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Public Benefits Success Stories
 The Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i’s Public Benefits Unit assists low-income individuals with issues in the area of public benefits law, including: Applications & Appeals for Financial Assistance, Food Stamps, and Medical Benefits from the Department of Human Services, as well as federal Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and Social Security Retirement benefits.
Please read some of Legal Aid’s Public Benefits Law Success Stories below.
Benefits Threatened Because They Sold Their Home
Legal Aid assists a disabled man and his wife to get back on public assistance after being disqualified for selling their home. Click HERE to read more.
Helping a Young Man Get Financial Support
Legal Aid assists an 18-year-old man, suffering from epilepsy and chronic seizures, to receive a monthly income and support his basic needs. Click HERE to read more.
Terminated from Program Despite Severe Disabilities
Legal Aid assists a 36-year-old woman with severe back injuries to successfully appeal her termination from public benefits. Click HERE to read more.
Helping Lehua Obtain Benefits
Legal Aid assists a woman suffering from a severe heart condition to obtain financial assistance after being denied initially. Click HERE to read more.
Disabled Woman
Legal Aid Helps Disabled Woman With Food Stamps & General Assistance. Legal Aid assists a 49-year-old Vietnamese woman to obtain financial assistance and food stamps. Click HERE to read more.
Legal Aid gets Client Benefits Dating Back Several Years
Legal Aid assists a 43-year-old man with severe heart disease to receive over 5 years worth of back payments from Social Security. Click HERE to read more.
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