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Neighborhood Legal Services (Service Group)

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Paternity Suits
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Personal Financial Counseling
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Divorce Assistance
Legal Counseling
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
General Legal Aid

Legal Services - Wyoming County Office for the Aging

Legal services are provided by advisors affiliated with the Center for Elder Law and Justice. Legal advisors may assist with issues such as advance directives, will preparation, elder abuse, scams, Medicare rights, pension benefits, landlord/tenant disputes, and consumer problems.

What's Here

Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Advance Medical Directives
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Pension Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Consumer Law

Civil Legal Services Walk-In Clinic - Legal Aid Bureau

Provides walk-in consultations for people seeking assistance with civil legal matters, including: - Divorce/Post-Divorce Matters - Landlord/Tenant/Housing Matters - Credit/Debtor Issues - Reentry Matters - Employment Matters Available every other Friday, 10am-3pm; call for dates. ##REENTRY##

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Wage / Benefits Garnishment Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Trust Preparation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Life Care Planning
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling

Pro Bono Divorce Program | Legal Assistance of Western New York - Elmira Office

Helps low-income people obtain an uncontested divorce, with assistance from volunteer attorneys and law students

What's Here

Living Wills
Will Preparation Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance

HIV LAW PROJECT | LEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK (LSCNY)

Offers free legal services for individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in cases regarding access to health care services, HIV/AIDS-based discrimination, housing matters, assistance with denials or termination of benefits, health care proxies, powers of attorney, simple wills, family court matters, and divorce.

What's Here

Adoption Legal Services
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Legal Representation
Insurance Claims Assistance
Paternity Suits
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Reverse Paternity Actions
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Health Care Discrimination Assistance

ONEONTA - LEGAL AID MID-NEW YORK | LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MID-NEW YORK

Lawyers provide free civil (non-criminal) advice, counseling, advocacy, and representation to low-income individual clients/groups.

What's Here

Social Security Disability Insurance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Legal Counseling
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
General Legal Aid

COOPERSTOWN - LEGAL AID MID-NEW YORK | LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MID-NEW YORK

Lawyers provide free civil (non-criminal) advice, counseling, advocacy, and representation to low-income individual clients/groups.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
General Legal Aid

HIV LAW PROJECT | LEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK (LSCNY)

Offers free legal services for individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in cases regarding access to health care services, HIV/AIDS-based discrimination, housing matters, assistance with denials or termination of benefits, health care proxies, powers of attorney, simple wills, family court matters, and divorce.

What's Here

Legal Counseling
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Insurance Claims Assistance
Paternity Suits
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Reverse Paternity Actions
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Living Wills
Legal Representation
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

LEGAL SERVICES | LEGAL ASSISTANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK, INC. - GENEVA OFFICE

* Provides legal services and counseling for civil matters to low-income people. Legal education and information. Health care advocacy. Elder Law advocacy. SSI disability advocacy. Domestic violence/victims of a crime. Medicare and Medicaid legal problems and denials. Fair housing enforcement/ housing discrimination and education. Public benefits such as SNAP. * Provides legal information to people who are homeless, at risk of losing their housing, or have a public benefits termination or denial; this includes: Evictions. Foreclosures. * Provides information for referrals for civil legal needs that are not listed. Resources can oftentimes link people with a source of assistance.

What's Here

Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Legal Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Elder Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Health Law
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Will Preparation Assistance

HIV LAW PROJECT | LEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK (LSCNY)

Offers free legal services for individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in cases regarding access to health care services, HIV/AIDS-based discrimination, housing matters, assistance with denials or termination of benefits, health care proxies, powers of attorney, simple wills, family court matters, and divorce.

What's Here

Adoption Legal Services
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Legal Representation
Insurance Claims Assistance
Paternity Suits
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Reverse Paternity Actions
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Health Care Discrimination Assistance

WILLS PROGRAM | LEGAL PROJECT

Offera advice and assistance in completing end of life legal documents including wills, living wills, health care proxies, and powers of attorney on a one-on-one basis. Notaries and witnesses are provided to execute the documents at the end of the client's session.

What's Here

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Will Preparation Assistance
Living Wills

Pro Bono Divorce Program | Legal Assistance of Western New York - Bath Office

Helps low-income people obtain an uncontested divorce, with assistance from volunteer attorneys and law students

What's Here

Living Wills
Will Preparation Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance

Legal and Mediation Services | Schuyler County Office for the Aging (SCOFA)

Offers legal services for non-criminal matters and non-fee generating cases only. An attorney provides advice on estate planning, wills, Power of Attorney (POA) and Health Care Proxy documents, assists with consumer issues and assists with landlord/tenant disputes. The attorney does not provide court representation.

What's Here

Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Will Preparation Assistance
Grandparent Rights
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Elder Law
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution

ELDER LAW AND FINANCIAL PLANNING | MIDHUDSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF WESCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER

Provides free workshops for seniors, and others, regarding the issues of elder law and financial, life, and estate planning.

What's Here

Life Care Planning
Elder Law
Will Preparation Assistance

SURROGATE'S COURT CLINIC | VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY

Provides free advice and information about small estates, 17-A Guardianship, Power of Attorney, wills, and other trust and estate issues. May be able to provide on-the-spot assistance with filling out petitions for Surrogate's Court.

What's Here

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Life Care Planning
Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Living Wills
Elder Law
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Will Preparation Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Mental Health Care
Trust Preparation Assistance

Positive People & Families Program - VLP

Provides free civil legal services for individuals who are HIV positive or who have an HIV positive family member, including but not limited to: end of life planning, care and custody planning, child support, custody, visitation, family offenses, divorce, discrimination, bankruptcy, housing problems, and name change.

What's Here

Living Trust Preparation Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Name Change Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Ex-Offender Legal Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
General Legal Aid
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance

Neighborhood Legal Services - Niagara Falls Site

A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Offers services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Personal Financial Counseling
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
General Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

Neighborhood Legal Services - Batavia Site

A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Provides civil legal services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##

What's Here

Personal Financial Counseling
General Benefits Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Paternity Suits
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

Resolve WNY (Service Group)

What's Here

Special Education Advocacy
Self Advocacy Support
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Life Coaching
Will Preparation Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Certificates / Forms Assistance
Mediation

Neighborhood Legal Services - Lockport Site

A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Offers services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##

What's Here

Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Personal Financial Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Divorce Assistance
Legal Counseling
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits Assistance
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Paternity Suits
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc. (Service Group)

What's Here

Child Support Wage Assignment Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Name Change Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Advance Medical Directives
Life Care Planning
GI Rights Counseling
Immigration / Naturalization Legal Services
Real Estate Law
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Public Defender
Ex-Offender Legal Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Criminal Law
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Divorce Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Consumer Law
Bankruptcy Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Trust Preparation Assistance
General Legal Aid
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance

New York National Guard Family Programs (Service Group)

What's Here

Military Family Service / Support Centers
In Person Crisis Intervention
Specialized Information and Referral
Military Records
Will Preparation Assistance
Post Disaster Mental Health Services
Lawyer Referral Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management

Legal Assistance - Niagara County Office for the Aging

Offers legal counseling, information, and assistance with such concerns as Health Care Proxy, wills, guardianship, power of attorney, living wills and trusts, consumer fraud, contractual disputes, tenant-landlord disputes, home ownership questions, neighbor disputes, Social Security questions, Medicare and Medicaid related problems, SSI application, and eligibility questions.

What's Here

Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Advance Medical Directives
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Adult Guardianship Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Legal Counseling
Health Insurance Claims Assistance for Beneficiaries
Living Trust Preparation Assistance

NORTH COUNTRY CONFLICT RESOLUTION SERVICES (NCCRS) | RURAL LAW CENTER OF NEW YORK

NCCRS is a program of the Rural Law Center of New York, Inc. The organization is staffed by mediation professionals and certified community volunteers, and is part of the statewide Community mediation Centers Program administered by the New York State Unified Court System.

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Elder Law
Divorce Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Mediation

BINGHAMTON - LEGAL AID MID-NEW YORK | LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MID-NEW YORK

Provides free legal advice, counseling, advocacy and representation for low income individuals in civil (non-criminal) matters.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Will Preparation Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Disability Rights Groups