Advocacy services for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Staff and volunteers of the program help ensure that residents enjoy the best possible quality of life by promoting, protecting, and providing education on the rights of residents.
Advocates for residents living in licensed long term care facilities.
Advocates for the rights of residents of long term care facilities through empowerment, problem-solving, and conflict resolution.
MANAGED CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM advocates for the rights and needs of Medicaid managed care members in Iowa who live or receive care in a health care facility, assisted living program or elder group home, as well as members enrolled in on of Medicaid’s 7 home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver programs (AIDS/HIV, Brain Injury, Children’s Men...
Advocate that protects and promotes the rights of nursing home and assisted living facility residents.
Indian Child Welfare Act covers enrolled or eligible to enroll unmarried children under age 18. Children are eligible to be enrolled if one biological parent is a registered member of a federally recognized tribe. Proceedings covered include foster care placements, termination of parental rights, pre-adoptive placement, and adoptive placement.
Provides free civil legal assistance to Native Americans either living in Nebraska or having a legal issue pending in a tribal, state, or administrative court located in Nebraska. All Native American Program attorneys are licensed to practice law in the State of Nebraska and in the Omaha, Ponca, Winnebago, and Santee Sioux Nation tribal courts. The...
Notary services available at the township free of charge.
NOTARY PUBLIC services available by appointment. Call for more information.
Offers library services to the residents of Des Moines. Curbside pickup available, request books from the online catalog, and wait for a confirmation they are ready to pick up.Notary services are also available through the library. Visit https://www.dmpl.org/notary-services to learn more.
Available at Des Moines City Clerk's Office, City Hall (E. 1st and Locust Street), First Floor Capitol Building (Notary Office).
Available most daytime weekday hours and some evenings and weekends.
Offers the services of a public guardian/conservator for persons in need of a surrogate decision maker. A person may be eligible for this program if the initial investigation by the Department of Human Services (DHS) finds exploitation and/or self-neglect/abuse.
Provides a neutral professional to act as guardian or/and conservator as determined by the court.
Conservator, Guardian and Executor of Estate Services.
Guardianship services are needed when no other viable alternatives are available for a person who has become incapable of managing his or her own financial and/or personal affairs. Establishing a guardianship is a legal process and is determined by the courts. Many factors, including mental and physical health, personal environment, and financial s...
Protective/Restraining Orders note: Pro Se (without an attorney) may be filed in the Courthouse. Emergency petitions filed after 4:30 pm or on weekends: contact Polk County Sheriff's office at Polk County Jail.
Information and referral regarding disabilities issues for those in South Central Nebraska.Educational advocacy for students with disabilities.
IOWA TREASURER OF STATE THE GREAT IOWA TREASURE HUNT maintains access to unclaimed or lost financial property. The property can be from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance companies, trust holdings and utility companies. In addition to money and securities, holdings from safe deposit boxes include such things as watches, jewelry, ...
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