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The Illinois Armed Forces Legal Aid Network (IL-AFLAN) provides civil legal services across Illinois for military personnel, veterans, and their families. Common areas of legal assistance include discharge upgrades, benefits appeals, and civil legal problems like Family, Housing, and Consumer issues.

The IL Pride Connect Legal Hotline offers free, confidential legal advice and referrals across Illinois for LGBTQIA+ individuals (or concerned family members or friends) who are facing legal issues that impact their health, safety, or access to care. Assistance can include legal issues related to- *Access to health care, including gender-affirming care *Discrimination or harassment *Public benefits like Medicaid or SNAP *Identity documents *Housing or safety concerns *Other legal issues impacting your well-being You'll speak with a trained advocate who can offer one-time advice or refer you to trusted legal partners.

The Illinois State Bar Association offers Illinois Lawyer Finder, a free referral lawyer referral service via phone, with an accompanying searchable online lawyer database. Although the referral to an attorney is provided at no charge, there is often a fee for the actual consultation.

This site houses two services/programs: A. Tazewell County Legal Self-Help Center Provides information to Tazewell County residents about their legal rights and responsibilities, instructions on how to handle common legal problems, assistance with some legal documents and forms, and referrals to free and low-cost legal services. The Legal Self-Help Center does not provide legal advice to its patrons. Instead, it offers legal information to customers on such topics as instructions for available forms, answers to general legal questions, and information on court procedures. ========================== B. Tenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee of the Public Interest Law Initiative's (PILI) Self-Represented Litigant Help Desk The Help Desk is staffed virtually by pro bono attorneys who provide brief advice referrals, and limited scope representation to eligible self-represented litigants for approximately 30 minutes per litigant at designated areas in the Peoria and Tazewell County Courthouses. To be eligible for assistance, the self-represented litigant must meet the following criteria: -The litigant must be proceeding in the matter for which they are seeking assistance on a self­-represented basis and not be receiving the assistance of an attorney in the matter; -The litigant’s household must be within 200% of federal poverty guidelines; and -The litigant must not have received assistance through the Help Desk previously on this matter.

Marshal County Legal Self Help Center offers general legal aid.

Prairie State Legal Services offers free legal services for low income persons and those over 60 who have serious civil legal problems and need legal help to solve them. -------------------------- The Victims Legal Advice line may be able to address the following areas for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault: -Questions related to housing safety, the Safe Homes Act, breaking a lease -Questions concerning emergency protective orders -Advice for victims who fled to Illinois with their children from another state. -Questions about visitation rights for abusers. -Questions about victims’ rights within the criminal court process -Questions about special protections for victims abused by fellow students. -Advice concerning legal options for victims of sexual assault or stalking

The Peoria County Courthouse Legal Self-Help Center offers general legal information, explanations of court processes, and simple legal forms.