What were your legal needs in 2024? Use this quick survey to tell SLLS about legal needs in the community this year. 10.2024

1.What are your biggest legal issues? You can pick more than one answer. These are civil (not criminal) issues.

Disaster Aid: issues getting government aid, insurance help, or rebuilding help, other legal problems because of a hurricane or other disaster.

Family: this can include divorce, custody, child support.

Housing: issues getting or keeping housing for homeowners, renters, or people with no place to live.

Work: including unemployment benefits, unpaid wages, licenses for work, discrimination.

Money: including bankruptcy, loans, debt collection, scams, identity theft, problems with contractors.

Safety from Abuse: family or partner violence, children at risk, older people at risk, others at risk.

Government Aid: problems getting, using or keeping disability aid, SSI, food aid like SNAP, Veterans aid, health aid like Medicaid/Medicare, and more.

Taxes: federal and state tax problems.

Wills & Life Planning: Wills, Successions (dealing with property when someone dies), and Power of Attorney.

Seniors: legal problems older people face, including financial or other abuse.

School: getting into or kicked out of school discipline, special education, other.

Is there an issue not listed here?
Describe that issue here in a few words.
Do not give any personal information.
Do not use this line to ask for legal aid.

3.What kind of legal help do you want and need most to tackle a legal issue or problem? Pick one.

I want a lawyer to help me and to represent me for my issue or case.

I only want legal advice and information about my rights.

I only want forms and instructions I can use on my own.

I want a quick advice session with a lawyer at a library or legal clinic about my issue.

I am looking for other kinds of legal help not listed here.

4.Is your household income under the limit the U.S. government sets for free legal help for civil issues?
In Louisiana the 2024 limit is $18,225 a year for one person or $39,000 year for a household of four.
There are exceptions to these rules.
Please pick "Yes," "No," "Maybe," or "I don't know."

Yes.

No.

Maybe.

I don't know.

5.How do you do things online? Pick all that apply.
Let us know if you mainly use the Internet from a phone, a tablet, or a computer, and if you need to go somewhere with free WiFi.

I use the Internet from a phone.

I use the Internet from a tablet.

I use the Internet from a computer.

I use the Internet, or WiFi, or a computer at a public place, like a library.

I get someone else to help me do things online.

I do not have my own email address.

6.Also -- for Louisiana people -- what parish do you live in?
Pick the name of your parish from the dropdown list.

What were your legal needs in 2024? Use this quick survey to tell SLLS about legal needs in the community this year. 10.2024

SLLS wants to know about the biggest legal issues for low-income people.