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Kansas Expungement Guide: What Records Can Be Expunged and How to File GO HERE TO CHECK IF AN EXPUNGEMENT CLINIC IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA IN 2025.   View this webinar that tells you all you need to know about Expungement in Kansas.  
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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.
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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. 
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Juvenile Expungement: Clear your juvenile record in Kansas
Kansas who have an arrest or conviction on their records from when they were a juvenile (under 18 years old) might be able to get that record cleared. Kansas Legal Services has an interactive form to create a document for the Court where the arrest or conviction took place. You must first figure out if your crime is eligible for clearing.  Watch this short video on juvenile expungement.
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Kansas Legal Services Tax Exempt Status Letter
Here is our nonprofit determination letter from the IRS, our 501(3)(c) letter.
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Kansas Legal Services has a rich history of helping Kansans for over 45 years.
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:
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Trapped, she can’t move without risking homelessness
By Mina Lukas, Reprinted Special to the Wichita Eagle  December 27, 2023    “Why don’t you just move?” It’s a question I hear a lot. I live in an unsafe apartment building with an abusive landlord. Sometimes the question is spoken aloud, but more often, it’s there in peoples’ wanting-to-be-helpful-but-also-kind-of-judgmental silences.
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Johnson County Housing Voucher Program revamps waitlist to better serve families
From KSHB - Channel 41 News  July 30, 2024 Johnson County is getting ready to open its Housing Choice Voucher Program, which assists people who need rent assistance. When the waitlist opens this year, the process will be a little different. Last year, the county accepted more than 1,400 applicants but only saw a success rate of around 11%.
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Eviction workshop: Renters must prioritize staying out of court
by P.J. GriekspoorJuly 31, 2024 https://klcjournal.com/eviction-workshop-renters-must-prioritize-staying-out-of-court/ Editor’s note: This story comes from the Wichita Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of 11 organizations, including The Journal.
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HousingLegal Questions and AnswersExpungementClear All Filters
Facts About Expungement in Kansas
Kansas Expungement Guide: What Records Can Be Expunged and How to File GO HERE TO CHECK IF AN EXPUNGEMENT CLINIC IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA IN 2025.   View this webinar that tells you all you need to know about Expungement in Kansas.  
Expungement
Tenant Issues and Rights for Kansas Renters
 
Housing
Get Help
  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.
Legal Questions and Answers
Online Application
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. 
Legal Questions and Answers
Juvenile Expungement: Clear your juvenile record in Kansas
Kansas who have an arrest or conviction on their records from when they were a juvenile (under 18 years old) might be able to get that record cleared. Kansas Legal Services has an interactive form to create a document for the Court where the arrest or conviction took place. You must first figure out if your crime is eligible for clearing.  Watch this short video on juvenile expungement.
Expungement
Kansas Legal Services Tax Exempt Status Letter
Here is our nonprofit determination letter from the IRS, our 501(3)(c) letter.
Legal Questions and Answers
Kansas Legal Services has a rich history of helping Kansans for over 45 years.
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:
Legal Questions and Answers
Trapped, she can’t move without risking homelessness
By Mina Lukas, Reprinted Special to the Wichita Eagle  December 27, 2023    “Why don’t you just move?” It’s a question I hear a lot. I live in an unsafe apartment building with an abusive landlord. Sometimes the question is spoken aloud, but more often, it’s there in peoples’ wanting-to-be-helpful-but-also-kind-of-judgmental silences.
Housing
Johnson County Housing Voucher Program revamps waitlist to better serve families
From KSHB - Channel 41 News  July 30, 2024 Johnson County is getting ready to open its Housing Choice Voucher Program, which assists people who need rent assistance. When the waitlist opens this year, the process will be a little different. Last year, the county accepted more than 1,400 applicants but only saw a success rate of around 11%.
Housing
Eviction workshop: Renters must prioritize staying out of court
by P.J. GriekspoorJuly 31, 2024 https://klcjournal.com/eviction-workshop-renters-must-prioritize-staying-out-of-court/ Editor’s note: This story comes from the Wichita Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of 11 organizations, including The Journal.
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