GEORGIANS CAN GET HELP RESOLVING ISSUES USING FREE DISASTER LEGAL
SERVICES
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250130/georgians-can-get-help-resolving-issues-using-free-disaster-legal-services]


Release Date: 
1월 22, 2025 

Free legal counseling, assistance and/or referrals are available for
Georgia residents in designated counties as they recover from Tropical
Storm Debby [http://www.fema.gov/disaster/4821], (damage Aug. 4–20,
2024) and Hurricane Helene
[http://www.fema.gov/disaster/4830]  (damage Sept. 24—Oct. 30,
2024). People do not need to apply for FEMA Assistance to receive
Disaster Legal Services. 

Georgia residents can use this service to receive confidential, free
legal assistance due to the disasters, who do not have the means to
secure adequate legal services. Services typically provided include:

	* Assistance with securing FEMA and other government benefits
available to disaster survivors
	* Assistance with life, medical, and property insurance claims
	* Help with home repair contracts and contractors
	* Counseling on mortgage-foreclosure problems
	* Assistance in consumer-protection matters, remedies, and procedures
	* Replacement of identity and other important legal documents
destroyed in either of the disasters
	* Counseling on landlord-tenant problems

Individuals who are interested in receiving this legal assistance can
call the toll-free legal hotline at 1-866-584-8027 or 404-527-8793.
The hotline accepts calls 24-hours a day, however, people may be
prompted to leave a message and a specialist will contact them as soon
as possible. When calling, people need to identify which storm caused
damage to their home or personal property, what storm-related issue
they need legal assistance with and the county where the storm-damaged
property is located.

Disaster Legal Services are available to eligible homeowners and
renters whose primary residence is in Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben
Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Camden,
Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook,
Dodge, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fulton, Glascock,
Glynn, Hancock, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson,
Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, McDuffie, McIntosh,
Montgomery, Newton, Pierce, Rabun, Richmond, Screven, Stephens,
Taliaferro, Tattnall, Telfair, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware,
Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilkes. counties

The service is a partnership between the American Bar Association's
Young Lawyers Division and Georgia Team Ready, a collaboration between
Alston & Bird LLP, Georgia Legal Services Program, Kilpatrick Townsend
& Stockton LLP, King & Spalding LLP, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
LLP, and the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia and
FEMA. Disaster Legal Services attorneys are not FEMA employees. They
are volunteers who provide survivors with legal counseling, advice,
and, when appropriate, legal representation in non-fee-generating
cases that are not against the federal government. 

More information about legal assistance for Georgia disaster survivors
is available online at the Georgia Legal Aid website
[https://www.georgialegalaid.org/resource/legal-assistance-hotline-for-georgia-disaster-survivors#i428AFC67-7BBC-4FC7-B6B1-E3E0856F0729].

_For the latest information about Georgia’s recovery,
visit __fema.gov/helene/georgia_
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4830]_ and __fema.gov/disaster/4821_
[http://www.fema.gov/disaster/4821]_. Follow FEMA on X
at __x.com/femaregion4_ [https://x.com/femaregion4]_ or follow FEMA
on social media at: __FEMA Blog_ [https://www.fema.gov/blog]_ on
fema.gov, __@FEMA_ [https://twitter.com/FEMA]_ or __@FEMAEspanol_
[https://twitter.com/FEMAEspanol]_ on X, __FEMA_
[https://www.facebook.com/FEMA]_ or __FEMA Espanol_
[https://www.facebook.com/FEMAespanol]_ on Facebook, __@FEMA on
Instagram_ [https://www.instagram.com/fema]_, and via __FEMA YouTube
channel_ [https://www.youtube.com/user/FEMA]_. Also, follow
Administrator Deanne Criswell on X __@FEMA_Deanne_
[https://twitter.com/FEMA_Deanne]_._