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What We Do

Income and Benefits

Legal Aid of Nebraska is here to help you access the programs and benefits you need. Our objective is to improve economic stability and mobility by increasing access to income, assets, and education; obtain and retain earned benefits; and protect and maintain income. 

Common legal issues we help with

  • Disability benefit (SSI, SSDI) denial, termination, and overpayment
  • Medicaid/Medicare denial or termination
  • Unemployment insurance benefit denial, termination, or overpayment
  • Criminal record set aside and sealing, pardons
  • Public assistance benefit (ADC/TANF, SNAP, AABD) denial, termination, reduction
  • Denial or revocation of a professional license
  • Unpaid wages

Client Stories

New work requirements for Medicaid go into effect May 1, 2026

Anyone who has experienced unemployment can empathize with the anxiety it causes. There is financial stress, a lack of control, loss of self esteem, and, in some cases, feeling you have been treated unfairly.


Big numbers, personal impact:

  • Requests for assistance in 2025

    19,200

  • Cases closed in 2025

    12,878

  • Economic impact

    $16,348,129

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