Legal and Financial Services
Legal Services
Legal Services For Maine Elders
Free legal help for Mainers age 60 and older when basic human needs are at stake. They also advocate for people facing challenges accessing Medicare benefits.
5 Wabon Street
Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: (Helpline) 1-800-550-5353 or
(207) 623-1797 TTY:711
www.mainelse.org
Pine Tree Legal Assistance (PTLA)
PTLA is a statewide, non-profit organization committed to providing high quality free civil legal assistance in cases where it can make a difference in one’s ability to meet one’s basic human needs or in enforcing one’s basic human rights including access to housing, food, income, safety, education, and healthcare.
Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Waldo Counties
115 Main Street, 2nd floor
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: (207) 942-8322
Call Hours:
Monday 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Thursday 9:00 am – 11:30 am
In Person:
Wednesday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
www.ptla.org
Maine State Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
Looking for an Attorney? The MSBA can help you find an attorney to hire.
Phone: 1-800-452-1948
www.mainebar.org
Disability Rights Maine (DRM)
DRN advocates for and with people with disabilities in our state. DRM acts to change Maine’s schools, workplaces, businesses and public spaces to ensure that people with disabilities are empowered in their choices.
Phone: 1-800-452-1948
www.drme.org
Maine Equal Justice (MEJ)
Maine Equal Justice focuses its work on many of the issues that affect people’s daily lives – access to adequate health care, housing, transportation and childcare, food and income security, and higher education and training.
Phone: (207) 626-7058
www.maineequaljustice.org
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP)
ILAP is Maine’s only statewide, comprehensive immigration legal aid agency dedicated to education, advocacy, and representation for low-income new Mainers. ILAP assists clients keep their families together, gain protection from persecution and violence, and move toward economic security.
489 Congress Street 3rd Floor
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 780-1593
www.ilapmaine.org
Maine Volunteer Lawyer Project
A legal aid organization that recruits volunteer lawyers to provide free legal information, advice, and representation to Mainers with low incomes who have civil legal problems.
Bangor office: (207) 573-1171 Leave message
www.vlp.org
Master Sergeant Gary Gordon Veteran Center
Offers support for all veterans in Maine, provides resources to educate on services and benefits that are available. Assists with veteran claims and filings, career evaluations and placements.
Provide group peer sessions for TBI and PTSD.
Lincoln Office:
118 Main Street
Lincoln, ME 04457
Phone: (207) 794-3852
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Financial Services
AARP Free Tax Assistance
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide provides tax assistance to anyone, free of charge, with a focus on taxpayers who are over 50 and have low to moderate income. Between January and April AARP offers free tax preparation at the Millinocket Nazarene Church and Saint Peter’s Parish in East Millinocket.
For more information call:
(207) 746-5857
Call 1-888-227-7769 to find another AARP tax preparation site near you.
Medicare Savings Program (MSP)
MSP provides assistance for people struggling to pay for Medicare premiums and prescription costs. This program is income based, there is a limit to liquid assets, and program eligibility is finalized through the Department of Health and Human Services; however, MSP is not part of the MaineCare program and there is no estate recovery. Call Eastern Area Agency on Aging to speak with a Medicare Counselor for more information and to schedule an appointment for application assistance.
Phone: (207) 941-2865 or 1- 800-432-7812
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
www.eaaa.org
Money Minders at Eastern Area Agency on Aging (EAAA)
The EAAA Money Minders program matches trained, insured, volunteers with consumers needing assistance in establishing a monthly budget, paying bills and reviewing monthly statements in a timely and accurate manner. Money Minders is a service for persons 60 years and older who meet income and asset guidelines. For those meeting the requirements, the service is free of charge.
240 State Street
Brewer, ME 04412
Phone: (207) 941 2865 or 1-800-432-7812
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
www.eaaa.org
Maine Revenue Services (MRS)
Maine Revenue Services (MRS) believes that everyone benefits when taxpayers know their rights under the tax laws.
Income/Estate Tax Division
Phone: (207) 626-8475
www.maine.gov/revenue