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I recognize that I cannot be everything to everyone, and I also recognize that not everyone can afford to hire a lawyer. In addition to hiring the services of an attorney, there are a number of options available for finding legal assistance. Some of these options are based on need and income; others are targeted to specific audiences, and the services they provide may be limited in scope and intended for a very specialized clientele. Legal Aid Legal Aid of North Carolina provides assistance to low-income clients (125% of the federal poverty guidelines). Verification of income is required, and the services provided are generally limtited to:
Housing Issues (Foreclosure Assistance)
Some Disability Issues
Tax Assistance Legal Aid may be reached on the web at http://www.LegalAidNC.org, or by phone at (919) 856-2564. Legal Aid has offices in the following cities: Ahoskie
Winston-Salem Services for the Disabled
The following list is not complete, but is intended as a starting place:
Disability Rights North Carolina -NC's federally mandated statewide protection and advocacy program, promoting and preserving disability rights in the North Carolina.
The North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities - Part of a national network of organizations that assist people with developmental disabilities to promote the "independence, productivity, integration and inclusion into the community" of people with developmental disabilities and their families.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - The State agency responsible for programs in NC for people with mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse issues.
The NC office on Disability and Health - Works to promote the health and wellness of persons with disabilities in North Carolina through an integrated program of policy, practice and research.
The Autism Society of NC - Provides information about autism, ASNC programs and the support and resources that are available for people with autism and their families.
The Brain Injury Association of North Carolina - Devoted to traumatic brain injury.
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in North Carolina Information and resources related to mental illness.
Easter Seals UCP North Carolina - Information on programs run by Easter Seals UCP.
The Family Support Network of NC - Provides information, family support groups and parent-to-parent matching for parents of children with disabilities. They also publish an annual summer camp directory.
First In Families of North Carolina - Assists people with disabilities and their families to achieve their goals and realize their dreams.
The North Carolina Assistive Technology Program - A state and federally funded program that provides statewide assistive technology services to people of all ages and abilities.
The NC Guardianship Association - Education and training opportunities, resources and the registered guardianship program.
NC Early Intervention - A system of services provided by many different agencies and programs for children birth to five who have, or are at risk of having developmental delays.
Partners in Policymaking – A leadership training program designed for parents of young children with disabilities and self-advocates ages 18 and older.
Prisoner Legal Services provides post-conviction support for prisoners inside the corrections system, including abuse claims, civil rights issues, and some appeal support
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services - A 501(c)(3) non-profit law firm, created to provide inmates who are in the custody of the North Carolina Department of Safety, Division of Adult Correction with their constitutional right of meaningful access to the courts, pursuant to Bounds V. Smith. Staff attorneys and paralegals at North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services work to evaluate the criminal convictions of those who are currently incarcerated to determine whether there were any legal errors made.
Nutritional Support (Food)
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina - Feeding our community togther.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP - aka Food Stamps) - A state- and federally-funded program for nutritional support for those in need.
Veterans Services & Benefits The following list is the most complete I have come across. So much so, that I have not had a chance to test all of the links for currency or relevance; it appears some are broken or out-of-date. Please let me know if you find any of the links to be out of operation, or to point to invalid sites. Thanks to a poster "Flatbroke" on www.hadit.com for posting this.
Please bear with me as I clean up this list; the links became corrupted, and some have moved or been eliminated.
Appeals:http://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/M21_1MR1.asp Board of Veteran’s Appeals:http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/ CARES Commission:http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/
Center for Minority Veterans:http://www.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/
Center for Veterans Enterprise:http://www.vetbiz.gov/default2.htm Center for Women Veterans:http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/ Clarification on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans:
Classified Records - American Gulf War Veterans Assoc:
Compensation for Disabilities Associated with the Gulf War Service:http://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/Site_Map.asp
Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-03:http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
Dept of Veterans Affairs Home Page:
http://www.va.gov/ Directory of Veterans Service Organizations:
http://www.warms.vba.../part1/ch02.doc
Duty to Assist:
http://www.warms.vba.../part1/ch01.doc
Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care:http://www1.va.gov/o...docs/fedben.pdf
Environmental Agents:http://www1.va.gov/environagents/
Environmental Agents M10:http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1002
Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility:http://www1.va.gov/v....asp?pub_ID=315
Evaluation Protocol for Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU):http://www1.va.gov/g...k1303122304.DOC
#REF!	#REF!http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1158
See also, Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet:http://www1.va.gov/g...iumFAQSheet.doc
Evaluation Protocol for Non-Gulf War Veterans with Potential Exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU):http://www1.va.gov/g...GW130340304.DOC
Fee Basis, Priority For Outpatient Medical Services And Inpatient Hospital Care:http://www1.va..gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=206
Federal benefits for Veterans and Dependants 2005:http://www1.va.gov/o...docs/fedben.pdf #REF!	#REF!http://www1.va..gov/opa/vadocs/current_benefits.htm
Forms and Records Request:http://www.va.gov/vaforms/ General Compensation Provisions:http://www.access.gp...chaptervi_.html
Geriatrics and Extended Care:http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/
Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG:http://www.oqp.med.v...us/mus_base.htm
Guide to Gulf War Veteran’s Health:http://www1.va.gov/g.../VHIgulfwar.pdf
Gulf War Subject Index:http://www1.va.gov/G...e=main≤tter=A
Gulf War Veteran’s Illnesses Q&As:http://www1.va.gov/g...andAsIB1041.pdf
Hearingshttp://www.warms.vba.../part1/ch04.doc
Homeless Veterans:http://www1.va.gov/homeless/ HSR&D Home:http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/ Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams:http://www.vba.va.go...exams/index.htm
Ionizing Radiation:http://www1.va.gov/irad/ Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom Veterans VBA:http://www.vba.va.gov/EFIF/
M 10 for spouses and children <:http://www1..va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1007
Part III Change 1:http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1008
M21-1 Table of Contents:http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/M21_1.html
Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings:http://www.warms.vba...ART4/S4_130.DOC
Mental Health Program Guidelines:http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1094
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers:http://www.mirecc.med.va.gov/
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence:http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
My Health e Vet:http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
NASDVA.COM:http://nasdva.com/
National Association of State Directors:http://www.nasdva.com/
National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention:http://www.nchpdp.me...oymentlinks.asp
Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings:http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4%5F124a.doc
Office of the Medical Inspector (OMI):http://www.omi.cio.med.va.gov/
Online VA Form 10-10EZhttps://www.1010ez..med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/
Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders:http://www1.va.gov/r.../parkinsons.pdf
Peacetime Disability Compensation:http://frwebgate.acc...Cite:+38USC1131
Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death:http://www.access.gp...bchapteri_.html
Persian Gulf Registry:
http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1003
Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers:
http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1006
Persian Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses Research 1999, Annual Report To Congress:http://www1.va.gov/resdev/1999_Gulf_War_Veterans’_Illnesses_Appendices.doc
Persian Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress:http://www1.va.gov/r...ulfWarRpt02.pdf
Phase I PGR:http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1004
Phase II PGR:http://www1.va.gov/v...asp?pub_ID=1005
Policy Manual Index:http://www.va.gov/pu.../eds/edsmps.htm
Power of Attorney:http://www.warms.vba..va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch03.doc
Project 112 (Including Project SHAD):http://www1.va.gov/shad/
Prosthetics Eligibility:http://www1.va.gov/v....asp?pub_ID=337
Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page:http://www.vethealth.cio.med.va.gov/
Public Health/SARS:http://www..publichealth.va.gov/SARS/
Publications Manuals:http://www1.va.gov/v...tions.cfm?Pub=4
Publications and Reports:http://www1.va.gov/r..._individual.cfm
Records Center and Vault Homepage:http://www.aac.va.go...lt/default.html
Records Center and Vault Site Map:http://www.aac.va.go...lt/sitemap.html
Request For And Consent To Release Of Information From Claimant’s Records:http://www.forms.va....e=3288-form.xft
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002:http://www1.va.gov/r...April112002.doc
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses:http://www1.va.gov/r...ations_2004.pdf
Research and Development:http://www.appc1.va....ll_programs.cfm
Survivor’s and Dependents’ Educational Assistance:http://www.access.gp...chapter35_.html
Title 38 Index Parts 0-17http://ecfr.gpoacces...t/text/text-idx
Part 18http://ecfr.gpoacces...t/text/text-idx
Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart A “Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation:http://ecfr.gpoacces...t/text/text-idx
Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief (also § 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here):http://ecfr.gpoacces...fr3_main_02.tpl
Title 38 PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart B--DISABILITY RATINGShttp://ecfr.gpoacces...t/text/text-idx
Title 38 § 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual PART A “SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart Ã “General Policy in Rating:http://ecfr.gpoacces...t/text/text-idx
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims:http://www.vetapp.gov/
VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):http://www.avapl.org...20final%206.pdf
VA Fact Sheet:http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/gwfs.html
VA Health Care Eligibility:http://www.va.gov/he...ome/hecmain.asp
Va Instituting Global Assessment Of Function (Gaf):http://www.avapl.org/gaf/gaf.html
VA Life Insurance Handbook Chapter 3:http://www.insurance...kletch3.htm#310
VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans:http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm
VA MS Research:http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
VA National Hepatitis C Program:http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/
VA Office of Research and Development:http://www1.va.gov/resdev/
VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War:http://www.va.gov/OA...ard/gulfwar.asp
VA WMD EMSHG:http://www1.va.gov/emshg/
VA WRIISC-DC:http://www.va.gov/WRIISC-DC/
VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address:http://www.va.gov/oi...ne/hotline3.htm
Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service:http://www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm
Veterans benefits Administration Main Web Page:http://www.vba.va.gov/
Veterans Legal and benefits Information:http://valaw.org/
VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals:http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/
VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives:
http://www1.va.gov/h.../page.cfm?pg=13
http:// www.publichealth.va.gov/
VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans Â¬™ Health:http://www1.va.gov/v...study/index.asp
Vocational Rehabilitation:http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence:http://www.vba.va.go...istencefy04.doc
VONAPP online:http://vabenefits.vb...vonapp/main.asp
WARMS - 38 CFR Book C:http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html
Wartime Disability Compensation:http://frwebgate.acc...-bin/getdoc.cgi
War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey:http://www.wri.med.va.gov/
Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site:http://www.gibill.va.gov/
What VA Social Workers Do:http://www1.va.gov/s...k/page.cfm?pg=3
WRIISC Patient Eligibility:http://www.illegion.org/va1.html