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| Basic Charity Information |
| Organization Name: | Legal Aid of Central Texas |
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| Date Organization Established: | |
| Date Established in Central Texas: | |
| Number of Paid Staff: | 53 |
| Number of Volunteer Staff: | 25 |
| Category 1: | Legal Aid |
| Category 2: | Poverty |
| Category 3: | Housing |
| Category 4: | Elderly |
| Category 5: | People with Disabilities |
| Category 6: | Urban & Community |
| Keywords: | civil legal, domestic violence, family law, housing, public benefits, consumer, low-income, poverty, homelessness |
| Contact Information |
| E-Mail: | rrogoff |
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| Web Site: | www.lact.org |
| Web Site: | www.lact.org |
| Street Address 1: | 2210 Post Road, Suite 104 |
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| Street Address City: | Austin |
| Street Address State: | TX |
| Street Address Zip: | 78704 |
| Mailing Address 1: | 2201 Post Road #104 |
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| Mailing Address City: | Austin |
| Mailing Address State: | TX |
| Mailing Address Zip: | 78704 |
| Charity Description |
| Mission: | The mission of Legal Aid of Central Texas is to promote the dignity, self-sufficiency, safety and stability of low-income Central Texans by providing direct access to free, quality civil legal assistance and related educational
services which address the basic human needs of eligible clients. |
| Program or Service: | What does Legal Aid do?
Legal Aid employs skilled lawyers and paralegals who provide civil legal representation and advice to people who cannot
afford to pay a lawyer. Legal Aid offers all services free of charge, but clients may be responsible for any court filing fees.
Legal Aid does not handle any type of criminal matter. Legal Aid of Central Texas offers services to low-income residents
of Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, Caldwell, Hays, Blanco, and Williamson Counties through an Austin office. Residents of
Bell, Lampasas, Milam, Coryell, Falls, San Saba, Burnet and Llano Counties are served through an office in Belton, Texas.
Why does someone who cannot afford a lawyer even need a lawyer?
Our civil legal system is how people protect their basic rights. Clients contact our offices when they need help navigating
the system. Having a low income should never be a barrier when it comes to getting help. Most of our clients are seeking
a fair resolution to problems that no one would deny deserve attention: obtaining protective and restraining orders, divorce,
child custody and support, preventing unfair evictions, probating wills, resolving benefits disputes–problems that can have
a significant and lasting impact. We do not take criminal cases, and our screening process is designed to prioritize clients
whose problems are life-altering or threatening. Our income eligible clients include hard-working minimum wage earners with
dependants, seniors and people with disabilities managing on fixed incomes, victims of crime and/or abuse who are struggling
through a difficult time–people who would never be able to afford legal assistance even when their need is desperate.
Aren’t there court appointed attorneys who serve low income clients?
In the State of Texas, court appointed attorneys are seldom available to low income clients who are not in jail or facing
criminal charges that may result in incarceration. No federal, state, county or city agency is designated to provide a full range
of civil legal services to low income clients. “Call Legal Aid” is the general answer to anyone who needs, but cannot afford,
civil legal assistance. Legal Aid is an established, respected and appreciated resource to many Central Texans. In 1999,
more than 13,000 people seeking help contacted Legal Aid of Central Texas.
What kinds of problems does Legal Aid of Central Texas handle?
Legal Aid of Central Texas may be able to help with:
∙ Family matters such as divorces, protective orders, establishing child custody and support when domestic violence
is involved.
∙ Public benefits issues involving Social Security and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Supplemental Security
Income (SSI), Food Stamps, Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid and Medicare.
∙ Housing problems including Section 8 or federally subsidized housing, private landlord/tenant issues and home
ownership.
∙ Outreach to the homeless.
∙ Advice with consumer problems, such as fraud or bankruptcy.
∙ Wills, estate matters and other concerns of senior citizens. |
| Outcomes: | Stabilizing families and individuals through civil legal assistance with issues that include: housing, family law and domestic violence, disablility benefits and consumer matters. |
| Events Hosted: | Monday & Wednesday Evening Legal Clinics
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| How to Donate: | Contributions may be sent directly to Legal Aid of Central Texas at our mailing address. LACT is working with the Austin Community Foundation to create an endowment that will support the work of our office in decades to come. Volunteer support is critical to the success of the evening legal clinics, and potential volunteers are encouraged to contact April Kubik, LACT's Volunteer Coordinator at 447-7707. Many businesses in the community support the work of Legal Aid through contributions of new office supplies that would be of use in a law office. For more information on donating supplies to our office, please call Sula Castro, Office Manager, at 447-7707. Thanks to all donors and potential donors for their interest in the work our office does in the community. |
| Financial Information |
| Tax Exempt?: | Yes |
| Fiscal Year End: | 12/31 |
| Statement Audited?: | Yes |
| Statement Recieved by BBB?: | |
| 990 Recieved by BBB?: | |
View this charity's IRS
FORM 990 in PDF format.
| Key Staff |
| Name: | Regina Rogoff |
| Title in Organization: | Executive Director |
| Phone Number: | 512/447-7707 |
| Phone Extension: | 350 |
| E-Mail: | rrogoff |
| Fax Number: | 512/447-3940 |
| Board Member |
| Name: | Ben Vaughan III |
| Title in Organization: | Past President Board of Direct |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Attorney |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Hector DeLeon |
| Title in Organization: | President Elect Board of Direc |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Attorney |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Paula Wong |
| Title in Organization: | Board President |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Private Attorney |
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