependence on assistance programs, but also to reimburse the State for the benefits provided to these families.

Services

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Responsible for locating non-custodial parents, establishing paternity, establishing child and medical support orders, monitoring and enforcing compliance with child and medical support orders, reviewing and initiating modification of support orders and distributing support collections.
Life Span attorneys provide civil legal services to victims of sexual assault and their families in order to provide them with safety and perpetrator accountability. Legal Services covered include divorce, child custody/visitation/child support, orders of protection, civil no contact orders, and more.

Services

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Divorce Mediation
Specialized Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Safety Planning
Assistance with establishing paternity, enforcing orders for child support (including health insurance), modifying or changing the child support order amount, collecting current and past due payments, and locating the parent who does not live with the child.
Provides a licensed attorney is available to provide general civil legal information. Services includes: -Denial or Termination of Public Benefits such as  SS(D)I, SNAP, and Medicaid -Expungement and Driver’s License Reinstatement -Child Support and Custody -Housing and Eviction -Other Civil Legal Matters
The State’s Attorney’s Office receives referrals from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS) to provide free legal aid for child support enforcement. Accepts cases on the following types of matters: - Obtaining legal paternity determinations (IDHFS is able to assist in locating a parent who does not reside with the child(ren)) - Obtaining an order providing for child support and health insurance for minor children - Seeking a modification of child support (by either parent) when legally warranted - Enforcing child support orders that are not being complied with (including child support set in a dissolution proceeding)
Enforcement and processing of child support payments.
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
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
Ascend Justice provides representation in family law cases involving custody, parenting time, and child support.

Services

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
Provides a collaborative platform to address child support matters in an environment of respect, honesty, humility, and compassion.
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.

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.

Services

Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
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

Assistance to custodial and non-custodial parents by establishing paternity and establishing, enforcing, and modifying child support obligations to strengthen families emotionally and financially.

Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.