Provides legal services including: - Creditor problems and harassment by bill collectors - Contract-for-Deed issues - Custody and visitation issues - Divorce - Evictions - Family issues - Fuel assistance - Garnishment - Housing code violations - Landlord-tenant issues including leases, evictions, denials of subsidized housing, fair housing, repair issues, etc. - Mortgage foreclosures - Representation for General Assistance, MFIP, Food Benefits, and Medical Assistance - Unemployment compensation - Utilities - Supplemental Security Income Legal Clinics: Virtual advice regarding Bankruptcy, Family Law, and Social Security is available Home visits may be possible Legal Aid does not handle adoption, paternity, or wills, but special circumstance cases are considered Assistance may involve representation, advice, or referral. The demand for services is high and Legal Aid is unable to handle all requests for assistance. There are established case priorities and, in some instances, waiting lists have become necessary to allocate services. Advice appointments may occur in person, on the phone, electronically, at clinics, or outreach.

Public benefits law includes services to help clients experiencing trouble with the following issues: - Income maintenance and access to health care, with an emphasis on assisting those who have no income and are attempting to obtain public benefits. - The significant reduction or elimination of a person's public benefit.

DB101 assists individuals with disabilities, ages 13 to 65, in understanding how income may impact benefits, enabling informed decision-making and reducing fears about work integration. The service includes: - Web-Based Tools: Offers online estimators to help individuals plan and set work goals, providing personalized success tips. - Expert Assistance: Through the Chat with a Hub feature, individuals can connect with experts for personalized guidance, answers to questions, and connections to community resources. This includes support for those with communication impairments, developmental disabilities, hearing loss, mental illness, emotional disabilities, physical disabilities, and visual impairments. - Informational Resources: Provides comprehensive information about benefits programs and work-related rules, accessible through a user-friendly website.

Provides free legal representation and advice to low income and other needy elderly. Case priorities for representation focus on problems that affect low income elderly. Callers who do not fit into priorities receive advice, or information and referral. Handles cases such as: - Abusive debt collection practices - Benefits: Food Stamps (SNAP), Medical Assistance (MA), Social Security Disability, Personal Care Assistance (PCA) - Elder Abuse - Health Care Directives - Housing: Eviction, Subsidized Housing, Reasonable Accomodations of disabilities - Nursing home issues (payment, conditions, and discharge) - Utility Shut-off assistance

Provides free legal representation and advice to low income and other needy elderly. Case priorities for representation focus on problems that affect low income elderly. Callers who do not fit into priorities receive advice, or information and referral. Handles cases such as: - Abusive debt collection practices - Benefits: Food Stamps (SNAP), Medical Assistance (MA), Social Security Disability, Personal Care Assistance (PCA) - Elder Abuse - Health Care Directives - Housing: Eviction, Subsidized Housing, Reasonable Accomodations of disabilities - Nursing home issues (payment, conditions, and discharge) - Utility Shut-off assistance

Assists agricultural workers with employment-related legal issues and improving the working and living conditions of agricultural workers. Cases that are generally accepted: - Employer-provided housing concerns - Employment discrimination and retaliation - H-2A contract violations - Labor trafficking - Limited public benefits assistance - Problems during the recruitment process - Wage theft - Workplace health and safety violations

Represents people in Social Security Disability claims; free case evaluation Assistance includes: - Filling out required application forms, questionnaires, and appeals - Examining records and tracking the claim to ensure that it proceeds in a timely manner - Arranging for professional testing and evaluation to support the claim - Arranging other necessary services - Corresponding with client's doctors explaining how the law may pertain to the client's condition, so opinions are clearly stated on the record

Provides legal assistance in criminal matters from petty misdemeanors to felonies, as well as many areas of civil law. Civil Law - General - Collections - Commitment - Expungement - Garnishment - General Assistance - Housing - Landlord/Tenant - Name Change - Native American Enrollment - Public Assistance - SSI - Unemployment - Unlawful Detainer ? Civil Law - Family - Child Support - CHIPS - Custody - Dissolution - Guardianship - Harassment - Long Term Foster Care - Orders for Protection - Paternity - Termination of Parental Rights - Visitation

Provides free legal representation and advice to low income and other needy elderly. Case priorities for representation focus on problems that affect low income elderly. Callers who do not fit into priorities receive advice, or information and referral. Handles cases such as: - Abusive debt collection practices - Benefits: Food Stamps (SNAP), Medical Assistance (MA), Social Security Disability, Personal Care Assistance (PCA) - Elder Abuse - Health Care Directives - Housing: Eviction, Subsidized Housing, Reasonable Accomodations of disabilities - Nursing home issues (payment, conditions, and discharge) - Utility Shut-off assistance

Provides free legal representation and advice to low income and other needy elderly. Case priorities for representation focus on problems that affect low income elderly. Callers who do not fit into priorities receive advice, or information and referral. Handles cases such as: - Abusive debt collection practices - Benefits: Food Stamps (SNAP), Medical Assistance (MA), Social Security Disability, Personal Care Assistance (PCA) - Elder Abuse - Health Care Directives - Housing: Eviction, Subsidized Housing, Reasonable Accomodations of disabilities - Nursing home issues (payment, conditions, and discharge) - Utility Shut-off assistance

Legal assistance for older adults in the areas of: - Assisted living and nursing home problems - Conservatorship assistance - advice only - Consumer/debtor rights - Discrimination: health care, housing, unemployment - Grandparent rights - Guardianship assistance - advice only - Public benefits: Medical Assistance and SSI

Attorney representation on public benefit issues may include: - Cash Assistance: For families, single adults, people with disabilities - Child Care Assistance Program - Disqualification from work under Background Study Act - Emergency Assistance: Situations of utility shut-offs, unpaid rent, eviction - Expungement of past criminal record (limited situations) - Food Stamps (SNAP) - Garnishment of your paycheck or bank account - Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and Diversionary Work Program (DWP) - Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, MNsure - Revocation of Child Care License - Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Situations of denial or termination - Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): Situations of denial or termination - Unemployment Insurance

Helps new refugees, especially those in their first year in the United States, adjust and become self-sufficient in American society. This program is a collaboration between Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota and Vietnamese Social Services. - Help in receiving public assistance benefits - Housing assistance - Immigration status adjustment (green card, etc.) - Refugee resettlement - Transportation to services (on a limited basis)

Individual advocacy to assist with the process of applying and qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

Attorney representation on public benefit issues may include: - Cash Assistance: For families, single adults, people with disabilities - Child Care Assistance Program - Disqualification from work under Background Study Act - Emergency Assistance: Situations of utility shut-offs, unpaid rent, eviction - Expungement of past criminal record (limited situations) - Food Stamps (SNAP) - Garnishment of your paycheck or bank account - Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and Diversionary Work Program (DWP) - Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, MNsure - Revocation of Child Care License - Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Situations of denial or termination - Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): Situations of denial or termination - Unemployment Insurance

Legal services may include: legal advice, review court papers, assist in drafting paperwork, mediate, negotiate, litigate, and/or represent at an administrative law or district court hearing LSNM assists people with low incomes and issues critical to daily life. Cases including: - Consumer: threats or harassment by a creditor or debt collector, paycheck or bank account being garnished, and utilities shut off - Education: children with a disability and need an Individualized Education Program (IEP), wrongfully disciplined, suspended or expelled of a child - Employment: criminal history, denied unemployment benefits - Family: custody, divorce, parenting time rights, understanding court papers, etc. - Housing: contract for deed, denied of subsidized housing, evictions, foreclosures, housing discrimination and accommodation, locked out, and repair issues - Protective orders: from physically harming or threatening to harm an individual or child and harassment - Public assistance and disability benefits: food support, medical assistance or other public assistance, denied necessary medical care and unable to work because of a disability - Senior issues: health care directive, power of attorney, and simple will

Assisting individuals who may be eligible for SSI / SSDI Disability advocates and attorneys throughout the determination process: - Screen individuals to see if they may be eligible for SSI - Help access community resources - Work with the medical community - Work with the social security administration - Provides assistance to those who have been denied, assisting with appeals. Outreach services provide: - Initial screening - Assessment - Assistance with application and verifications - Case compilation - Representation by legal department

Legal services may include: legal advice, review court papers, assist in drafting paperwork, mediate, negotiate, litigate, and/or represent at an administrative law or district court hearing LSNM assists people with low incomes and issues critical to daily life. Cases including: - Consumer: threats or harassment by a creditor or debt collector, paycheck or bank account being garnished, and utilities shut off - Education: children with a disability and need an Individualized Education Program (IEP), wrongfully disciplined, suspended or expelled of a child - Employment: criminal history, denied unemployment benefits - Family: custody, divorce, parenting time rights, understanding court papers, etc. - Housing: contract for deed, denied of subsidized housing, evictions, foreclosures, housing discrimination and accommodation, locked out, and repair issues - Protective orders: from physically harming or threatening to harm an individual or child and harassment - Public assistance and disability benefits: food support, medical assistance or other public assistance, denied necessary medical care and unable to work because of a disability - Senior issues: health care directive, power of attorney, and simple will

Assists applicants in seeking SSI benefits

Provides legal services including: - Creditor problems and harassment by bill collectors - Contract-for-Deed issues - Custody and visitation issues - Divorce - Evictions - Family issues - Fuel assistance - Garnishment - Housing code violations - Landlord-tenant issues including leases, evictions, denials of subsidized housing, fair housing, repair issues, etc. - Mortgage foreclosures - Representation for General Assistance, MFIP, Food Benefits, and Medical Assistance - Unemployment compensation - Utilities - Supplemental Security Income Legal Clinics: Virtual advice regarding Bankruptcy, Family Law, and Social Security is available Home visits may be possible Legal Aid does not handle adoption, paternity, or wills, but special circumstance cases are considered Assistance may involve representation, advice, or referral. The demand for services is high and Legal Aid is unable to handle all requests for assistance. There are established case priorities and, in some instances, waiting lists have become necessary to allocate services. Advice appointments may occur in person, on the phone, electronically, at clinics, or outreach.

Provides free legal representation and advice to low income and other needy elderly. Case priorities for representation focus on problems that affect low income elderly. Callers who do not fit into priorities receive advice, or information and referral. Handles cases such as: - Abusive debt collection practices - Benefits: Food Stamps (SNAP), Medical Assistance (MA), Social Security Disability, Personal Care Assistance (PCA) - Elder Abuse - Health Care Directives - Housing: Eviction, Subsidized Housing, Reasonable Accomodations of disabilities - Nursing home issues (payment, conditions, and discharge) - Utility Shut-off assistance

Provides legal services including: - Creditor problems and harassment by bill collectors - Contract-for-Deed issues - Custody and visitation issues - Divorce - Evictions - Family issues - Fuel assistance - Garnishment - Housing code violations - Landlord-tenant issues including leases, evictions, denials of subsidized housing, fair housing, repair issues, etc. - Mortgage foreclosures - Representation for General Assistance, MFIP, Food Benefits, and Medical Assistance - Unemployment compensation - Utilities - Supplemental Security Income Legal Clinics: Virtual advice regarding Bankruptcy, Family Law, and Social Security is available Home visits may be possible Legal Aid does not handle adoption, paternity, or wills, but special circumstance cases are considered Assistance may involve representation, advice, or referral. The demand for services is high and Legal Aid is unable to handle all requests for assistance. There are established case priorities and, in some instances, waiting lists have become necessary to allocate services. Advice appointments may occur in person, on the phone, electronically, at clinics, or outreach.

Attorney representation on public benefit issues may include: - Cash Assistance: For families, single adults, people with disabilities - Child Care Assistance Program - Disqualification from work under Background Study Act - Emergency Assistance: Situations of utility shut-offs, unpaid rent, eviction - Expungement of past criminal record (limited situations) - Food Stamps (SNAP) - Garnishment of your paycheck or bank account - Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and Diversionary Work Program (DWP) - Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, MNsure - Revocation of Child Care License - Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Situations of denial or termination - Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): Situations of denial or termination - Unemployment Insurance

Attorney representation on public benefit issues may include: - Cash Assistance: For families, single adults, people with disabilities - Child Care Assistance Program - Disqualification from work under Background Study Act - Emergency Assistance: Situations of utility shut-offs, unpaid rent, eviction - Expungement of past criminal record (limited situations) - Food Stamps (SNAP) - Garnishment of your paycheck or bank account - Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and Diversionary Work Program (DWP) - Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, MNsure - Revocation of Child Care License - Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Situations of denial or termination - Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): Situations of denial or termination - Unemployment Insurance

Offers member benefits on resources such as: - 10% off of every purchase at One More Time thrift stores in Isle and Mora - 55+ Defensive Driver discount program refresher course - Discounted legal assistance with participating attorneys - Discounted Medicare and Social Security counseling fees - Discounted ShredRight secure document shredding service - Free notary public services - Newsletter "Echoes" six times a year to members - Serve on the board as an officer or representative of their county Also help bring public attention to social and economic issues affecting older adults and advocate for effective solutions.