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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).

Categories

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

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Debt Management
Tax Information
Labor and Employment Law
Protective/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
Consumer Law
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Representation
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
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

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

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

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.
The Clerk of Court provides a resource for County residents who choose to represent themselves in court or have questions on divorce, child custody, paternity, grandparent rights. Information on legal fees and costs for hiring attorneys is also available. The Clerk of Court does not give legal advice.

Categories

Family Law Courts
Contested Divorce Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Paralegal Counseling
Paternity Suits
Grandparent Rights
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling

-- 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

Protective/Restraining Orders
Public Counsel
Crime Victim Support
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Manages and maintains all trial court records; process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state; child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants; and maintain record of liens on property.

Categories

County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Courts
County Government Departments/Offices
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

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

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

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

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

Works closely with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and other agencies and advocacy organizations to ensure that families throughout the state receive the support they need to raise their children.

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

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

Categories

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

Works closely with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and other agencies and advocacy organizations to ensure that families throughout the state receive the support they need to raise their children.

The Child Support Recovery Office establishes child support and medical orders, collects payments, and locates non-custodial parents. In addition, this office establishes paternity when necessary.

Categories

Paternity Suits
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Provides a collaborative platform to address child support matters in an environment of respect, honesty, humility, and compassion.

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

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

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

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
Handles child support payments and records in Polk County. Can also send required Child Support Payments to one of the Child Support Recovery Unit collection centers of the Iowa Department of Human Services. Visit the website https://secureapp.dhs.state.ia.us/customerweb/offices to find local collection centers.