Legal Help in Central Texas Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.

• Provides free legal services to indigent residents of South and West Texas and to migrant and seasonal farm workers throughout Texas , Alabama , Arkansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , and Tennessee .
• To apply for legal services of make referrals, call toll-free: 1-888-988-9996.
• Frequently Asked Questions about Texas RioGrande Legal Aid.

Women's Advocacy Project  includes:

• Legal Hotlines
• Family Violence Civil Representation Program
• Assisted Pro Se Program
• Emergency Protctive Order Program
• ProSe Protective Order Program
• Technical Advocacy
• Legal Access Initiative.

Texas Attorney General

• Child Support Apply for Services.

 Legal Help in Hays County

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.
888-988-9996
www.trla.org
General civil legal services.

Advocacy, Inc.
800-252-9108 (main office)
800-315-3876 or 512-454-4816 (Austin)
www.advocacyinc.org
Disability - related issues, including access and discrimination
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Monday - Friday

Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (Austin)
888-622-9111 or 512-916-6062 (Austin)
http://www.aaacap.org/
Provides persons age 60 and over with abuse/neglect referral, legal awareness education, health care information, long-term care insurance information, public benefits counseling/information, ombudsman services. Also provides assistance with filing out forms, individual advocacy, individualized advice, public interest advocacy, self-help materials and referrals to other agencies.

Capital Area AIDS Legal Project
Austin
512-406-6173
http://www.asaustin.org/
Estate planning, discrimination, debtor counseling, insurance problems, access to health care, public benefits, family law, immigration and other matters encountered by eligible clients; Provides counsel in civil law matters to low-income individuals living with HIV and AIDS.

Catholic Charities of Central Texas Office of Immigrants Concerns
512-494-0148 or 866-464-9494
Immigration services. Charges a fee.

Fair housing Program, Austin Tenants' Council
Austin
512-474-1961 (Counseling Line)
512-474-7007 (Fair Housing Program)
http://www.housing-rights.org
Housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability, also tenant/landlord counseling and mediation
9am - 12, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday

Hays Caldwell Women's Center
San Marcos
800-700-4292 or 512-396-4357
http://www.hcwc.org/
Legal advocate assists with domestic violence issues and children's advocacy center.

Lawyer Referral Service of Central Texas, MATCH program
Austin
512-472-8303 or 866-303-8303
www.austinlrs.com/
Provides a low income program for family law matters and drafting simple wills.  Charges a reduced rate.  Must ask for the "MATCH" program by name.

Political Asylum Project of Austin (PAPA)
Austin
512-478-0546 ext:200
www.papaustin.org/
Immigration: asylum, cancellation of removal, voluntary departure, VAWA petitions, citizenship, family-based via petitions, detainees rights TPS for Hondurans, ABC/NACARA, assistance for immigrant victims of crime.
90:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday -Friday
 

Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)
210-226-7722 (San Antonio)
Immigration including asylum,  voluntary departure, cancellations; free or low-cost. This program serves the San Antonio INS district only, which includes a large number of Texas counties.

St. Marys University School of Law Immigration Clinic
210-431-5714 (San Antonio)
Immigration: VAWA petitions and general immigration matters

Texas Workforce Commission
800-939-6631 (Employees' Hotline)
800-735-2989 (TDD) or 800-735-2988 (Voice)
512-353-7368 (San Marcos)
www.twc.state.tx.us/
Provides employment-related assistance including discrimination in employment, education, job search and unemployment insurance; services include general information, individual advocacy, and ombudsman services.

Workers Compensation Commission
800-252-7031 or 512-933-1899 (Austin)
www.tdi.state.tx.us/
Assistance with worker's compensation claims for work-related injuries, including general information, ombudsman services, pre-recorded information, self-help materials, and translator services at hearings.