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Assists applicants in seeking SSI benefits
Assists applicants in seeking SSI benefits
Categories
SSI Applications
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
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
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Living Wills
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Divorce Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Mediation
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Special Education Plan Development
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Real Estate Law
General Education Advocacy
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Low Income
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Special Education Advocacy
Consumer Law
Older Adults
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
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Low Income
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Older Adults
Consumer Law
Collection Complaints
Nursing Facility Complaints
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement 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
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
Categories
Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Older Adults
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Grandparent Rights
Low Income
Consumer Law
?Provides legal aid to individuals who rely on cash, food, and medical assistance programs when their benefits are denied, terminated, or reduced. Services may include:
- Contacting the county to learn what happened to fix errors
- Eligibility requirements for getting benefits
- How amounts are determined
- Legal advice or representation for programs such as General Assistance (GA), Medical Assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare, Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Unemployment Insurance
- Represent clients at appeal hearings like SSI or UI hearings
?Provides legal aid to individuals who rely on cash, food, and medical assistance programs when their benefits are denied, terminated, or reduced. Services may include:
- Contacting the county to learn what happened to fix errors
- Eligibility requirements for getting benefits
- How amounts are determined
- Legal advice or representation for programs such as General Assistance (GA), Medical Assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare, Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Unemployment Insurance
- Represent clients at appeal hearings like SSI or UI hearings
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
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)
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)
Categories
Refugee Resettlement Services
Refugees/Entrants/Asylees
Somali Community
Myanmarese Community
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
African Community
Housing Search Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Assists applicants in seeking SSI benefits
Assists applicants in seeking SSI benefits
Categories
SSI Applications
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms 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.
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.
Categories
Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Real Estate Law
Consumer Law
Community Legal Clinics
Bankruptcy Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Low Income
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Legal representation on denial, reduction or termination of public benefits such as food support, unemployment, MFIP, healthcare, GA, Child Care Assistance, or SSI
Also assists with issues like
- Debt consolidation
- Emergency Assistance denials
- Loan issues
- Non-citizen tax issues
- Tax-related needs on a federal and state level
- Utility shut-offs
Legal representation on denial, reduction or termination of public benefits such as food support, unemployment, MFIP, healthcare, GA, Child Care Assistance, or SSI
Also assists with issues like
- Debt consolidation
- Emergency Assistance denials
- Loan issues
- Non-citizen tax issues
- Tax-related needs on a federal and state level
- Utility shut-offs
Categories
State Income Tax Information
Low Income
Taxpayer Advocate Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Utility Disconnection Protection
Older Adults
Debt Consolidation Services
Collection Complaints
Tax Issues
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tax Appeals Filing Assistance
General Federal Income Tax Information
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
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
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Living Wills
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Divorce Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Mediation
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Special Education Plan Development
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Real Estate Law
General Education Advocacy
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Low Income
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Special Education Advocacy
Consumer Law
Older Adults
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
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Low Income
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Older Adults
Consumer Law
Collection Complaints
Nursing Facility Complaints
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
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Low Income
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Older Adults
Consumer Law
Collection Complaints
Nursing Facility Complaints
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.
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.
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Websites
Developmental Disabilities
Physical Disabilities
Communication Impairments
Specialized Information and Referral
Benefits Screening
Visual Impairments
Hearing Loss
Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
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
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
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Disability Benefit Recipients
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement 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.
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.
Categories
Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Real Estate Law
Consumer Law
Community Legal Clinics
Bankruptcy Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Low Income
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
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
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
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
SSI Applications
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
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
Categories
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Living Wills
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Divorce Assistance
Wage/Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Mediation
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Special Education Plan Development
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Real Estate Law
General Education Advocacy
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Low Income
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Special Education Advocacy
Consumer Law
Older Adults
Legal assistance for youth 24 years of age and under including protection from abuse or neglect, housing, government benefits, school issues, and discrimination.
Legal assistance for youth 24 years of age and under including protection from abuse or neglect, housing, government benefits, school issues, and discrimination.
Categories
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Young Adults
General Education Advocacy
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Youth
General Benefits and Services 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
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
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Low Income
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Older Adults
Consumer Law
Collection Complaints
Nursing Facility Complaints
- Access to donated items
- Advocates
- Court and/or welfare advocacy
- Food
- Help with immigration needs
?- Help with Orders for Protection
- Information and referral
- Safe and secure building
- Access to donated items
- Advocates
- Court and/or welfare advocacy
- Food
- Help with immigration needs
?- Help with Orders for Protection
- Information and referral
- Safe and secure building
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Specialized Crime Victim Assistance
Domestic Violence Shelters
Individual Advocacy
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders