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.
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• 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 behavioral 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. Click here for a map of Legal Aid office service areas.

Click here to view Legal Aid of West Virginia's 2010 Annual Report.

Click here to view Legal Aid of West Virginia's 2009 Annual Report.

Click here to view Legal Aid of West Virginia's 2008 Annual Report.