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Lone Star Legal Aid - 2011 TX Wildfires (FREE Legal Aid)

Disaster Recovery

Last updated Sep 18, 2011. This is not confirmation of current availability; call before travelling.

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Command & Control, Disaster Information & Resources Updated Sep 25, 2008
Command & Control, Volunteer Coordination/Sign up Center Updated Sep 25, 2008
Hotline * (ANY/ALL Types) Updated Sep 25, 2008
Hotline, Legal Advice & Counsel (Disaster Survivors) Updated Sep 25, 2008
Information Resource * (ANY/ALL Types) Updated Sep 25, 2008
Information Resource, Navigating the Disaster Recovery Process Updated Sep 25, 2008
Information Resource, Resources Available to Disaster Survivors Updated Sep 25, 2008
Services, Document Replacement for Disaster Survivors Updated Jan 1, 2009
Services, Legal Assistance Updated Jan 1, 2009
Services: Legal Assistance for Disaster Survivors Updated Jan 1, 2009
Volunteer Opportunities, In General * (ANY/ALL Types) Updated Sep 25, 2008
Volunteers, Individual Volunteers (This facility accomodates Individuals Volunteers) Updated Sep 25, 2008

Needed here 2

Legal, Attorney, Pro Bono Attorney, Volunteer Urgent Updated Sep 25, 2008
Volunteers, Misc. * (ANY/ALL Types) Urgent Updated Sep 25, 2008

Campaigns 2

2011 Texas Wildfires ArchivedJoined Sep 17, 2011
2008 Hurricane Ike ArchivedJoined Sep 25, 2008

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About this facility

Areas served: Angleton, Beaumont, Bellville, Belton, Bryan, Galveston, Houston, Conroe, Longview, Nacogdoches, Paris, Texarkana, Tyler & Waco, Texas
Eligibility: Folks that need Legal Advice - Impacted by Hurricane Ike
Service: Temporary

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See press release regarding legal assistance for people impacted the 2011 TX Wildfires at: http://www.lonestarlegal.org/wildfires.pl

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This site has very specific legal advice for hurricane survivors including:

Disaster Unemployment Assistance
What Can FEMA Do For Me?
How to Replace Important Documents Lost
Public Benefits Available
Renters Rights
How To Entroll Your Child Back In School
Disaster Food Stamp Application
FEMA Help After a Disaster
Homeowner Repair Frauds

The information is provided in English, Spanish & Vietnamese languages

Useful TX State Hotline Numbers:

http://www.lonestarlegal.org/Hotline%20Numbers.html

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SOURCE: http://texaslawyer.typepad.com/texas_lawyer_blog/2008/09/hurricane-ike-v.html
September 19, 2008
Hurricane Ike: Volunteer opportunity

Lone Star Legal Aid is looking for pro bono lawyers willing to work with its staff attorneys in assisting those affected by Hurricane Ike. Paul Furrh, LSLA’s chief executive officer, says a training program for lawyers and other volunteers is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sept. 22 in the Houston offices of Baker Botts. The Houston Bar Association, Volunteers Lawyers and LSLA are jointly sponsoring the three-hour to four-hour training program, which will provide CLE credits to participating lawyers. As part of an outreach program to its 29-county service area walloped by Ike on Sept. 12, LSLA plans to send two-lawyer teams to shelters housing storm evacuees, Furrh says. Referring to Ike's devastation, Furrh says, “This is going to have a huge impact on poor folks.” Furrh says low-income citizens who lived in the storm-ravaged areas probably have lost their jobs and their homes. Helping storm victims with their legal needs likely will take years, Furrh says. “We’re still doing Rita cases,” he says. Hurricane Rita swept through much of LSLA’s service area on Sept. 24, 2005.

-- Mary Alice Robbins