Legal Aid Community Navigators can help apply for benefits
Please note: As of 2022, our Community Navigators are no longer active.
Legal Aid of WV now has Community Navigators who can assist low-income West Virginians, particularly those who lost jobs due to COVID-19, with completing forms, reviewing applications, and processing requests. Community Navigators will work with clients from June 1 to August 20, 2021 and can help with:
- Public benefits
- Unemployment
- Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program
- Taxes (including child tax credit)
- Other programs available to low-income West Virginians
There are four Community Navigators in total, serving all 55 West Virginia counties.
CONTACT A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR
Brian Fletcher – Huntington
Serving Counties: Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne, and Webster counties,
Nick Helmick – Morgantown
Serving Counties: Berkeley, Brooke, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Jefferson, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Preston, Tyler, and Wetzel counties,
Donna Franks – Lewisburg
Serving Counties: Fayette, Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming counties,
David Strange – Clarksburg
Serving Counties: Barbour, Calhoun, Doddridge, Grant, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Pendleton, Pleasants, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur, Wirt, and Wood counties,