Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati

Description

Services

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