DLDallas Legal Hospice
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About Dallas Legal Hospice
Dallas Legal Hospice gives low-income people living with terminal illnesses or HIV disease free, high-quality legal help when life is already asking too much. In 2024, it served 170 people and opened cases in public benefits, estate planning, housing, employment, and insurance, the kinds of issues that can decide whether someone keeps a roof over their head, keeps benefits coming in, or gets basic plans in place. For donors, the appeal is straightforward: this is practical legal support delivered with speed and compassion to people who need both at once.
What sets Dallas Legal Hospice apart is its focus. It centers legal aid on people living with terminal illnesses or HIV disease, and it stays with the real-life issues that tend to pile up around those diagnoses, like housing, benefits, insurance, employment, and estate planning. That makes the help feel less like a single legal service and more like a safety net for a very specific, very vulnerable moment.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Estate planning
Helps clients create wills, powers of attorney, living wills, and guardianship declarations.
Insurance
Assists with health insurance, life insurance, disability benefits, credit concerns, COBRA eligibility, and health insurance portability.
Employment
Assists individuals facing employment issues related to HIV or a terminal diagnosis, including benefits programs, ADA compliance, and HIV-related workplace discrimination.
Public benefits
Provides counseling on public benefits, including Social Security, and helps clients with applications and appeals.
Housing
Provides legal support for housing discrimination or eviction tied to an HIV or terminal diagnosis, including eviction defense.
Family law matters
Provides legal assistance with family law matters that are legal issues relating to or impacted by health.
About this work
Mission
To provide high-quality pro bono legal services to low-income persons living with terminal illnesses or HIV.
Who they serve
Low-income people living with terminal illnesses or HIV disease in Dallas and certain surrounding Texas counties.
Their impact
- Provided service to 170 people in 2024.
- Opened 43 public benefits cases in 2024.
- Opened 24 estate planning cases in 2024.
- Opened 25 housing cases in 2024.
- Opened 11 employment cases in 2024.
- Opened 5 individual rights cases in 2024.
- Opened 1 insurance case in 2024.
How your donation helps
- Free pro bono legal services for low-income people living with terminal illnesses or HIV disease.
- Estate planning help, including wills, powers of attorney, living wills, and guardianship declarations.
- Legal assistance with public benefits, housing, employment, and insurance issues.
Need help?
How someone in need can access Dallas Legal Hospice’s services.
People who need legal assistance in estate planning, insurance, employment, public benefits, or housing can complete the contact form with their name, email, phone number, assistance area, and additional information.
Grant support
$112,500 from 3 funders · through 2024 (IRS 990 records).
- HATTIE MAE LESLEY FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 (2024)LEGAL SERVICES FOR
- HATTIE MAE LESLEY FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 (2023)LEGAL SERVICES FOR
- HATTIE MAE LESLEY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 (2022)UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
- Sapphire Foundation Inc — $5,000 (2022)Low-Income Legal Services Support
- HATTIE MAE LESLEY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 (2021)FOR LOW-INCOME,
- HATTIE MAE LESLEY FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 (2020)FOR LOW-INCOME,
- THE DALLAS FOUNDATION — $50,000 (2017)GENERAL SUPPORT
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Dallas Legal Hospice has shared.
Volunteer opportunities
- Assist at fundraising events.
- Help other local nonprofits at their events on behalf of Legal Hospice.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What kinds of legal issues does the organization help with?
It helps with estate planning, insurance, employment, public benefits, housing, and related family law matters.
Who is eligible for services?
It serves low-income people living with terminal illnesses or HIV disease.
How does someone request help?
They can complete the contact form and share their name, email, phone number, the kind of help they need, and a few details so the team can follow up.
Does the organization help with housing problems?
Yes. It can help with housing discrimination or eviction tied to an HIV or terminal diagnosis.
Does the organization help with public benefits?
Yes. It provides counseling on public benefits, including Social Security, and can help with appeals.
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