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Housing Legal Aid takes cases to help clients resolve housing problems • Representing in eviction and foreclosure cases • Preventing lockout or utility cutoff by landlords • Improving neighborhood housing
Employment and Income Legal Aid helps clients find and keep jobs • Resolving legal problems that interfere with job training or employment • Securing unpaid wages • Expanding employment opportunities for persons with disabilities
Domestic Violence Legal Aid helps clients who seek protection from domestic violence • Securing protection orders • Resolving custody and visitation • Representing in divorce proceedings • Coordinating community services Education
Education Legal Aid provides legal assistance to help children obtain a good education • Addressing special education needs • Promoting parental involvement • Preventing suspension and expulsion
Child Safety Legal Aid represents children to secure a safe and stable home • Serving as attorney and guardian ad litem in abuse, dependency, and neglect cases
….And much more Legal Aid works with individuals and community groups on a wide variety of issues. • Neighborhood safety • Child welfare and foster care services • Termination or denial of Food Stamps, medical assistance, or income benefits • Natural disasters • SSI and Social Security denials and terminations • Veterans, unemployment, and disability claims • Access to health and mental health care services • Medicaid eligibility • Consumer problems • Immigration • Probate, guardianship, and adoption
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