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
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food benefits to low-income families. Recent changes in the law modify who is eligible to receive SNAP benefits and impose new requirements on some applicants. The new law requires adult SNAP recipients (18-64 years old) to work, volunteer, or participate in employment training at least 20 hours per week or 80 hours per month.
There are still other exemptions to the work requirement: you may qualify if you are disabled, primary caretaker for a disabled individual, are currently employed or in school, or meet one of the other exemptions. When you recertify, make sure to talk to DHHS about whether you would qualify for an exemption to the work requirements and what documentation is needed to show you meet the exemption.
Legal Aid of Nebraska client receives settlement after pregnancy discrimination case at meat packing plant
