LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
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South Bend
105 East Jefferson, Suite 600
South Bend, IN 46601
(219)234-8121
(219)326-1886 (toll free from LaPorte)
(219)872-0691 (toll free from Michigan City)
(219)522-4582 (toll free from Elkhart)
(800) 288-8121 (toll free in Indiana)
TDD: (219) 239-2174
Fax: (219) 239-2185
Email:
OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. -12:00 noon; 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
INTAKE HOURS:
Walk-in or Telephone Applications:
Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-11:30am; 1pm-4pm
Wednesday Evening 4pm-6:45pm (office is closed but applicants are called back
to do application)
Emergency applications: Business hours, anytime
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Some Spanish speaking Intake Workers may be available,
depending on current schedule. Call for current availability
COUNTIES SERVED: Elkhart, Jasper, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Noble,
Pulaski, St. Joseph and Starke
SPECIAL PROJECTS: The Older Adult Impact Project (OAIP) serves clients 60 years and
older in Kosciusko, LaPorte and St. Joseph counties. No income guidelines.
CASE TYPE GUIDELINES:
NOTE: Legal merit required for all cases.
Housing/Homelessness:
Evictions Admission to subsidized housing Utilities Repairs Land contract forfeiture and
mortgage foreclosure Replevin Title and easement disputes and transfers
Income Maintenance At ALJ/Fair Hearing Level:
AFDC Food Stamps Township Trustee Unemployment Compensation Social Security Above cases,
before ALJ level Above cases at appeal of ALJ decision if we did not do ALJ
hearing Black Lung, Veteran’s Benefits, Worker’s Compensation, Wage Claims or
Job Discrimination Claims
Physical Danger/Abuse/ Domestic Law
Dissolutions, Legal Separations, Protective Orders with present danger of abuse;Contempt
Citations on Restraining/Protective Orders; Modifying visitation orders conflicting with
Protective Orders; Dissolutions, Legal Separations with history of abuse; Enforcing
division of property orders when we did dissolution; OAIP Project resisting/terminating
guardianship; CHINS with social agency referral; Uncontested guardianships,
adoptions, Non-abuse dissolutions, separations
Health At hearing level:
Medicaid Medicare Township Trustee Advance Directives HCI
Education
Suspensions Expulsions Inappropriate placement/education Adult education, literacy or job
training programs
Consumer
Collection, Contracts/Warranties, Unfair Sales Practice, and Loans/Installment Purchase
Bankruptcies with a referral from non-profit consumer credit counseling/budgeting agency
LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC. -
Lafayette
639 Columbia Street
P.O. Box 1455
Lafayette, IN 47902-1455
(765)423-5327
(800)382-7581 (toll free in Indiana)
TDD: (765)423-4610
Fax: (765)423-2252
Email:
OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon; 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
INTAKE HOURS:
Walk-in or Telephone Applications:
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Emergency applications: Taken every day, anytime
COUNTIES SERVED: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Fulton, Howard, Miami,
Montgomery, Newton, Tippecanoe, Wabash, Warren and White
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Spanish available with advance notice
SPECIAL PROJECTS: The Older Adult Impact Project (OAIP) serves clients 60 years and
older in Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Montgomery,
Tippecanoe, Tipton, Wabash, Warren and White. No income guidelines.
CASE TYPE GUIDELINES:
Prevent Abuse/Exploitation
Divorce with abuse (of client or their children by the other spouse);
Protective/Restraining Orders (when not available through Small Claims Court or in
conjunction with a divorce; Older Adult Abuse/Exploitation
Health Care
Unpaid Medical Bills (when there is a legal defense); Medicaid (wrongful denials,
terminations, spousal impoverishment issues, etc.); Medicare; Nursing Homes; HCI Denials;
Advance Directives
Housing/Homelessness
Subsidized Housing Evictions (in private housing when there is a legal defense) Repairs
Utilities (disconnections, denial of service, excessive deposits) Deposit Return (when
client cannot reasonably represent self in Small Claims court) Foreclosure (when there is
a legal defense) Mobile Home Problems
Public Benefits
Social Security (when private attorneys are not able to represent) Township Trustee Food
Stamps AFDC Unemployment Compensation
Consumer Problems
Debt Collections; Deceptive Sales; Installment Sales/Contracts/Loans; Warranty Problems
Family Law
Custody/Visitation Guardianship over minors (when uncontested and necessary to keep a
child in school) Divorce (agreed) Resisting Guardianship over adults
Family Law/Government Benefits
Divorce/Separation/Annulment Social Security Custody/Visitation SSI Support Black Lung
Adoption Veteran’s Benefits Name Change Unemployment Compensation Paternity Workers
Compensation Protective Order Medicaid CHINS Medicare
Probate Individual Rights
Guardianships Mental Health Wills/Small Estates Physically Disabled Student/Educational
Housing Law Landlord/Tenant
Miscellaneous
HomeOwnership/Real Property Taxes Tort (non Fee-Generating/Defense)
Consumer Finance
Power of Attorney Bankruptcy/Debtor Relief Living Wills Collection/Repossession
Non-Profit Incorporation Contracts/Warranties Credit Access Loans/Installment Purchases
Unfair Deceptive Sales
Employment
Employment Labor Wage Claims Employment Benefits Retirement Benefits Employment
Discrimination
LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
FARM COUNSELING PROJECT
| Lakeville Office | Lafayette Office | Columbus Office |
| 64345 U.S. 31 | 639 Columbia Street | 5538 25th Street |
| Lakeville, IN 46536 | P. O. Box 1455 | Columbus, IN 47203 |
| (219) 299-9648 | Lafayette, IN 47902-1455 | (812) 372-0560 |
| (800) 288-6581 | (765) 423-2333 | (800) 298-1612 |
| TDD: None | (800) 545-2296 | TDD: None |
| Fax: (219) 299-9666 | TDD: (765) 423-4610 | Fax: (812) 372-0859 |
| Email: fcplspni@earthlink.net | Fax: (765) 423-2252 | Email: |
| Email: |
OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon; 1:00 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.
INTAKE HOURS:Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon; 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
24 hour answering service at each location
COUNTIES SERVED: All 92 counties of Indiana
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English only
SPECIAL PROJECTS: None
CASE TYPE GUIDELINES:
Provide financial and legal counseling to financially distressed farmers who meet Indiana
statutory eligibility guidelines.
Who is considered eligible for the Project’s services?
A farmer who meets both of the following definitions:
(A) Farmer:
A farmer who is the owner or operator of a farm who is engaged in the production of crops
and livestock on the farm real estate and derives at least twenty-five percent (25%) in
gross income from the sale of farm products.
(B) Financially troubled farmer:
A farmer who within each of the last six (6) months:
(a) Has debts that exceed forty percent (40%) of the gross value of the farmer’s
farming operation; and
(b) Has experience a negative cash flow related to the farmer’s farming operation
that jeopardizes the continuance of the farming operation; or
A farmer who is the borrower under a loan that the borrower does not have the financial capacity to pay according to its terms and that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics:
(a) The borrower is demonstrating adverse financial and repayment trends.
(b) The loan is delinquent or past due under the terms of the loan contract.
(c) One or both of the characteristics set forth in clauses A and B,
together with inadequate collateralization, present a high probability of loss to the
lender.
Operate as a referral service to benefit farmers
Teach six to ten Financial Management and Recordkeeping Seminars; as a USDA-approved
Borrower Training Agency.
LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIATION PROJECT
105 E. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 600
South Bend, IN 46601
(219) 239-2186
Fax: (219) 239-2185
TDD:
E-mail
OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon; 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
INTAKE HOURS:
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
AREAS SERVED:
This project provides conflict resolution services through mediation. Because of our
funding, our free services are limited to low and moderate income residents in the City
of Mishawaka and City of South Bend. Residents outside of boundaries are
charged a modest sliding scale fee. Mediation is a creative, innovative way of
problem-solving. It is voluntary and confidential; mediations sessions are held in
Neighborhood Partnership Centers, NMP office or other neutral sites. We also offer
mediation skills training to residents interested in becoming volunteer mediators.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English only
SPECIAL PROJECTS: None
CASE TYPE GUIDELINES:
We regularly mediate all types of disputes, including neighbor/neighbor, landlord/tenant,
consumer/business, youth, family/school, family including divorce, custody and parenting
plans.
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