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Pisgah Legal Services

  • Listed: May 8, 2020 7:03 pm
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Pisgah Legal Services

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Services Offered for Following Legal Issues:

  1. Money & Taxes > Repossession
  2. Money & Taxes > Contracts
  3. Money & Taxes > Scams and Unfair Sales Practices
  4. Health and Disability > Children with Disabilities
  5. Health and Disability > Special Education
  6. Health and Disability > Health Care Decisions
  7. Education and Schools > Children with Disabilities
  8. Education ans Schools > Students ‘ Rights
  9. Education ans Schools > Parental Involvement in Schools
  10. Education ans Schools > Special Education Rights
  11. Work and Jobs > Pension and Retirement Benefits
  12. Work and Jobs > Workers’ Compensation
  13. Work and Jobs > Immigration and Work Visas
  14. Work and Jobs > Unemployment Benefits
  15. Family and Juvenile > Adoption
  16. Family and Juvenile > Child Care
  17. Family and Juvenile > Child Custody
  18. Family and Juvenile > Termination of Parental Rights
  19. Family and Juvenile > Child Abuse/Foster Care
  20. Family and Juvenile > Health Care for Children
  21. Family and Juvenile > Hospice, Home and Community-Based Care
  22. Health and Disability > Health Care for Low-Income People
  23. Health and Disability > Health Care for Seniors
  24. Housing > Home Loans
  25. Housing > Foreclosure
  26. Immigration > Health Care for Immigrants
  27. Immigration > Naturalization and Citizenship
  28. Immigration > Political Asylum and Refugee Status
  29. Immigration > Immigration and Work Visas
  30. Immigration > Visas
  31. Immigration > Tax Identification Numbers
  32. Immigration > Benefits and Immigrants
  33. Farmworkers > Immigration and Work Visas
  34. Disaster Assistance > Disaster Relief – Public Benefits
  35. Disaster Assistance > Disaster Relief – Work and Unemployment
  36. Wills and Life Planning > Pension and Retirement Benefits
  37. Wills and Life Planning > Guardianship for Adults
  38. Wills and Life Planning > Control Over Health Care Decisions (Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney)
  39. Wills and Life Planning > Long Term Care: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Home Health Aides
  40. Wills and Life Planning > Seniors’ Banking, Credit and Home Equity Issues
  41. Government Benefits > Food Stamps (SNAP)
  42. Government Benefits > Medicaid
  43. Government Benefits > Medicare
  44. Government Benefits > Unemployment Benefits
  45. Government Benefits > Veterans Benefits
  46. Government Benefits > Social Security
  47. Money & Taxes > Tax Credits for Families
  48. Money & Taxes > Tax Forms and Publications
  49. Money & Taxes > Tax Identification Numbers
  50. Veterans and Military > Veterans Health Care
  51. Veterans and Military > Veterans Benefits

Who We Are

Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) primarily helps people in Buncombe, Madison, Transylvania, Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford Counties .  The mission of Pisgah Legal Services is to provide effective, high-quality legal counseling and representation for low-income people in certain non-criminal matters that address clients’ basic needs; to ensure equal justice for low-income people; and to advance and protect their legal rights. Pisgah Legal Services is committed to equal justice for all people.  We help children, families, and adults solve problems that affect their basic needs, such as:  housing; safety from domestic abuse; health care (including Medicaid and Medicare access); subsistence income (SSI, SSDI) education.  We provide legal help in non-criminal matters to people who cannot afford a private attorney.

To get help from PLS, you must:

1. Meet our low-income guidelines-we determine if you qualify by looking at income, family size, assets, and living expenses.

2. Have a problem that affects your basic needs. For more information, go to our website, www.pisgahlegal.org/

Who We Serve

Area(s): Buncombe County, Henderson County, Madison County, Polk County, Rutherford County, Transylvania County, Yancey County
Language(s) Spoken
  • Spanish / Español
Cirumstances and languages in which interpreters are provided
When needed, we provide interpretation services by one of the four staff members in our office that speaks Spanish. We provide this service both here in the office and in court.
Income Guidelines
The cut-off is 125% of federal poverty level if the clients are under 60; if they are over 60, then the cut-off is 187.5% of the poverty level.

If the clients are over 60, then the cut-off is 187.5% of the federal poverty level.

Sometimes clients have to pay court costs, but we always encourage them to file as an indigent, if we think that they are eligible.

Your family’s income should be at or below the following percentage of the federal poverty level
125
Is this organization accessible by wheelchair?: Yes
Does this organization provide access for the hearing impaired?: Yes

Type of Help

This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources:
  • Full Legal Representation
  • Brief Advice
  • Pro Se Legal Clinic
  • Self-Help Materials
Description of Services
Advocacy, Lobbying, Community Education

How to Get Help

You can contact this organization by:

Phone–

Phone Number                    828-253-0406, 800-489-6144
Hours
Monday                 8:30AM to 5:30 PM
Tuesday                 8:30AM to 5:30 PM
Wednesday           8:30AM to 5:30 PM
Thursday               8:30AM to 5:30 PM
Friday                     8:30AM to 5:30 PM
Documents
Please have ready all documents which are related to the legal issue at hand–court papers, contracts, warranties, etc.
Waiting List
At any given time we have 25-35 people waiting to be called by one of our two screeners. Therefore, we often can’t get back in touch with clients for 2-3 business days.

General Contact Information

Address                 Pisgah Legal Services
                     62 Charlotte Street (map)

                     Asheville, NC 28801

Phone                   828-253-0406
Toll Free              800-489-6144
Fax                        828-252-8927
Website                http://www.pisgahlegal.org/
Email                     

      

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