The Legal Services program will provide legal assistance for impacted households facing barriers to recovery.

1. (1) Funding will be provided to eligible subrecipients or OHCS-contracted legal services providers to deliver the following types of assistance:

   1. (a) Replacing identification papers.
   2. (b) Working through insurance claims.
   3. (c) Clearing property titles and working through heirship and probate.
   4. (d) Fighting unlawful evictions and foreclosures.
   5. (e) Combating contractor scams and fraud.
   6. (f) Assistance with school transfers.
   7. (g) Obtaining emergency child custody, visitation, support, and other court orders requiring modification as a result of displacement, injury, or job loss.
   8. (h) Other legal services needed for applicants to complete their recovery through one of the other ReOregon programs.

2. (2) Geographic Eligibility: FEMA IA-declared counties for DR-4562:

   1. (a) HUD-identified MID counties: Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion
   2. (b) Grantee-identified MID counties: Klamath
3. (3) Administration: The funds will be administered by the State of Oregon and/or its subrecipients.
4. (4) Updated program information can be found at the OHCS ReOregon website.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 456.555

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 458.315 - 458.317

History

OHCS 25-2025, adopt filed 05/23/2025, effective 05/23/2025