Kansas Legal Services

What Kansas Legal Services does

Kansas Legal Services (KLS) is a statewide nonprofit legal aid organization headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, providing free civil legal assistance to low-income residents across all 105 Kansas counties. Founded as Kansas Legal Services, Inc., the organization serves more than 18,000 people annually through telephone intake (316-267-3975), online applications, regional offices (Manhattan, Seneca, Hays, Salina), self-help centers, and community clinics. Nearly 70% of those served are women, with the client base including working families, veterans, homeowners and renters, people with disabilities, and older adults.

KLS's core product is a portfolio of free interactive legal forms that guide users through questions and automatically generate court documents tailored to Kansas district court procedures. The organization delivers services across five practice areas: family law (divorce, custody, protection from abuse), housing and landlord-tenant (including a new eviction expungement service launched in 2026), consumer/debt (including medical debt), criminal record expungement and driver's license reinstatement, and wills/estate planning. The technology platform is a Drupal-based website ("Open Adocate") with an online application portal available Monday through Thursday, an expungement self-help tool suite, and scheduled statewide clinics. The organization is led by Executive Director Matthew D. Keenan, with Casey Johnson serving as Director of Advocacy and Litigation.

KLS operates as a 501(c)-style nonprofit funded primarily by the Legal Services Corporation (a federal entity established by Congress), United Way of Kansas, the Kansas Bar Foundation, and individual donations channeled through its website and the Dillons Community Rewards program. All services are provided free of charge to eligible clients, and KLS is subject to LSC regulatory restrictions (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq., Public Law 104-134). The organization has no equity investors, no headcount disclosed, and no revenue publicly reported; its primary external partnerships are LSC (funder), United Way (funder), Kansas Bar Foundation (funder), and Stormont Vail Health (medical debt resolution partnership, July 2026).

Name

Kansas Legal Services

Legal name

Kansas Legal Services, Inc.

Website

https://kansaslegalservices.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kansas Legal Services is a statewide nonprofit legal aid organization providing free civil legal assistance—family law, housing, consumer debt, and expungement—to low-income Kansans across all 105 counties, serving over 18,000 people annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Aid Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Civil legal aid
• Nonprofit law firm
• Free legal assistance
• Family law services
• Expungement clinics

Headquarters

HQ city

Topeka

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Corporation Funding: Primary federal funding through Legal Services Corporation (LSC), a nonprofit established by Congress to provide legal aid to Americans who cannot afford it.
2. United Way Support: Funding support from United Way organizations serving Kansas communities.
3. Kansas Bar Foundation: Grant funding from the Kansas Bar Foundation for civil legal aid services.
4. Donations: Charitable donations from individuals and organizations supporting access to justice. Donations can be made through the website and via Dillons community rewards program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kansas Legal Services is a statewide nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal aid to low-income Kansans across all 105 counties. Its core offerings include attorney representation and advice in family law, housing/eviction defense, consumer debt, criminal record expungement, and elder law matters, combined with self-help resources such as interactive online legal forms that auto-generate court documents for Kansas district courts. All services are provided at no charge to eligible clients, with intake via telephone, online application, or in-person visits to regional offices.

Product overview

Kansas Legal Services operates as a statewide nonprofit legal aid organization providing free legal assistance and self-help resources to low-income Kansans across all 105 counties. The organization offers a portfolio of services centered around its free interactive legal forms platform, which automates document generation for Kansas district courts. Key services include tenant rights guidance and eviction expungement assistance following a new 2026 Kansas law, family law matters (divorce, custody, protection orders), housing and landlord-tenant disputes, consumer debt issues, and criminal record expungement. The organization delivers services through a combination of attorney representation, self-help resources, and community clinics, serving approximately 18,000 individuals annually with nearly 70% being women. All core services are provided free of charge to qualifying individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Free Interactive Legal Forms Online legal forms that guide users through simple questions and automatically generate court documents for filing or responding to legal actions in Kansas district courts; available free to low-income Kansans.
• Family Law Services Free legal assistance for qualifying low-income individuals and families covering divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoption, and protection from abuse cases.
• Housing and Landlord/Tenant Legal Services Free legal aid and self-help resources addressing eviction defense, tenant rights, foreclosure prevention, and landlord-tenant disputes for low-income Kansans.
• Consumer and Debt Legal Assistance Free legal help for consumers dealing with debt collection, payday lenders, wage garnishment, and other consumer law issues, including medical debt resolution.
• Eviction Expungement Services Guided assistance for eligible Kansas renters to petition to have eviction records expunged from public view after a three-year clean record, leveraging the Kansas courts' free online portal.
• Expungement and Driver's License Clinics Free, guided help sessions provided to eligible Kansans seeking to clear criminal records or reinstate suspended driver's licenses, offered at scheduled locations throughout the state.
• Expungement Self-Help Resources Educational resources including webinars, flow charts, and forms that help individuals understand and navigate the expungement process for arrest records, criminal convictions, and juvenile adjudications in Kansas.
• Online Application Portal Digital intake system allowing eligible individuals to apply for free legal assistance online; available Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Tenant Issues and Rights Guidance Information resource providing Kansas tenants with guidance on their legal rights before, during, and after a tenancy, covering non-federal housing matters.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves over 18,000 low-income Kansans annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Stormont Vail HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026Stormont Vail Health and Kansas Legal Services combined efforts to resolve medical debt lawsuits. KLS represented individuals named in 11 medical-debt lawsuits. Stormont Vail agreed to waive bills for qualifying patients under its Financial Assistance Policy. Patients who had wages garnished will have funds returned and lawsuits dismissed.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Legal Aid Society of New York: One of the largest LSC-funded legal aid organizations in the U.S., serving New York City across civil, criminal, and juvenile practice areas. Comparable core mission and funding model, but operates at materially larger scale and in a dense urban environment unlike Kansas's rural geography.

Direct peers

• Northwest Justice Project: LSC-funded statewide legal aid program serving low-income residents of Washington state. Comparable in statewide mandate, LSC funding, and self-help resource development for civil legal matters.
• Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County: LSC-funded legal aid serving low-income residents of Palm Beach County, Florida. Comparable in nonprofit legal aid model and civil practice-area mix, though geographically bounded to a single county rather than a statewide mandate.
• Lone Star Legal Aid: LSC-funded statewide legal aid organization serving low-income Texans. Operates the same nonprofit legal aid model with self-help resources, regional offices, and broad civil legal practice areas — directly comparable in mission, funding structure, and delivery model to Kansas Legal Services.
• Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid: LSC-funded legal aid organization serving low-income Minnesotans through multiple regional offices. Directly comparable mission and delivery model, with overlapping practice areas in housing, family, and consumer law.
• Iowa Legal Aid: LSC-funded statewide legal aid serving low-income Iowans. Comparable to KLS in rural service delivery, statewide county coverage, and practice-area mix (family, housing, consumer, expungement).
• California Rural Legal Assistance: LSC-funded legal aid serving low-income rural Californians. Comparable in mission, LSC funding model, and the rural-service-delivery challenges that KLS also faces across Kansas.
• Atlanta Legal Aid Society: LSC-funded legal aid serving low-income residents of the Atlanta metro area. Comparable mission and service model to KLS, though concentrated in a single urban area rather than a full state.
• Colorado Legal Services: Statewide LSC-funded legal aid program serving low-income Coloradans across multiple offices. Closely comparable to KLS in mission, LSC funding model, civil practice focus, and self-help tool deployment.
• Nebraska Legal Aid: LSC-funded statewide legal aid program serving low-income Nebraskans, including rural and Native American populations. Comparable to KLS in geographic dispersion, LSC funding model, and self-help resource deployment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KLSforkansas
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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