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We have created “Roadmaps” on the VTLawHelp.org website to help Vermonters navigate some common legal and benefits problems. The Roadmaps feature step-by-step directions and short, colorful videos.
New laws took effect on July 1, so it's a good time to visit the page to see updated information.
Now there's an online tool to help people escape abuse. Legal Services Vermont has launched an online guided interview that helps Vermonters prepare forms to ask for protection from abuse.
Vermont Legal Aid and the Root Social Justice Center in Brattleboro are hosting a monthly BIPOC Legal Aid Clinic. BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
Scammers are targeting 3SquaresVT participants through calls, texts, social media and emails. Don’t let them steal your benefits!
You may be able to get free tax filing help. For example, there are tax-filing programs for low- or moderate-income taxpayers and for seniors.
If you are a federal employee or contractor who worked in Vermont and lost work through no fault of your own, you should apply for unemployment compensation benefits.
Vermont recently changed how domestic violence is defined within the civil courts. As of July 1, 2024, the term “coercive control” is included in the definition of abuse in Vermont.
New VTCourtForms guided interview helps Vermonters fill out initial court forms for divorce, legal separation and civil union dissolution.
Many Vermonters can get health insurance plans with lower premiums and out-of-pockets costs in 2025.
