Who is eligible for services?

To determine eligibility MILS staff will ask questions upon intake:

• Legal Issue- MILS may assist in specific areas such as Indian Child Welfare and Tribal Housing. Areas of law we may not assist with include state and federal criminal charges. We also do not handle tribal election disputes or disenerollment. We will not file a lawsuit against a Tribe.

• Income & Asset Eligibility- Different programs have different income level (and asset) requirements. 

• Most allow MILS to only assist clients who fall below 125% of the poverty level and some go up to 200%. For more information, please see the LSC website and MILS' financial eligibility policy. 

• Tribal contracts (Pokagon, Gun Lake, and Nottawaseppi) allow us to use higher income eligibility requirements. 

• Some grants also allow for expanged eligiblity. 

• Conflicts - MILS will check for potential conflicts of interest, and if these are in place will instead provide referrals to other services.