(1) Each service provider certified by the Commission on Public Advocacy shall be eligible to receive funds from the Legal Aid and Services Fund to provide free civil legal services to eligible low-income persons in the service area for which it is certified. The funds granted to each service provider from the Legal Aid and Services Fund shall be determined by the commission.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 25-3004

  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) Each service provider is authorized to use funds received from the Legal Aid and Services Fund to provide legal services in civil matters to any eligible low-income person.

(3) A service provider which has received funds from the Legal Aid and Services Fund shall be audited annually.