Learn about the law and your legal rights in North Carolina. Find self-help resources to resolve your legal problems without a lawyer.
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Self-Help
Benefits Check Up
(Separate Website)
This web site provides information about what benefits seniors may be eligible for. You will be required to fill out a form on the Internet.
By: National Council on the Aging
Benefits.gov - Your Benefits Connection
(Separate Website)
Are there government benefit programs available to help you? GovBenefits.gov will help you answer that question. Our online screening tool is free, easy-to-use, and completely confidential. We do not require your name, phone number, Social Security number, or any other information that could be used to identify you. You answer a series of questions about yourself, and then GovBenefits.gov returns a list of government benefit programs you may be eligible to receive along with information about how you can apply. Whether it's a direct payment, a loan, insurance, training, or other services - there may be government benefit programs available to help you.
By: GovBenefits.gov
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Spanish / Español
How Social Security Can Make Payments to Someone Who is Managing Your Money For You
(Separate Website)
Social Security's Representative Payment Program provides fiduciary assistance for our beneficiaries who are incapable of managing or directing someone else to manage their Social Security or SSI payments.
By: Social Security Administration
JustChildren Parents' Manual
(Separate Website)
This handbook is designed to give parents a general understanding of their children's rights to receive financial assistance, medical assistance, and educational services. The handbook also explains a child's rights in relation to disciplinary actions at school, encounters with the police, and confinement in detention facilities.
By: American Bar Association
Life After Layoff--A Guide To Legal Issues Surrounding Layoff and Termination
(Separate Website)
This helpful brochure discusses the legal issues surrounding layoff and termination such as: wages and benefits, unemployment compensation, maintaining health insurance, and retirement benefits.
By: Young Lawyers' Division of the North Carolina Bar Association
Refugee Public Assistance
(Separate Website)
This web page contains basic information about what Refugee Public Assistance can do for you--such as income help, medical help, English classes, assistance in finding employment, etc. This page also tells you where you can call to get this help.
By: North Carolina Division of Social Services
Supplemental Security Income Payments
(Separate Website)
SSI stands for Supplemental Security Income. It is a program run by Social Security. SSI provides monthly payments to people who are elderly, blind or disabled and who have little or no income and assets. Children, as well as adults, can get payments because of blindness or disability. To get SSI, you must be elderly, blind or disabled.
By: Social Security Administration
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Spanish / Español
Tips on Dealing With Financial Matters
(Separate Website)
This guide published by Legal Aid of North Carolina offers important tips on dealing with Financial Matters, such as tips on handling financial matters, tips on signing important papers, and tips on dealing with Welfare and other agencies.
By: Legal Aid of North Carolina
Your Social Security Number and Card
(Separate Website)
A Social Security number is important because you need it to get a job, collect Social Security benefits and receive some other government benefits. Many other companies you do business with, such as banks and credit companies, also ask for your number.
By: Social Security Administration
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Spanish / Español
Work First Family Assistance
(Separate Website)
This page explains basic information about North Carolina's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, otherwise known as Work First.
By: North Carolina Division of Social Services
North Carolina Statutes
(Separate Website)
The North Carolina General Assembly is offering access to the Statutes on the Internet as a service to the public. These statutes are the general laws that govern North Carolina's legal system.
By: North Carolina General Assembly
Supplemental Security Income Rights and Responsibilities
(Separate Website)
This document lists your rights and responsibilities in connection with Supplemental Security Income payments.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Arabic / العربية
,
Spanish / Español
Social Security Appeals Process
(Separate Website)
When the Social Security Administration makes a decision on your claim, they will send you a letter explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our decision, you can appeal; that is, ask us to look at your case again. When you ask for an appeal, we will look at the entire decision, even those parts that were in your favor. If our decision was wrong, we will change it. This document answers the following questions: (1) When and how can I appeal? (2) How many appeal levels are there? (3) Will my benefits continue? (4) Can someone help me?
By: Social Security Administration
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Chinese / 中文
,
Spanish / Español
Do You Need Legal Help?
(Separate Website)
This will explain who is eligible for our services, what kind of cases Legal Aid normally handles, some examples of them, and how to locate an office near you.
By: Legal Aid of North Carolina
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