FRANKFORT, Ky. - Free legal assistance is available to disaster survivors in Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Whitley counties who were affected by the July 26, flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
Kentuckians who need help can call 844-478-0099 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. If after business hours, survivors can leave a message and calls may be returned on the next business day. The hotline is available to connect survivors to free legal services in qualifying counties who cannot afford an attorney.
Legal Aid may be able to help survivors in the following ways:
* FEMA and SBA financial benefits
* Home repair contracts and property insurance claims
* Re-doing wills and other important legal documents destroyed in the disaster
* Price gouging, scams or identity theft
* Landlord or tenant problems, or threats of foreclosure
* Disability-related access to federal, state and local disaster programs
Hotline partners cannot help in all cases. For example, they cannot take cases where a settlement could include legal fees or an award. But we can refer those cases for other legal help.
The Disaster Legal Services (DLS) program works with state and local partners to provide free legal help for low-income disaster survivors. The service is a partnership between the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, FEMA, AppalReD Legal Aid, Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, American Red Cross, Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, Northern Kentucky Bar Association and Lawyers Mutual of Kentucky.
For the latest information on Kentucky flooding recovery, visit femagov/disaster/4663 and follow FEMA on Twitter at twitter.com/FEMARegion4. Visit the Governor’s website at governor.ky.gov/disaster-response/flood-response.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency
