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Free Legal Assistance in Kansas: How to Apply and Qualify
Watch this short video about how to get legal assistance from Kansas Legal Services and other available legal resources.
Getting Legal Assistance
Individuals seeking legal assistance must first apply. Our field offices can't answer any questions or give legal advice until they have an application on file.
The Children’s Advocacy Resource Center (CARC) has been a part of Kansas Legal Services since 1999. CARC is a statewide program providing complete support and legal services to people serving and caring for homeless children and children involved in our state foster care system.
CARC operates a toll-free helpline for foster youth.
What to Expect: Additional Questions in Legal Applications and Intake Process
Watch this short video about the first step to getting help
NOTE: CALL 316-267-3975, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to apply for legal assistance.
Use ONLINE application between 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
Here is our nonprofit determination letter from the IRS, our 501(3)(c) letter.
833-441-2240
Kansas Department of Children and Families launched the Mobile Crisis Helpline for additional support for eligible Kansans in need during a crisis.
Services are available for ALL Kansans 20 years old or younger, including anyone in foster care or formerly in foster care, though this service is not limited to children and youth in foster care.
Available resources include:
·Over the phone support and problem solving to help resolve a child’s behavioral health crisis
Kansas Legal Services (KLS) was born in 1964 during the War on Poverty, and became a statewide organization in 1977.
KLS provides legal services to alleviate low income Kansans’ poverty burdens. KLS has eleven legal services field offices and two mediation offices located across Kansas.
In 2019, the Board of Directors examined KLS’ mission statement and reaffirmed it with this simple statement:
BY JENNA BARACKMAN KC STAR
MAY 21, 2024
Kansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal guardian whom they trust to represent them best, giving them another option when transitioning to independent living.
Since it began in early 2020, the Family First Prevention program in Kansas recognized the need for more intensive attention on prevention of placing children in foster care – specifically, keeping families together before a petition is filed to remove a child from the family. This puts a focus on family well-being, to give parents and caregivers support and access to needed resources to prevent or relieve a crisis in the family before it escalates.
Every four or five years, Kansas Legal Services asks Kansans to fill out a questionnaire telling us what they need -- legal needs and other needs. This is the year!
We published the results of our needs survey from 2020 and now we are going to find out how things have, or have not changed.
Click on the picture to read the report about KLS accomplishments in 2024.
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- Abuse and Stalking (13)
- Bankruptcy (2)
- Child Support (6)
- Consumer (6)
- Debt and Debt Collection (8)
- Disability (5)
- Discrimination (4)
- Divorce (12)
- Driver's License (7)
- Drug Registry (1)
- Emeritus Attorneys (1)
- Employment (3)
- Expungement (7)
- (-) Family Law (7)
- Foreclosure Prevention (3)
- Free Legal Forms (3)
- Garnishment (2)
- Guardianship & Conservatorship (2)
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- Housing (15)
- Identity Theft (4)
- Juveniles (4)
- Kids2Kin (2)
- (-) Legal Questions and Answers (23)
- Legal Self-Help (22)
- Medical Debt (3)
- Mental Health (2)
- Name Change (3)
- Paternity (2)
- Power of Attorney, Advance Directives, Health Care Power of Attorney, Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders (4)
- Pro Bono Resources (2)
- Public Benefits (4)
- Quiet Title (1)
- Request to Waive Filing Fees (1)
- Services for Seniors (7)
- Small Claims Court (2)
- Social Security (4)
- Tax Issues (2)
- Very Small Estates in Kansas (1)
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Related Articles
Free Legal Assistance in Kansas: How to Apply and Qualify
Watch this short video about how to get legal assistance from Kansas Legal Services and other available legal resources.
Getting Legal Assistance
Individuals seeking legal assistance must first apply. Our field offices can't answer any questions or give legal advice until they have an application on file.
The Children’s Advocacy Resource Center (CARC) has been a part of Kansas Legal Services since 1999. CARC is a statewide program providing complete support and legal services to people serving and caring for homeless children and children involved in our state foster care system.
CARC operates a toll-free helpline for foster youth.
What to Expect: Additional Questions in Legal Applications and Intake Process
Watch this short video about the first step to getting help
NOTE: CALL 316-267-3975, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to apply for legal assistance.
Use ONLINE application between 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
Here is our nonprofit determination letter from the IRS, our 501(3)(c) letter.
833-441-2240
Kansas Department of Children and Families launched the Mobile Crisis Helpline for additional support for eligible Kansans in need during a crisis.
Services are available for ALL Kansans 20 years old or younger, including anyone in foster care or formerly in foster care, though this service is not limited to children and youth in foster care.
Available resources include:
·Over the phone support and problem solving to help resolve a child’s behavioral health crisis
Kansas Legal Services (KLS) was born in 1964 during the War on Poverty, and became a statewide organization in 1977.
KLS provides legal services to alleviate low income Kansans’ poverty burdens. KLS has eleven legal services field offices and two mediation offices located across Kansas.
In 2019, the Board of Directors examined KLS’ mission statement and reaffirmed it with this simple statement:
BY JENNA BARACKMAN KC STAR
MAY 21, 2024
Kansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal guardian whom they trust to represent them best, giving them another option when transitioning to independent living.
Since it began in early 2020, the Family First Prevention program in Kansas recognized the need for more intensive attention on prevention of placing children in foster care – specifically, keeping families together before a petition is filed to remove a child from the family. This puts a focus on family well-being, to give parents and caregivers support and access to needed resources to prevent or relieve a crisis in the family before it escalates.
Every four or five years, Kansas Legal Services asks Kansans to fill out a questionnaire telling us what they need -- legal needs and other needs. This is the year!
We published the results of our needs survey from 2020 and now we are going to find out how things have, or have not changed.
Click on the picture to read the report about KLS accomplishments in 2024.
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