Resources Available During COVID19 - Colorado Legal Services

Colorado Legal Services (CLS) remains committed to assisting applicants and clients. In order to protect the public and staff, please apply by phone (click here for offices/phone #s) or online (click here). CLS offices are currently not open for walk-in applicants or clients.

How does CLS work?

Colorado Legal Services is a non-profit agency that provides free legal advice, clinics and representation to eligible low-income Coloradans and seniors. Please note: we have an intake process that all applicants must complete (we are not a hotline that people can call for quick guidance without a screening). Also, please understand that, unlike criminal cases, there is no right to an attorney in civil cases for low-income Coloradans. With the resources we have, we do our best every day to provide legal assistance to as many eligible applicants as we can.

COVID-related Resources

• To learn about ways low-income individuals in Colorado can gain access to technologies including computers and internet during COVID19, click here. 
• For guidance about mask-wearing in Colorado, click here.

Courts and Court Processes

• Have to go to a Colorado County court? Get familiar with court staff, protocols and more here.
• Interested in mediation? Click here. To request reduced fees if you use a mediator, click here.
• For important announcements about courts during the COVID19 pandemic, click here.

Employment/Unemployment

• Job Search Navigation Services, English, Spanish
• Appeal of Denial of Unemployment Benefits - click here
• How to learn what type of claim to file (watch videos), open (file online), reopen and manage your claim online - click here (en English y Espanol), CO Depart. of Labor
• Workers' Rights Clinic (click here) - presented by Attorney David Albrechta in collaboration with CLS - Durango Office

Family and Children

To watch videos about help available for domestic violence survivors during COVID-19, click on the following: Safety Planning Video, Protection Orders Video, and Child Custody Video. (A collaboration between SPAN, Safe Shelter of the St. Vrain and Boulder office of Colorado Legal Services.)

• Have a court order about parenting time and not sure what to do during COVID19? Click here for information.
• To access child support services, click here.

Disabilities

• Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition COVID-19 Resources For People With and Without Disabilities - click here
• How to Appy for Disability Assistance - click here
• Reasonable Accomodations and Modifications in Housing - watch video here, presented by Disability Law CO and The Justice Center, Pikes Peak Region

Housing

Rental Assistance

• For a video tutorial on how to apply for rental assistance, click English, or Spanish.
• Map of Statewide Rental Assistance in Colorado - click here, and list of resources/help available for those seeking rental assistance statewide, click here.
• Online Application for Department of Human Services Help - click here
• Statewide Rental Assistance Resource Packet, English, Spanish

Landlord/Tenant

• Best Practices for Landlord Tenant Communication - for video, click here, presented by The Justice Center, Pikes Peak Region, CO

Eviction

• Learn about a potential alternative to eviction - click here

Resources

• Resources, Denver Metro Area (general) - English, click here, Spanish, click here.
• Resources, Weld County, click here
• Metro Denver COVID Combined Resources, English, Spanish
• Veterans Housing Resources throughout CO - English, Spanish

ID Project

• CLS ID Project Website w/ Additional Information - click here
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - click here
• Colorado DMV Closures and Delays - click here

Public Benefits, Health and Senior Issues

Food Help

• CO Food Assistance during COVID19 - English, click here; Spanish, click here
• Food Resources during COVID19 - click here for English and Spanish

Health-Related

• Did a nursing home or assisted-living facility take your stimulus check? Click here for more information.
• Medicaid
  • Update Your Adddress As Soon as Possible
  • Information during COVID-19 - English; Spanish
• Nursing Home Residents, Medicaid, and Stimulus Checks: What you Need to Know - click here (National Center on Law and Elder Rights)
• Getting Health Care Coverage through Health First Colorado, click here, and Child Health Plan Plus - click here
• Social Security & Coronavirus - click here, SS and the Stimulus Act - click here

Estate Planning

• Financial help is available for those planning COVID-related funerals.
• Information about Estate Planning can be found on this site - click here
• Estate Planning Workshop/Video - Colorado Legal Services - click here

Taxes

• Child Tax Credit resources can be found here
• Information about Stimulus Checks and Taxes - click here
• IRS People First Initiative - providing relief to help people facing uncertainty over taxes - click here
• Ways you can Still File Your Taxes during Self-Isolation - click here

Thank you, and please stay safe.