Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) is an unrestricted civil legal services program. ABLE works with sister-organization Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. (LAWO), a federally funded legal services program, to provide high quality, legal assistance in civil matters to help
eligible low-income individuals and groups in Ohio to achieve self-reliance, economic opportunity and equal justice. Among the projects housed in the Toledo office are the Migrant Farm Worker and Immigration Program (MFWIP).  The MFWIP represents migrant farm workers statewide and non-agricultural immigrants in a 32 county service area of western Ohio. The MFWIP also has special funding to represent detained immigrants in Ohio.