Legal Aid Chicago

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

May 31, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$18,238,460

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The public benefits practice group assists clients with ssi, veterans benefits, medicaid, medicare, tanf, snap (formerly food stamps), crime victim benefits, and subsidized child care.the practice groups goals are: 1.) to obtain, restore or increase benefits for eligible individuals and families; 2.) to educate people about their rights and responsibilities in terms of public benefits and to educate community partners, and social service providers so they can help their clients; and 3.) to identify emerging public benefits issues and trends and proactively lead advocacy efforts to deal with them and work to ensure that the agencies administering the public benefits programs are responsive to clients and provide the benefits to which clients are entitled timely and accurately.

Activity 3

The children and families practice group handles our family law work (almost all of which involves domestic violence) which includes orders of protection, elder abuse, divorce, child custody, and child support. Its attorneys also work on behalf of relative caretakers and foster parents in abuse and neglect cases, and do special education work for children who are wards of the state.

Filer

EIN

36-2754650