About Us

Legal Aid of West Virginia provides free advocacy services to West Virginians, in three ways:

• We handle civil legal problems such as divorces, evictions, and welfare benefit problems throughout the state.
  Click here for a map to find the Legal Aid office closest to you.
  


• We assist residents (and their family members) who live in nursing homes, personal care homes, and other long term care facilities.
  
Click here for more information on our Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.


• We provide services to individuals who live with behaviorial health challenges while in state operated psychiatric hospitals, and in communities throughout West Virginia.
  
Click here for more information on our Behavioral Health Advocacy Program.

We have twelve offices in every part of the state, from Wheeling to Princeton, Martinsburg to Logan.