DeafLEAD (formerly The L.E.A.D. Institute)
2505 W. Ash, Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: Voice/TTY (573)445-5005 Videophone: (573) 303-5604
Missouri Crisis/Text Line: (573)445-5035 or 888-761-4357 or text HAND to 839863
Deaf Crisis Line: 321-800-3323 or text HAND to 839863
FAX: 573-445-5088
Hours: 9:00-5:00 Monday-Friday, Crisis Line 24 hours
Services Statewide: Provide education, advocacy, crisis intervention, counseling, and other direct services for deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind, and late-deafened individuals and families; Missouri Crisis Hotline/Text Line; Deaf Crisis Videophone Hotline, sign language classes for all ages; deaf culture training to agencies; Teen Institute (camp for deaf and hard of hearing youth) teaches alcohol and drug abuse prevention, HIV/AIDS awareness, and other issues facing youth; free counseling for hearing and deaf individuals and their families who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, incest and child abuse, free 24-hour crisis interpreting for Deaf victims of crime.
Fee: Sign language classes – call for current fee
Eligibility: Services provided as needed
Legal Aid of Western MO
305 N. Holden, Warrensburg, MO 64093
660-747-7101 Fax: 660-747-7104
Since 1964, Legal Aid of Western Missouri has provided dignity, self-sufficiency and justice through quality civil (non-criminal) legal aid for those who have nowhere else to turn. The fundamental goal of legal aid services is simple—to provide free legal representation to low-income citizens and to cultivate self-sufficiency among their clients.
Morgan County Courthouse
100 E. Newton, Versailles, MO 65084
Justice Center
211 E. Newton, Versailles, MO 65084
https://www.morgan-county.org/
Sheriff (non-emergency) 573-378-5481
Prosecuting Attorney 573-378-4694
Circuit Clerk 573-378-4413
Assessor 573-378-5459
Treasurer 573-378-4404
Probation and Parole
211 E. Newton, Versailles, MO 65084
573-378-6190
https://doc.mo.gov/divisions/probation-parole
Public Defender's Office for District 26
288 Harwood, Lebanon, MO 65536
417-532-6686 Fax 471-532-6894
The Missouri Public Defender System (MSPD) is the organization responsible for providing legal representation to all indigent citizens accused of or convicted of crimes in Missouri.
State of Missouri: Commission on Human Rights
111 N. 7th St., Ste. 903, St. Louis, MO 63101
314-340-7590
www.labor.mo.gov/mohumanrights/
Housing Discrimination Assistance, Employment Discrimination Assistance
US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division
1222 Spruce Street,Room 9.102B, Saint Louis, MO 63103
(573) 785-1439
Employment Discrimination Assistance, Labor Standards and Practices
US Government Department of Housing and Urban Development
1222 Spruce Street,Suite 3.203, Saint Louis, MO 63103
(314) 418-5400
Administrative Entities, Housing Discrimination Assistance
US Government: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission St. Louis Office
1222 Spruce Street, Room 8.100, Saint Louis, MO 63103
(314) 539-7800
https://www.eeoc.gov/field/stlouis/
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Veterans Clinic - MU School of Law
573-882-7630
http://law.missouri.edu/jd/skills/veterans-clinic/
Students at the University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic help veterans and their families secure disability benefits. Student work is done at the Regional Office and the Board of Veterans’ Appeals levels, as well as before the Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims. Students are supervised by an experienced attorney at each step and have the opportunity to work in a law firm atmosphere within the law school serving real client needs.
Under this program, the Clinic is partnering with the University of Missouri Extension to have students and supervising attorneys visit extension offices throughout the State to educate veterans about available resources, as well as to assist them with disability claims and appeals and discharge upgrades. Clinic personnel will also train attorneys on veterans’ law to increase the number of attorneys qualified to help veterans in Missouri’s rural areas.