2. Do you have a problem that affects your basic needs? For more information, visit our website www.pisgahlegal.org/ Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) primarily helps residents of Buncombe, Madison, Transylvania, Henderson, Polk and Rutherford counties. Pisgah Legal Services` mission is to provide effective, high-quality legal advice to low-income individuals in certain non-criminal matters that meet the basic needs of clients. ensuring equality of justice for low-income people; and to promote and protect their legal rights. Pisgah Legal Services is committed to equal justice for all. We help children, families and adults solve problems that affect their basic needs, such as: housing; security against domestic violence; health care (including access to Medicaid and Medicare); Subsistence Income Education (SSI, SSDI). We provide legal assistance in non-criminal cases to people who cannot afford a private lawyer. Pisgah Legal Services seeks justice by providing legal advice and advocacy to help low-income people in western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives. Pisgah Legal Services provides free civil assistance to people living in poverty and helps the most vulnerable people in the community meet urgent needs such as housing, security from abuse, health care and income. The Mountain Area Volunteer Lawyer Program (MAVL) requires volunteer lawyers to contribute at least 50 hours pro bono per year.
MAVL selects the types of cases to be accepted and conducts initial interviews so that the lawyer can review the proposed referral before determining whether it will be accepted. All clients referred through MAVL are pre-screened for financial eligibility and case priority. 1. Follow our low-income guidelines – we determine if you qualify by considering income, family size, wealth and cost of living. .
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