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Iowa Legal Aid

  • Location:
    666 Walnut St.
    25th Floor
    Des Moines, IA 50309
  • Phone:
    (800) 532-1275
  • Fax:
    (515) 246-6075
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

Iowa Legal Aid provides high quality legal services and representation to low-income and underserved residents of Iowa.

State served: Iowa

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: T visas, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Other areas of legal assistance: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Homeless, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Taxes, Veterans
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Services are subject to LSC funding restrictions.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 60
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 4

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Jessica Taylor
(515) 243-1193
Executive Director:
Dennis Groenenboom
(515) 243-2980 ext. 1620
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: November 16, 2017
Administrator comments: 10/24/12: tickler 12/3/13: tickler 12/15/14: tickler 4/8/16: tickler 11/16/17: tickler 10/16/24: updated by Steve Dressel sdressel@iowalaw.org
IAN Members? Yes
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