An Indiana Legal Help Kiosk recently was installed in the Jackson County Public Library’s main library at 303 W. Second St., Seymour.
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An Indiana Legal Help Kiosk has been installed in the Jackson County Public Library’s main library at 303 W. Second St., Seymour.
The kiosks provide a way for Hoosiers to easily access IndianaLegalHelp.org, an Indiana Bar Foundation program connecting Hoosiers to legal resources and services.
The Indiana Legal Help website, which has seen more than a million visits since its launch, includes legal forms, instructional videos, referrals to free and low-cost legal services and a statewide calendar of free legal advice clinics.
The kiosks will initially focus on serving Hoosiers facing eviction or housing instability and will expand to include other legal topics later next year. The ADA accessible kiosk has a printer and a scanner.
“We are so pleased to offer this wonderful resource to any member of our community. An Indiana Legal Help Kiosk at the Seymour Library means that more people can access legal information and resources, including those who don’t have reliable Internet or the ability to print or scan documents at home,” library Director Julia Aker said.
The Indiana Legal Help Kiosk is part of an initiative to place 120 kiosks in communities around the state. This opportunity is the result of a partnership between the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority and the Indiana Bar Foundation to increase housing stability legal services using federal funds made available through the Emergency Rental Assistance 2 Program.
“We are grateful to the organizations around the state that are partnering with us to make this valuable resource available in their community. Through IndianaLegalHelp.org and a network of statewide partners engaged in assisting Hoosiers facing housing-related civil legal issues, the foundation is uniquely positioned to expand services statewide and connect more Hoosiers with legal services,” foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Charles Dunlap said.
The Indiana Legal Help Kiosk will be available to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
For housing and other legal needs, you can always check out the legal resources available at IndianaLegalHelp.org.