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Legal Aid of Nebraska wants every Nebraska to know about our free legal services. Check out the links below to various news sources that have featured Legal Aid staff or reported on Legal Aid's activities, programs/projects, events, services, and just about any other...
The largest tax credit you’ve (probably) never heard of
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC, sometimes called EIC) is the largest tax credit many Nebraskans earn, yet only about 80% of eligible taxpayers receive the credit. Legal Aid of Nebraska is working hard to ensure that all eligible Nebraskans receive the tax credit they...
When families fall apart: Helping Nebraska’s low-income families reach their potential
Police raid a Nebraska home with a meth lab in the basement. The parents are soon on their way to jail and the children placed into protective custody. This crime scene is also where 8-year-old "Natalie" and her three siblings live, play and grow. Natalie's home is...
Texas migrant farmworkers settle disputed employment lawsuit about summer work in Nebraska cornfields
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 6, 2021 Contacts: Robert Elder, TRLA Communications Director | [email protected], (512) 374-2764Ann C. Mangiameli, Managing Attorney, Legal Aid of Nebraska | [email protected], (402) 547-0090LINCOLN, Neb. -- Following a...
Stretch it out: 3 ways to maximize the benefits from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for your family
Low-income Nebraska families can seize this historic opportunity to meet needs, pay bills, and build for the futureThere is great potential to maximize the available grants and tax benefits for your familyThousands could be lifted out of poverty The American Rescue...
UPLIFT project brings vital legal help to low-income clients, especially immigrants and refugees
UPLIFT takes vital Legal Aid help directly into low-income Lincoln neighborhoodsThe project partners with community-based centers, especially those who help immigrants and refugeesNebraska’s most vulnerable receive assistance and see an improvement in their lives and...
Expert advice on how the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 affects your health insurance
Learn if you qualify to receive up to 100% of the cost of health insurance paid for you and your familyDiscover important changes to COBRAGet tips on how to enroll for coverage in the healthcare marketplace Between the public health crisis created by COVID-19, the...
Unemployment, Income Taxes and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Explained
Discover info to help those who filed for unemployment in 2020The first $10,200 of unemployment benefits paid to each taxpayer will not be taxed thanks to the ARPAThe additional $300 weekly payment will continue for unemployment benefits Like most other types of...
How to understand the new 2021 Child Tax Credit
The Child Tax Credit is increased to $3,000 per qualifying child for tax year 2021 onlyLearn how your payments will be distributedMake sure you are set up to receive advance monthly payments sent directly to your bank account Since many working parents are facing...
What you need to know about the new stimulus plan
Learn how to receive your paymentDiscover how to protect your stimulus payment from garnishmentFind out how to troubleshoot issues receiving your payment Last week, President Biden signed the American Recovery Act into law. The bill is over 250 pages long, and...
Champion of Nebraska children and families retires
Sidwell: The great communicator Countless Lincoln families and children lost an amazing advocate when Legal Aid of Nebraska’s attorney Scott Sidwell, 70, retired after 20 years of representing juvenile cases in court. A graduate of Kearney State College (now known as...
Tax issues made simple thanks to Tax Law Project
When Nebraska residents need tax assistance on tax controversy issues, they turn to Legal Aid of Nebraska’s virtual Low-Income Tax Clinic (LITC). Tax controversy is the practice area of tax disputes with organizations such as the IRS or Department of Revenue. “The...
Amid pandemic, a single mother’s home life jeopardized until she found Legal Aid of Nebraska
The rate of U.S. citizens facing evictions has never been higher. An estimated 30 to 40 million Americans are at risk, according to the Aspen Institute. Eviction Lab, a Princeton research firm, tracks 24 cities, and since COVID-19 reached the U.S., landlords have...
Housing Justice Project helps Omaha mother facing an $8,000 lawsuit and eviction
(Client name has been changed to protect her privacy.) Traci, a project manager in telecommunications, made plans to move to Arizona to help a family member. She packed up and moved out of her rental home in midtown Omaha, leaving her landlord instructions to keep the...
‘I feel hope when I talk to you’: How a Legal Aid paralegal helped a struggling Grand Island woman with more than just a bankruptcy
In the final months of 2019, Breanne Crow was struggling to stay afloat. She couldn’t afford to pay rent, had moved several times, and kept going deeper into debt. As a self-described addict, Breanne had worked hard to get sober, but that required funds that she...
Federal eviction moratorium temporarily provides direct and immediate help to Nebraska tenants facing surge in evictions
Legal Aid of Nebraska (Legal Aid) applauds the issuance of an order yesterday through the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declaring evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic as a national health hazard, and subsequently putting all evictions...
Fighting for Nebraska’s farmers: Farm and Ranch Project hires new attorney
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers and ranchers were facing significant financial distress. A variety of factors, including the devastating 2019 floods, contributed to the economic downturn in which these once financially stable farmers and ranchers had...
A message from the Executive Director
Summer 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives so much in the last four months, but it also has cast a long-time reality into sharp relief. Each day, we are reminded of the fact that grocery clerks, package deliverers, waiters, sanitation workers, meat...
