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2000
RESOURCE GUIDE
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LEGAL
SERVICES
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Agency
Name
& Address |
Contact
Information |
Program
Description |
| Community
Health Advocacy Project (CHAP) 225 Bush St., Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104 |
Tel:
(415) 982-1300 TDD: N/A Fax: N/A |
A project of the SF Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, CHAP helps SF residents with very low incomes gain access to health care. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A | ||
| Legal
Services for Children 1254 Market St., 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 |
Tel:
(415) 863-3762 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 863-7708 |
Comprehensive, free legal services for children. Experience with developmental disabilities issues varies depending on staff. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A | ||
| Protection
& Advocacy, Inc. (PAI) 449 - 15th St., Suite 401 Oakland, CA 94612 |
Tel:
(800) 776-5746 TDD: (510) 839-0811 Fax: (510) 839-5780 |
PAI is a nonprofit agency that works in partnership with people with disabilities to protect, advocate for and advance their human, legal and service rights. |
| E-mail: legal@pai-ca.org Web site: www.pai-ca.org | ||
| San
Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation 225 Bush St., 7th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 |
Tel:
(415) 982-1300 TDD: N/A Fax: N/A |
Provides legal assistance for low-income San Francisco. The Welfare Advocacy Unit assists with Social Security, SSI, General Assistance, Medi-Cal, Medicare, TANF, food stamps and unemployment insurance problems. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A | ||
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Bar Association, Lawyer Referral Service 465 California St., Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94104 |
Tel:
(415) 989-1616 TDD: (415) 782-8985 Fax: (415) 477-2389 |
Lawyer Referral Services refers clients to experienced, insured attorneys in San Francisco. It screens for eligibility for free services and makes appropriate referrals to other agencies. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: www.sfbar.org | ||
| Volunteer
Legal Services Program of the Bar Association of San Francisco 465 California St., Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94105-4212 |
Tel:
(415) 782-8969 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 477-2390 |
Provides free legal assistance to children with disabilities facing SSI issues -- applications, terminations, overpayments. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: www.sfbar.org | ||
| Youth
Law Center 114 Sansome St., Suite 950 San Francisco, CA 94103 |
Tel:
(415) 543-3379 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 956-9022 |
A national non-profit public-interest law organization that works to protect disadvantaged children, focusing on those who are apart from their families and living in foster care or the juvenile justice system. |
| E-mail: info@youthlawcenter.com Web site: www.youthlawcenter.com | ||
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The resource list above is for your information; it is not necessarily comprehensive and is not an endorsement of the services offered. If you find that any of the information is incorrect, if you would like to offer any feedback, or if you know of additional resources that may be helpful to include in the future, please let us know. You can call us at (415) 920-5040, e-mail us at info@supportforfamilies.org or write to us c/o Open Gate, 2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110. Thank you to all the agencies who completed our Request for Information form and thank you as well to community resource databases such as Helplink and the San Francisco Public Library Community Connection for lending valuable assistance. |
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