(563) 322-6216 Area 10 Martha Quint Attorney at Law (319) 366-7675 Area 11 Legal Clinic 2400 University (515) 271-3851 Legal Aid (515) 280-3636 or 1-800-532-1503 Area 13 Legal Aid (712) 328-3982 or 1-800-432-9229 Area 14 Legal Aid (515) 280-3636 or 1-800-532-1503 Area 15 Legal Aid (641) 683-3166 or 1-800-452-0007 Area 16 Legal Aid (319) 351-6570 or 1-800-272-0008 AGING (AAA) NETWORK Area 1 Northland AAA (563) 382-2941 or 1-800-233-4603 Area 2, 5 & 12 Elderbridge AAA 22 N. Georgia, (641) 424-0678 or 1-800-243-0678 Area 3 Northwest Aging Assoc. (712) 262-1775 or 1-800-242-5033 Area 4 Siouxland Aging Services, Inc. (712) 279-6900 or 1-800-798-6916 Area 6 & 7 Hawkeye Valley AAA , (319) 272-2244 or 1-800-779-8707 Area 8 Scenic Valley AAA , (563) 588-3970 Area 9 Generations AAA (563) 324-9085 or 1-800-892-9085 Area 10 The Heritage Agency (319) 398-5559 or 1-800-332-5934 Area 11 Aging Resources of , (515) 255-1310 or 1-800-747-5352 Area 13 Southwest 8 Senior Services, Inc. 300 W. Broadway, (712) 328-2540 or 1-800-432-9209 Area 14 Area XIV AAA 215 E. (641) 782-4040 Area 15 Seneca AAA (641) 682-2270 or 1-800-642-6522
Area 16 Southeast Iowa AAA, Inc. (319) 752-5433 or 1-800-292-1268 Title IIIB Legal Services Report for SFY 2005 SUMMARY I. Source and Type of Information Provided This report is a summary of the activities and accomplishments of the Title IIIB legal services providers serving Iowans age 60 and older during State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2005. (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005). The data the report is based upon was obtained from quarterly reports submitted by the state’s Title IIIB legal services providers. These reports were submitted to the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs and to the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) with whom each provider has contracted. The quarterly reports provided information relative to: 1) units of service and clients served; 2) client demographics; 3) types of cases handled; 4) the level of service provided to each client; 5) community education presentations; 6) emerging issues and unmet need and 7) outcome reporting—case summaries. II. Providers of Service There are 11 Title IIIB legal services providers contracted with by ’s 13 Area Agencies on Aging in SFY ’05. These providers made services available in all 16 planning and service areas and all 99 counties. The Legal Service Providers include Iowa Legal Aid regional offices (8), a Private Attorney, Martha L. Quint (1), The Senior Citizens Law Project of HELP Legal Assistance (1) and a Law School Senior Clinic, Drake University Legal Clinic (1). III. Units of Service, Clients and Total Cases. The Title IIIB legal assistance programs served 3,117 clients while providing 12,059 hours of service. Services provided include: counsel and advice, brief service, referrals, settled with litigation, court decisions, settled without litigation, administrative decision and other. On the Legal Assistance Standardized Reporting form, the categories for reporting legal cases handled are:
Consumer Finance Bankruptcy 129 11 8 1 1 2 3 155 Collection 167 70 3 2 2 15 8 1 12 23 303 Contracts 101 8 2 1 2 2 1 4 121 Credit 7 6 1 4 10 28 Loans 7 3 2 1 2 1 16 Other (Consumer) 49 7 1 1 27 85 Unfair sales 11 11 Utilities 14 1 1 16 Consumer Finance Total 485 106 16 4 8 21 12 1 15 67 735 Health Medicaid 209 72 1 2 1 6 1 91 383 Medicare 24 1 1 1 27 Other (Health) 58 14 4 1 23 100 Health Total 291 86 5 4 2 7 1 114 510 Individual Rights Disabled 3 2 5 Mental Health 44 1 1 3 49 Other (Rights) 62 65 3 1 2 10 143 Individual Rights Total 109 66 3 1 3 15 197 Housing Homeowners 111 16 3 3 4 1 3 4 145 Landlord/ten 107 27 5 5 2 1 5 3 155 Other (Housing) 9 4 1 2 2 18 Other-public 1 1 1 3 Rights 34 5 2 2 1 1 45 Housing Total 262 52 3 3 12 8 3 4 9 10 366 Income Maintenance Food stamps 3 3 Other (Income) 28 3 1 1 1 15 49 Social Security 47 9 2 3 11 72 SSI 21 3 4 3 31 Unemployment 15 3 1 4 1 2 26 Veterans Benefits 4 1 1 1 2 9 Workers Comp 2 2 Income Maintenance Total 120 18 3 1 1 1 13 2 33 192 Family Abuse 1 2 1 1 1 4 14 24 Divorce 32 4 3 2 4 45 Guardianship 26 8 3 4 4 1 4 18 15 83 Name change 2 1 1 4 Other (Family) 24 4 1 29 Support 9 3 1 1 1 15 Visitation 4 1 5 Family Total 98 18 9 5 10 2 4 25 34 205 Employment Discrimination 13 1 14 Other (Employment) 8 8 Wage Claims 5 2 1 8 Employment Total 26 2 1 1 30 Grand Total 1,703 621 46 18 62 35 21 25 53 491 3,075 1 Counsel and Advice 3 Referred 5 Client Withdrew 7 Settled with Litigation 9 Court Decision 2 Brief Service 4 Insufficient Merit 6 Settled without Litigation 8 Administrative Decision 10 Other Figure 7: Unmet Need for the Legal Assistance Program As Identified through the Unmet Needs Report and the Title IIIB Legal Assistance Report