ACCESSING MILITARY BENEFITS AND OTHER VETERANS' ISSUES
Helping veterans and their families in most civil legal matters, including military discharge upgrades and accessing VA benefits.​​
​​​​Texas Veterans Legal Assistance Program
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The Texas Veterans Legal Assistance Program is a statewide project dedicated to providing legal assistance at no charge to low-income veterans, their spouses, their dependents, and surviving spouses of deceased veterans.
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We help low-income Texas Veterans and their families find financial relief, secure benefits, challenge discrimination, create estate plans, and make family arrangements, like divorce, custody, and visitation. Legal issues we can help you with include:
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Veterans Benefits and Discharge Upgrades
Sealing Criminal Records
Bankruptcy, Consumer Protections and Contract Disputes
Divorce, Custody, and Child Support
Education (Ex. GI Bill, Hazelwood, Student Loans)
Employment Discrimination
Housing, Eviction, and Foreclosure
Medicare and Medicaid
Estate Planning and Powers of Attorney
Individual Rights
Guardianships
SSDI, SSI, SNAP, & TANF
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ELIGIBILITY
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You must be a Texas resident. You must be a veteran or the spouse, surviving spouse, or a dependent (a minor child or an adult child with disabilities living with the parents) of a veteran. Your household income must be at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
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HOW TO GET HELP
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Texas Veterans Legal Assistance Program
Monday - Friday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
800.622.2520, Option 2​​
​Learn more about veterans' issues on our partner site TexasLawHelp.org​​