Marco is a 64-year-old grandfather, neighbor, and friend. For decades, he ran his own cleaning business. Sadly, Marco had to sell his business when he could no longer work due to congestive heart failure, heart disease, kidney disease, and diabetes. Without his business, Marco had no income to pay for basic expenses and the medical…
Barb contacted us via our Legal Aid CARES Hotline. The Hotline was set up in April to answer questions about CARES Act stimulus payments. Barb explained to the Legal Aid attorney that she was waiting on her stimulus check and her tax refund, neither of which she had received. Like so many workers, Barb’s hours…
Let’s go steady! You know, we’ve been friends for a while now and it’s clear that we work really well together. What if we took this thing to the next level? As a member of our monthly donor community, HEROES OF JUSTICE, we could work together every single month to advance justice, promote change, and…
It’s National Pro Bono Week! Legal Aid of Western Missouri and its Volunteer Attorney Project want to take this opportunity to thank all our attorney volunteers for their dedication to providing pro bono services and applaud their outstanding contributions. Last year alone, they donated more than 6,000 hours of legal services. From our solo practitioners…
We invite you to become a Hero of Justice (monthly donor). Monthly giving is the simplest, most effective way for you to support our work. Timely and predictable, monthly gifts allow us to accurately budget for the resources we need to accomplish specific tasks and goals. The more monthly donors we have, the more dollars…
Michael was living his dream working a job he loved that provided for his family — until he was in a car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. The injury resulted in significant cognitive impairment and seizures. Because of these lasting effects, Michael lost his job. Soon after this, his wife left him and…
The American Association of Law Libraries recently announced winners of their 2020 Awards Program, and University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law, Leon E. Bloch Law Library, and Legal Aid of Western Missouri received the Excellence in Community Engagement Award for our Self-Help Law Clinic. The Self-Help Law Clinic opened last April, as a…
Walt loves people and loves to make them laugh. Walt also lives in a nursing home and suffers from dementia. The Family Support Division (FSD) denied his application for Medicaid because it concluded that Walt failed to provide documentation regarding the sale of his former home. He sold his home just prior to moving into…
Our 2019 Annual Report contains real stories about actual clients — and their spirit and determination is inspiring. But we didn’t do it alone. Your support is the fuel that drives our program and makes it possible for us to serve as many low-income and at-risk Missourians as we do. Thank you. A number of…
I wanted to reach out to our Legal Aid community and share how we are responding during the COVID-19 outbreak. As you know, these are confusing, anxiety-filled, and uncertain times for all of us. But this doesn’t mean the important legal services we provide have stopped. We remain dedicated to helping individuals and families during…
