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Provides screening to help individuals determine if they qualify for SNAP benefits (formerly known as food stamps) and helps them apply over the phone. Also advocates on behalf of people having problems receiving SNAP benefits through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services County Assistance Offices.

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Welfare Rights Assistance
Benefits Screening
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
Assists individuals and families to get or keep Medicaid benefits; challenges Medicaid plans when they reduce or deny specific needed services and medications.

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Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Health Law
Provides options, information, and advocacy to victims of domestic abuse within the welfare system and educates welfare personnel about domestic abuse.
Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

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Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Comprehensive Family Law Services
General Legal Aid
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Self Representation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Works with clients to resolve legal problems that arise in government benefit programs run by the Social Security Administration, Department of Public Welfare, and the Department of Insurance.

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Welfare Rights Assistance
Disability Benefits
Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Related Services

Eviction Prevention Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Counseling
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
General Legal Aid
Provides legal assistance for individuals and families in need of help with labor law, employment discimination, public assistance, worker's compensation, unemployment benefits, pension and social security benefits, and tax disputes. Services include help with application and appeals, filings, and legal representation.

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Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Pension Benefits Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

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Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
General Legal Aid
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Real Estate Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Consumer Law
Provides assistance with applications for Food Stamps and Emergency SNAP benefits.

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Benefits Screening
Welfare Rights Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

Related Services

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
General Legal Aid
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Real Estate Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Consumer Law
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

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Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Predatory Lending Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Welfare Rights Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Provides legal assistance for individuals and families in need of help with labor law, employment discimination, public assistance, worker's compensation, unemployment benefits, pension and social security benefits, and tax disputes. Services include help with application and appeals, filings, and legal representation.

Related Services

Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Pension Benefits Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Connects families with the supports that best fit their specialized needs. Our specializations include the following areas: Introduction to Adult Services, Referrals to experts in areas of financial planning, Assistance with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications, Education consultation, Referrals to support groups and on-line resources, Assistance with applications to: Medical Assistance, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and Waiver programs, General coordination of current services received from other providers, and Person-centered planning.

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Medicaid Applications
SSI
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Care Mental Health Consultation Programs
Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Related Services

Legal Counseling
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Self Representation Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Eviction Prevention Assistance
General Legal Aid
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Welfare Rights Assistance
Provides free legal representation to low income people with civil legal problems. Free legal aid may be provided in cases involving: Public Benefits, Housing, Family Law, Employment & Education, and Consumer Law.

Related Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
SSI
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Disability Benefits
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Lawyer Referral Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Related Services

Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Self Representation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Eviction Prevention Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Legal Counseling
Provides free legal representation to low income people with civil legal problems. Free legal aid may be provided in cases involving: Public Benefits, Housing, Family Law, Employment & Education, and Consumer Law.

Related Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
SSI
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Disability Benefits
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Lawyer Referral Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Predatory Lending Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Welfare Rights Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Provides legal assistance for individuals and families in need of help with labor law, employment discimination, public assistance, worker's compensation, unemployment benefits, pension and social security benefits, and tax disputes. Services include help with application and appeals, filings, and legal representation.

Related Services

Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Pension Benefits Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Provides assistance with benefits applications and information about eligibility and application status for individuals who need help.

Related Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Assists individuals and families to get or keep Medicaid benefits; challenges Medicaid plans when they reduce or deny specific needed services and medications.

Related Services

Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Health Law
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Predatory Lending Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Welfare Rights Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Related Services

Legal Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
General Legal Aid
Self Representation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Provides free legal representation to low income people with civil legal problems. Free legal aid may be provided in cases involving: Public Benefits, Housing, Family Law, Employment & Education, and Consumer Law.

Related Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
SSI
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Disability Benefits
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Lawyer Referral Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Provides legal assistance for individuals and families in need of help with labor law, employment discimination, public assistance, worker's compensation, unemployment benefits, pension and social security benefits, and tax disputes. Services include help with application and appeals, filings, and legal representation.

Related Services

Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Pension Benefits Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance