KETV — A local effort to help thousands of families facing eviction gains national attention from the White House and the US Attorney General. It’s called the Tenant Assistance Project and four days per week, University of Nebraska Law students and over 20 other organizations transform parts of the second floor of the Lancaster County Courthouse into a coalition of compassion. “To let them know that there is help,” Rachel Tomlinson Dick said. She is a third-year Nebraska Law student who is one of 100 students who have volunteered in the TAP program since it began in April 2020 as the first moratorium on evictions was set to expire. The law students do research on every eviction case coming up, notify renters of their court date and even wait at the elevators for people showing up for hearings to offer free legal advice. “It has meant so much to me. So many of the people that I’ve helped are just they’re all just amazing, hardworking people. That have you know, come onto a hard time,” Dick said. The volunteers direct families to social workers so they can apply for immediate emergency rental assistance and other community programs in the courthouse.