If you’re in the military, you can use MilTax, a service provided by the Department of Defense that uses a version of H&R Block’s tax software.

It is available for free to active-duty service members as well as those in the Guard or Reserves, as well as their families. There are no income or tax form restrictions.

You can also get free advice from a professional who understands tax issues specific to the military. The phone number is 800-342-9647, or you can live chat with them here.

Connect With Military Tax Consultants
Have a question or need help starting? MilTax consultants are specially trained to help with unique tax situations specific to service members and their families. Reach out 24/7 to schedule a consultation at 800-342-9647. You can also get in-person support at a Volunteer Income Tax Support Assistance, VITA, office location.

Websites:

• MilTax - https://www.militaryonesource.mil/financial-legal/tax-resource-center/miltax-military-tax-services
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The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) is the resource and technical assistance center for a national network of community-based service providers and local, state and federal agencies that provide emergency and supportive housing, food, health services, job training and placement assistance, legal aid and case management support for hundreds of thousands of homeless veterans each year.

What is a Representative Payee (Rep. Payee)?
An individual or organization that the Social Security Administration (SSA) appoints to receive and manage the RSDI (Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance), or SSI (Supplemental Security Income) benefits of another person, also referred to as a beneficiary. A rep. payee must use the benefits they receive for the use and benefit, and in the best interest of, the beneficiary.

What does OPRABA do?

• Reviews of Rep. Payees
• Educational Visits 
• Initial Onsite Assessment of Fee for Service Organizations
• Corrective Action Plans 
• Trainings 
• Information and Referral to Beneficiaries

How can OPRABA help?

• If you suspect that a rep. payee is misusing or improperly using a beneficiary’s funds, contact OPRABA.
• If you have a rep. payee and would like to learn how to be your own payee, contact OPRABA.
• If you are a  rep. payee and you have questions about your duties, contact OPRABA.

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Offers support and advocacy to victims of crime.

Program services are provided free of charge, and there is no legal citizenship requirement to receive assistance.

• The crime should be reported to law enforcement.
• The victim must cooperate in the investigation and prosecution of any known suspects.
• The victim must not have contributed to the events which led up to the crime.
• The Victim Services program provides direct services and reimbursement for victims of crime in Placer County.

Direct services include:

• Court Escort/Court Support
• Emergency Assistance Information and Referral for Shelter
• Food and Clothing
• Follow-up Counseling
• Employer Notification/Intervention

Reimbursable services include:

• Mental Health Counseling
• Medical/Dental
• Wage/Income Loss
• Emergency Moving Expenses

Provides legal reference and research services. Open to the public.

Extensive self-help materials and assistance in preparing legal forms and filings.

Attorney on staff.

Computers available for public use. Fax, scan and copy services.

Notary available (call to check).

Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC) holds a Self-Help Clinic in the Law Library Conference Room, every Thursday (9am-12pm and 1pm-3:30pm) that offers free procedural assistance with legal matters in Civil, Landlord/Tenant, Restraining Orders, Small Claims, and Family Law matters. You must have an appointment.

Call LSNC 530-823-7560 (Monday-Thursday) to talk to a receptionist for an appointment. Do not call the Law Library. LSNC answers its telephone Monday-Thursday 9:30am-12pm and 1:15pm-4pm. Do not leave a message, they will not call you back.

The Law Library also has free forms: landlord-tenant, rental, business, real estate, estate planning, powers of attorney, living wills and hundreds of other forms for your … [read more]

Provides flight assistance via commercial airlines for a child and his/her parents/legal guardians, or an adult patient, to retrieve and attend service dog training as required by the service dog organization.

Provides services to people who are blind or visually impaired including peer and professional counseling, escorted transportation to medical and agency functions, educational classes, and skills training.

Offers clients social opportunities to meet other people who have visual impairments, help in obtaining needed resources and equipment, assistance with blindness related legal or insurance issues, instruction on how to download digital books from the National Library Service.

It is our purpose and mission to provide:

• A comprehensive health program of peer and other counseling support
• Provide educational support, social development and other community based programs to foster physical and mental health
• Develop a personalized program designed to develop independence and forestall institutionalization for the blind and visually impaired of all ages.

We are able to do this by providing transportation, providing a library of visual aids and through peer groups and counseling. Sierra Service… [read more]

Concierge Fiduciary Services provides specialized professional fiduciary services to individuals for the purpose of professional management or legal assignment for matters of probate, estate planning, or powers of attorney.

Lori Cochrane, a licensed professional fiduciary is a founder and principal fiduciary, specializing in matters of the person, serving as power of attorney for health care, conservator of the person, and care and special needs advocate.

Qualified Professional Fiduciaries on staff with Concierge Fiduciary Services specialize in matters of the estate, serving as trustee, successor trustee, special needs trustee, and power of attorney for finances.

A concierge is a person or service that provides assistance with personal business.
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concierge
 
When someone has a fiduciary duty to someone else, the person with the duty must act in a way that will benefit someone else, usually financially. The person who has a fiduciary … [read more]

A Community for Peace is a trauma informed social justice crisis center serving children and adult survivors of domestic violence, family violence, sexual assault and trafficking.

ACFP services:

• 24/7 crisis services
• Emergency shelter
• Crisis line support
• Legal services
• Parenting, domestic violence (dv) education support groups
• Crisis intervention counseling
• Short term peer counseling
• Safe house referrals
• Support groups
• Assistance in obtaining emergency food, clothing, and transportation
• Court accompaniment and advocacy
• Hospital accompaniment and advocacy
• Information and referral
• Community education and outreach

Outreach domestic violence (dv) services are located in Del Paso, Meadowview, Valley Hi, Rancho Cordova, downtown At Sacramento Cares, as well as all surrounding cities, and Placer, El Dorado, and Nevada counties.

All services are unlimited and free with both day and evening sessions. ACFP provides information and referrals to other services in… [read more]

The Sierra College Undocumented Student Center offers guidance and resources to help empower undocumented students and mixed-status families to meet their higher education and career goals. At the same time, the Center strives to educate our campus community about the needs of undocumented youth and their families through its UndocuAlly training programs.

Resources available - https://www.sierracollege.edu/student-services/support-programs/undocumented-student-center/index.php#ally

• Student Support
• Financial Aid Assistance
• Legal Assistance
• Health and Wellness

For enrolled students, legal resources include free legal consultations and coverage of DACA renewal fee.