Thursday, March 17, 2011

StatesideLegal.org Aggregates Legal Information for Warrior Community

Stateside Legal is a new website aggregation legal information for our warrior community. According to its About Us Page:
"This website is for members of the military, veterans, their families and advocates. Our goal is to help you:
  • access benefits
  • find free legal help, and
  • better understand your legal issues
Many websites provide information for military households or veterans. Here our goal is to index the best legal information available in one easy-to-use site. We have also added our own interactive forms, videos, and legal analysis. We try to deliver answers to your questions using Plain English. How are we doing? Please help us improve our site by using the feedback form.
Who is behind it?

Two primary partnering organizations have worked together to create the Stateside Legal website. These organizations are Pine Tree Legal Assistance of Maine and the Arkansas Legal Services Partnership. In addition, the website has received help from many volunteers, including private attorneys, members of the Judge Advocate General [JAG] Corps, civilian Legal Assistance Attorneys, and veteran service officers. See a list of our advisors.


Who pays for it?

The Legal Services Corporation, http://www.lsc.gov/  provided the initial funding.
  
To maintain and expand this website will require additional and ongoing funding.
  • If you would like to support this effort as an individual on a tax-deductible basis, click here.
  • If you are interested in getting more information about ways to support this effort as a business or organization, please contact Pine Tree Legal Assistance Executive Director Nan Heald at 207-774-4753.
What about local help that I'm not finding here?
This is a national website focusing initially on federal programs. Many laws vary from state to state. We hope to expand our state-specific information as time goes on. If you are aware of resources in your State that should be included in this site, please let us know.

Also, you may be able to find more state-specific information on your statewide legal services website."
MORE:
http://statesidelegal.org/

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