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About this Organization:
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA), a Texas nonprofit corporation, provides a full range of legal services to a significant number of low-income clients and the client community in 72 counties in the East Region of Texas and 4 counties in Southwest Arkansas. LSLA collaborates as a full partner with the equal justice community to meet the legal needs of all low-income Texans. LSLA is the fourth largest legal aid program in the nation based on poverty population, and has a proud tradition of providing high quality legal representation to low-income clients and a long record of community involvement.

Restrictions:
The Angleton Office of LSLA serves Matagorda, Brazoria, and Wharton Counties

About this Organization:
The Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas (AAA), under the federal Older Americans Act, is administratively responsible for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated system of services for the population over age 60. The AAA serves as the leaders, chief advocate and focal point for aging services in Central Texas. Older persons, their families and caregivers face a complicated array of choices and decisions about health and long-term care, social services, income security, insurance, public entitlements, available benefits and housing options. Fragmentation among health and human service agencies adds further to consumer confusion and frustration. To support the ability for consumers to make informed choices and decisions, the AAA directly provides specialized services called Access and Assistance. Access and Assistance include the following services: Information and Assistance, Benefits Counseling, Case Management, and Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Restrictions:
Services provided for senior residents of Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills and San Saba counties.

About this Organization:
Families in Crisis, Inc., a 501(c)(3) United Way agency, was established in 1978 to assist and empower victims of family violence and sexual assault in Bell, Coryell, and Hamilton counties, including Fort Hood, the nation's largest military installation. Services provided include emergency safe shelter; provision of food, clothing, and personal items; transportation assistance and referral to medical, legal, law enforcement and social service agencies in the community; a 24-hour crisis hotline; crisis intervention counseling; support groups; workshops; and educational groups. The agency provides both safe shelter services and outreach services. Families in Crisis, Inc. strives to create a non-judgmental, supportive environment in which victims of family violence and sexual assault can assess their individual situations, plan short-term and long-term goals, and gain necessary information to make decisions which support the attainment of these goals. Our services, which are confidential and free of charge, promote responsibility and self-reliance through this goal-oriented approach, helping clients become more effective as individuals, as parents, and as citizens.

Restrictions:
The organization serves victims of domestic violence in Bell, Coryell, and Hamilton counties (including Fort Hood).