Thanks to the IL Armed Forces Legal Aid Network (IL-AFLAN), more than 6,800 Illinois veterans, active duty military and their families have received critical legal assistance over the past two years. And that’s just one measure of IL-AFLAN’s impact. Here are some other major milestones:

• Secure more than $4.68 million in financial benefits for veterans through preserved assets, access to financial benefits, etc.
• Helped more than 276 veterans avoid homelessness
• Fielded more than 16,000 hotline calls with an average wait time of just 6 minutes before a veteran spoke to an attorney