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Consumer Automobiles (1) Repossession (2) Collection/Repossession (5) Repossession (2) Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (1) Garnishment (1) Credit Practices/Credit Reports (2) Credit Reports (2) Using Credit (1) Loans (4) Other Loans (1) Pay Day Loans (1) Student Loans (1) Predatory Lending (2) Door To Door Solicitation/Home Solicitation Sales Telemarketers (2) Financial Literacy (1) Using Credit (1)	Disability (2)
Education Residency Requirements (4) Special Education/Learning Disabilities (1) Student Loans (1)	Employment Discrimination (1) Other Employment (1) Pensions (1) Termination (1) Occupational Safety and Health (1)
Environmental Justice Lead Paint/Poisoning (2)	Family Law Adoption (2) Child Abuse/Neglect (2) Custody (9) Other Custody (1) Divorce/Separation/Annulment Children's Issues Best Interest of the Child (1) Other Children's Issues (1) Divorce (20) Tax Exemption (2) Legal Separation (1) Domestic Violence (4) Orders of Protection (3) VAWA Issues (1) Grandparent Custody/Visitation/Adoption Issues (2) Guardian Ad Litem (2) Marriage (1) Name Change (1) Paternity (2) Visitation (9) Termination of Parental Rights (1) Child Support (4) Guidelines (2) Modification (1) Other Child Support (8)
Food Programs Food Stamps (2) Reduction/Termination of Benefits (1) Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (1)	Guardianship & Conservatorship (1) Child Abuse/Neglect (2) Guardianship of Minors (2) Powers of attorney/advance directives/living wills (1) Living Wills (1) Powers of Attorney (1)
Health (1) Lead Paint/Poisoning (2) Children's Health Insurance Programs (1) Duty to Serve Low-Income Population (1) Life-Sustaining Treatment (1) Medicaid (9) Eligibility (3) Medicare (1) Coverage (1) Part D (Prescription Drug Program) (25) Nursing homes (7) Quality of Care (3) Powers of attorney/advance directives/living wills (1) Living Wills (1) Powers of Attorney (1)	Housing Discrimination Federal Fair Housing Act (5) Disability (2) Local Fair Housing Protections (1) Other Discrimination (1) State Fair Housing Laws (3) Victims of Domestic Violence (1) FMHA Housing Programs (1) Federal Housing Programs (2) Admissions (4) Eligibility (1) Evictions (1) Grievance Procedures (2) Individual Tenant Rents Income Disregards (2) Section 8 (1) Other Federal Housing Programs (3) Other Public Housing (5) Section 8 (3) Homelessness (5) Homeownership (12) Foreclosure (2) HUD-Insured Mortgages (1) Mobile Home Issues (7) Mortgages (6) Other Federally-Subsidized Mortgages (1) Other Homeownership (7) Home Equity Conversion/Reverse Mortgage (4) Landlord/Tenant (Non-Federal Housing Programs) (6) Code Compliance (7) Rent/Rent Control (2) Evictions (5) Notice Defense (5) Retaliatory Eviction (3) Leases (13) Other Landlord/Tenant (7) Security and Damage Deposits (6) Tenant Participation/Tenant Organizations (2) Termination of Utility Service (8)
Immigration (2)	Juveniles Adoption (2) Child Abuse/Neglect (2) Guardianship of Minors (2) Emancipation (1) Termination of Parental Rights (1)
License (Auto & Others) Auto Drivers License (1)	Public Utilities/ Energy (1) Energy Assistance (2) Lifeline Services (2) Other Public Utilities/Energy (1) Telephone (2) Termination of Utility Service (8)
Senior Citizens (2) Nursing homes (7) Quality of Care (3) Home Equity Conversion/Reverse Mortgage (4) Powers of attorney/advance directives/living wills (1) Living Wills (1) Powers of Attorney (1) Predatory Lending (2)	Social Security/SSI (3) Social Security (2) Social Security Disability Benefits (2) Supplemental Security Income (1)
Taxation Income Taxes (4)	Unemployment Compensation/ Unemployment Insurance (2)
Veterans/Military Veterans' Benefits (2)	Welfare/TANF (1) Eligibility (1) Work Requirements And Domestic Violence (1)
Wills/Estates (1) Living Wills (1)