JT for ME - Find Help Fast

Use this short route when the problem is clear in plain language but the best next click is not.

1. If the issue is immediate safety or abuse support:
- Open the Family Hub safety lane first.
- Use crisis and domestic-violence resources before politics, proof, or bill text.

2. If the issue is a hearing, conference, review, or court date this week:
- Open Court Week + Next Hearing.
- Keep the next date, the top paper, the short question list, and the notes page together.

3. If the issue is paperwork, confusion, or a disorganized file:
- Open Prepare + Organize.
- Keep names, dates, notices, orders, and 2-4 core questions in one working folder.

4. If the issue is the official words themselves:
- Open Terms + Basics.
- Translate GAL, magistrate, docket, service, motion, order, judgment, and review language first.

5. If the issue is housing pressure:
- Open the Family Hub housing lane.
- Use the housing guides when eviction, rent, lease, or staying housed is the immediate pressure.

6. If the issue is child support:
- Open the Family Hub child-support lane.
- Use the support-service and review/adjustment routes.

7. If the issue is legal help:
- Open the Family Hub legal-help lane.
- Use clinics, legal-aid organizations, and referral routes.

8. If the issue is carrying something portable:
- Open Packets + Guides.
- Use the shortest route first.

9. If the issue is the broader public record:
- Open State of Maine Families first.
- Use Sources + Proof and Briefs + Data after that.

10. If the issue is the bill itself:
- Open the Citizen Initiative page.
- Use the voter summary, FAQ, and full-text materials without changing the protected initiative lane.

Recommended read order for families under pressure:
Start Here -> Find Help Fast -> Terms + Basics or Prepare + Organize -> Court Week if needed -> Family Hub -> Packets + Guides.