New Horizons Un-Limited Inc. New Horizons Un-Limited Inc.Social Security Disability Legal Help disability lawyers offer information and legal help on disability social security benefits.
Travel Vision provides orientation and assistive technology and mobility services for low vision and blind individuals. This site also provides blindness resources, seminars for health professionals and legal consulting. Travel Vision offers a wide range of services designed to empower visually impaired individuals to lead active lives and a wide variety of resources that may be particularly useful to the newly blinded, their families and loved ones. It is hoped that what is presented on this site may assist them in their adjustment. Travel Vision is located at: P.O. Box 10763, Glendale, CA 91209-0763 or contact the webmaster at martinb@mindspring.com
Center for Arkansas Legal Services provides free legal assistance to low income individuals in civil (non-criminal) cases. To use their services, one must meet their financial eligibility requirements and one's legal problem must fall within their case priorities. Cases may include public benefits such as SSI, Social Security Disability, Food Stamps and Medicaid as well as housing issues, among others. To learn how the center may be able to help you, call their helpline at (800) 950-5817 Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Central California Legal Services (CCLS) is a non-profit law firm, providing free legal assistance to low income families and individuals in Fresno, Kings, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties. Services range from advice-only to full representation in civil matters. They accept cases on the following issues: Social Security / SSI Disability, Medi-Cal, landlord tenant disputes, employment, public benefits denial, and health care access, among others. To learn how CCLS may be able to help you, call: in Fresno: (559) 570-1200,
in Merced: (209) 723-5466 or in Visalia: (559) 733-8770. You can also e-mail ccls@las.org.
Western Law Center for Disabilities Rights is a disability law firm for people with disabilities located in Los Angeles, California.
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, serving low-income Cook County residents, provides advice to individuals on their legal rights; negotiates settlements on behalf of clients; and represents clients in court in individual cases. They offer a number of specialized programs, including the Disability Law Project, which
represents adults with physical or mental disabilities that have had their civil rights violated or have faced barriers to employment. They also offer a public benefits hotline. This is not an "advice only" hotline, rahter their staff actively advocates for clients with caseworkers. This (toll-free) hotline can be accessed by calling (888) 893-5327. To learn if the center may be able to assist you, call the central intake line at (312) 341-1070.
Pine Tree Legal Assistance offers free legal services to low-income Maine people. They have offices in every part of the state, from Presque Isle to Portland. For more information, visit their website.
Michigan Legal Assistance Network (MLAN) is an online guide to free civil legal services for low-income persons and seniors in Michigan. Here you can locate information on all of the free legal aid programs in Michigan including basic eligibility and contact information. If you are a low-income individual and are in need of legal assistance, visit this website.
New Hampshire Legal Assistance is a non-profit law firm offering free legal services to seniors and eligible low-income persons. They handle legal matters involving health care, public and private housing issues, food stamps, welfare, unemployment compensation, utility shut-off and nursing home problems. They also offer the Disability Advocacy Project, representing persons applying for federal and state disability benefits such as Social Security, SSDI, SSI
and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD). Their offices are open Monday-Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. For more information, contact the office nearest you: Manchester - (800) 562-3174, Littleton - (800) 548-1886, Claremont - (800) 562-3994, Portsmouth - (800) 334-3135.
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., serving an 11-county area in Southeastern Wisconsin, is the largest staff-based provider of civil legal services for low-income Wisconsin persons. Their priorities are based on the most crucial needs of their clients — safe and affordable housing, adequate income and nutrition, and access to health care, among others. Income limits do apply. For more information, visit their website or e-mail law @legalaction.org.
Legal Services of Northeastern Wisconsin, serving Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Green Lake, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marquette, Outagamie, Oshkosh, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, Waushara and Winnebago counties, offers free legal assistance to eligible low-income persons. Services are limited based on available funding and volunteer resources. Cases that may be accepted include tenant rights, public assistance rights, special education rights, and certain civil rights cases. Applications are taken by telephone. For more information call, the Green Bay Office at (800) 236-1127 or the Oshkosh office at (800) 236-1128.
Pitts, James A. is a disability law firm that provides legal services for social security disability litigation located in Racine, Wisconsin. James A. Pitts is an attorney licensed to practice law in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois. There are disability law resources on this site. For more information, you may call (262) 886-8240 for a free consultation, or e-mail at japitts@pittslaw.com.
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