What life is like at the poverty line
It’s one impossible choice after another—between food, medicine, paying the heating bill or even affording a lawyer. If a person or family does not have an adequate income there are many tough choices to make every day. LSMO.org has added a link to the Tour Poverty USA video. Find out what life is like at the poverty line and ways you can help.
If you are a lawyer you can help by contacting The Missouri Bar Pro Project or your local Missouri legal aid program to volunteer to handle a pro bono legal aid case in Missouri.
Pro Bono - "If every Missouri attorney volunteered for one pro bono case each year, most unmet needs would be fulfilled".
The Missouri Bar encourages all Missouri attorneys to find opportunities and access resources to provide pro bono service to needy persons and groups, particularly those whose incomes do not allow them to obtain necessary representation. Please click on the following link to learn more: http://www.mobarprobono.net/
Find Information Concerning Your Legal Problem
Locating legal information on the web can be difficult. To assist you, we have devoted a portion of the web site in providing links to twenty major law categories with over one hundred and twenty-five web sites or articles. We hope the information contained within these links will help you better und
Kansas City Works to Turn Vacant Houses into Homes
Article by LYNN HORSLEY
The Kansas City Star
To read more click on the following link:
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/02/28/4093024/working-to-turn-vacant-houses.html
Link to Kansas City Star article submitted by Legal Aid of Western Missouri.
An Overview of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Overpayments
Article by Robyn Horton, Attorney at Law, Legal Services of Southern Missouri