LAS provides free legal counseling and representation for low-income individuals who need assistance in civil cases, which includes, government benefits, unemployment insurance, disability, health care, housing, family law matters, consumer problems, children's legal issues and immigration matters.

Legal aid attorneys are assigned to family court and criminal court matters when the person needing representation is income eligible. Eligibility requirements for low income status are confidential, callers need to call for an eligibility screening. Does not handle divorce, separation or initial support cases, paternity for petitioner, parole, or juvenile cases.

Locates absent parents, establishes legal paternity for children born outside marriage, establishes/enforces child support orders and monitors collection and disbursement of child support payments. Public Assistance recipients are automatically referred by their worker. Call for more detailed information.

Provides assistance in locating absent parents, filing petitions, establishing paternity and child support in Family Court, enforcement and collection of child support orders, issuing checks, legal representation on all public assistance cases and other eligible cases.

Offers general legal aid to people 200 percent below the poverty income guidelines.

Suffolk Drug Court Expansion provides Suffolk TASC with a Clinical Coordinator/Psychiatric Social Worker, two Case Managers, and a Vocational Counselor to expand services for individuals. As a team, they assess participants, determine the level of care needed, place them in appropriate treatment agencies, and monitor the individuals as they move through drug treatment services towards successful completion of all mandated programs.

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##

Services are available to any parent, guardian, or caretaker of a child for whom child support is needed. If you are applying for Public Assistance, or Medicaid, filing for child support from the non-custodial parents is part of the application process. If you are an applicant for, or a recipient of Public Assistance for a child, child support services are automatically provided unless seeking child support may result in physical or emotional harm to you or your child. The Nassau County Office of Child Support Enforcement can work with you to: Locate a non-custodial parent; Establish parentage for a child; Obtain a support order from court for a child, including a provision for health care coverage; Enforce unpaid child support; Review your support order for an increased support order based on a cost of living adjustment; and/or Modify your child support order based on changes in circumstances. The above services can be applied to orders originating in other states and reciprocal countries. If you wish to obtain further information regarding our services or need help in filing a child support petition please contact our main office.

Assists custodial parents to establish orders for paternity, medical support, and child support; handles collection and enforcement of orders once they have been established; and assists custodial parents in modification of existing court orders.

Provides civil legal services for mental health consumers, including assistance related to: - SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY/SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI): Appeal of benefit denial, Initial SSD/SSI applications, Continuing Disability Review (CDR/Cessations), and Overpayments - PUBLIC BENEFITS: Appeal of benefit denial, termination or suspension of: Temporary Assistance, Food Stamps (SNAP), and Medicaid (MA) - HOUSING LAW: Landlord/Tenant Disputes and Tenant’s Rights, Evictions (Advice & Counsel), and Section 8 Informal Hearings - FAMILY LAW: Uncontested Divorces, Contested Divorces (disputes other than custody or child support) on a case by case basis, Child Support, and Custody/Visitation - CONSUMER LAW: Bankruptcy advisement (Chapter 7), Formal complaints to Attorney General, Creditor Harassment, and Student Loan Discharge advisement (TPD-based on disability) - ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: Power of Attorney, Other/related advanced directives (limited basis)

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

locates absent parents establishes paternity establishes support orders enforces court orders collects and disburses paymentsAvailable on request to any individual; required for some temporary assistance and foster care services recipients.

Responsible for establishing and enforcing support orders against legally responsible relatives, and on behalf of public assistance applicants/recipients, as well as for non-applicant/recipient individuals who make application for child support services.

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.

Assists custodial parents and their children find an absent parent, establish legal fatherhood for a child, get a support order from court, collect child support payments from an absent parent, and enforce court orders when child support is not paid.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of supp

Presides over all county court cases

* Provides assistance for these types of legal problems: Consumer Problems: Frozen bank accounts. Debt problems. Student loans. Identity theft. Car problems. Utility shutoffs. Other consumer problems. Housing Problems: Evictions. Lockouts. Security deposits. Repair problems. Subsidized housing. Foreclosures. Other housing problems. Divorce and Other Family Matters: Child support. Custody. Child protective matters. Guardianship. Domestic violence. Other Issues: Access to healthcare. Unemployment benefits. Welfare, Medicaid and Food Stamps and other public benefits. Special education and other school issues. Disability discrimination and other disability issues. Elder law.

Cases range from felonies, divorces, liability and name changes.