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Free Tax Assistance Offered In The Ozarks!


Do you need help preparing your taxes? Several ATLS (Across the Life Span) coalition agencies will provide tax assistance to individuals from early February through the end of tax season. Contact the program provider for additional inform...

Legal Services Corporation Provides Technology Grant to LAWMO


  The Legal Services Corporation has awarded a Technology Initiative Grant to the Legal aid of Western Missouri in the amount of $91,124.00.  The funds will be used to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled appointment-sche...

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Provides Grant to Statewide Web


The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) announced that it is awarding a Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) totaling $314,140 for legal aid programs to upgrade current statewide websites.   The actual grant was awarded to the Kansas Legal Se...

Free Legal Help For Veterans in Missouri


The KY3 website in Springfield, Missouri, posted the article below for free legal help for veterans. The original article is located at:  https://www.ky3.com/2022/09/21/your-side-free-legal-help-veterans/ Article  posted September 21,...

Greene County Emergency Rental Assistance Keeps Hundreds in Homes; More Seeking Help


By Kaitlyn Schumacher Published: Mar. 17, 2022 Reprinted from KY3.com Local News Page   SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Greene County is distributing millions of dollars to help keep people in their homes. With the cost of util...

Legal Aid of Western Missouri Economic and Housing Initiatives


Legal Aid’s Economic Development Unit represents nonprofit community organizations in neighborhood improvement activities, including creating and preserving low-income housing in Kansas City.  Attorneys provide legal assistance to...

2022 My Free Taxes


The MyFreeTaxes Partnership provides free state and federal tax preparation and filing assistance for qualified individuals (combined 2021 income under $58,000). For assistance, call 1-855-698-9435 Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, ...

Medicaid Expansion Provides Health Insurance Assistance to Missourians


What is Medicaid expansion? The Affordable Care Act provides public insurance (Medicaid) to cover adults ages 19 through 64 with incomes at or below the limit for their household size. Missouri selected this option through a ballot initiative ena...

Understanding Missouri Expungement Law


This article was updated to reflect changes in the law, which took effect Aug. 28, 2021. Individuals who committed certain crimes may have those offenses sealed under Missouri’s expungement law, lifting a huge st...

Missouri Legal Aid By the Numbers


The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides funding to each state’s legal aid program(s) to provide legal aid to eligible clients. In return, every legal aid program must provide a report to LSC concerning their service delivery numbers and op...