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OREGON Foreclosure Help Website

Foreclosure Help:  New in 2012
Student Loan Complaints
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Other Consumer Fraud & Scams

General Legal Resources
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GENERAL SOCIAL SERVICES HELP LINE -- Mid-Valley 211 serves Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties:   Dial 2-1-1

Need help affording or keeping a cellphone? 
Look into Assurance Wireless, a federally funded program to help people with low incomes by making sure that they can have lifeline phone service.  If you qualify, it's a free phone and 250 minutes a month.  CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
  • Veterans Law Library:  A Comprehensive Collection of Materials Relating to the Veterans Benefits Adjudication Process

  • The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, providing representation to veterans at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

  • Challenging Garnishments

  • Oregon Judicial Department Self-Help pages

    • OregonLawHelp.org -- free site devoted to providing good legal information to Oregonians on many helpful everyday law problem topics
       
  • 211info.org:  8 am - 6 pm Monday-Friday.  Services in over 150 languages on health care, energy assistance, elder care, counseling resources, employment, emergency food and shelter, disability support & advocacy.  211info provides free guidance to people in need by opening doors to nonprofit and public services that can help. Similar to 911 and 411, anyone can dial 211 from their phone, toll-free or they visit 211info.org. We connect people to more than 4,500 Oregon and SW Washington programs across 1,200 areas of need.
     
  • Download a 4-page Salem social services listing here.

  • Oregon Family Support Network: 
    OFSN was founded in 1991 to address the overwhelming need to assist families with navigating the complex maze to access resources and support at the federal, state and local community levels for children and adolescents with special needs (behavioral, emotional, mental, physical, etc.).  OFSN staff and volunteers are working together to build and maintain a critical support network across the state of Oregon and beyond.  Getting the right help at the right time can make all the difference in the world to a family and those whose lives they touch.  There are many ways to support this organization and now is a great time.  Contact     ofsn@ofsn.orgfor more information.
Even more lawyerly fine print:  All links on this page are individually selected by Oregon attorney John Gear as worthwhile for the listed topics, and are provided without fee from or notice to the listed groups or agencies.  However, because the websites given are from independent agencies and organizations, John Gear Law Office LLC assumes no responsibility for content of the listed sites, now or in the future.  I would be grateful if you let me know if any of the links are broken or are returning inappropriate or objectionable content.