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Provides free civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence who cannot afford private legal counsel. Services include assistance with orders of protection, child and spousal support, custody and visitation and divorce.

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Provides free civil (non-criminal) legal services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services include family matters including orders of protection, divorces, separations, child custody, and child support as well as legal problems that keep victims from becoming independent from their abusers, including problems with finances, housing, public benefits, access to healthcare, and immigration.

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Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides free civil (non-criminal) legal services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services include family matters including orders of protection, divorces, separations, child custody, and child support as well as legal problems that keep victims from becoming independent from their abusers, including problems with finances, housing, public benefits, access to healthcare, and immigration.

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Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Offers consultations with attorneys who are knowledgeable about legal issues related to domestic violence.

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Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides assistance to victims of domestic violence with legal issues relating to their abuse by providing legal advice and representation as well as free consultations on non-criminal legal issues resulting from domestic violence.
* Provides legal services and counseling for civil matters to low-income people. Legal education and information. Health care advocacy. Elder Law advocacy. SSI disability advocacy. Domestic violence/victims of a crime. Medicare and Medicaid legal problems and denials. Fair housing enforcement/ housing discrimination and education. Public benefits such as SNAP. * Provides legal information to people who are homeless, at risk of losing their housing, or have a public benefits termination or denial; this includes: Evictions. Foreclosures. * Provides information for referrals for civil legal needs that are not listed. Resources can oftentimes link people with a source of assistance.

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Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Will Preparation Assistance
Elder Law
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Health Law
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Assists all victims regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Provides court and service accompaniment, support, and advocacy for victims of domestic violence. Offers crisis intervention, case management, individual and group counseling.

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Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Offers individual case management, counseling, and support groups for victims of elder abuse.

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Elder Abuse Support Groups
Elder Abuse Counseling
An advocate at Family Court provides assistance with filing for Orders of Protection and child support and custody, Family Court accompaniment, and legal information.

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides a broad range of civil legal assistance to Onondaga County residents who are victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. Services include but are not limited to representation for orders of protection, support, divorce and separation, custody and visitation, power of attorney, and housing-related litigation.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Representation
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides legal advocacy, court accompaniment, and legal clinics for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Offers legal assistance to college students who have been victimized by interpersonal violence and are in need of legal representation, advice, and other legal assistance.
Provides free civil (non-criminal) legal services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services include family matters including orders of protection, divorces, separations, child custody, and child support as well as legal problems that keep victims from becoming independent from their abusers, including problems with finances, housing, public benefits, access to healthcare, and immigration.

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Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides free civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence who cannot afford private legal counsel. Services include assistance with orders of protection, child and spousal support, custody and visitation and divorce.

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Provides specialized civil legal services to survivors who are connected to the military, who are service members or veterans themselves, or who have been abused by service members or veterans. It also offers training and ongoing technical assistance to help attorneys and advocates working with military-related clients provide appropriate and effective services.
Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

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Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Permanent Restraining Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Criminal Temporary Protective Orders
Temporary Restraining Orders
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Immigration / Naturalization Services
Consumer Law
Provides legal representation to victims of domestic violence in Suffolk County relating to family law matters, including obtaining orders of protection and custody.

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Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Protective / Restraining Orders
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

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Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Permanent Restraining Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Criminal Temporary Protective Orders
Temporary Restraining Orders
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Immigration / Naturalization Services
Consumer Law
The Hudson Valley Justice Center offers direct representation and advice to low income residents of the Hudson Valley. The office focuses on the following areas of law: Eviction defense and other landlord-tenant disputes, domestic violence, Benefits hearings for eligible citizens, Immigration, Family Law Matters.

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General Legal Aid
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Immigration Courts
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Afford the victims of domestic violence the greatest protection available. Call for detailed services offered.

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Domestic Violence Protective / Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Case / Care Management
Spouse / Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
A nonprofit law firm that provides free legal aid, including legal representation, advocacy, and other services, to low-income people in 14 counties of Western New York. Provides help with problems relating to housing/homelessness, evictions, foreclosure, domestic violence, orders of protection, family law issues (with referral from the family court), re-entry, unemployment insurance denials, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) denials, government benefits, public assistance, SNAP, and other legal problems. Can also provide community legal education presentations on the topics described above. The Olean Office of LawNY helps qualified clients in Cattaraugus County. ##REENTRY##

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Welfare Rights Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Domestic Violence Protective / Restraining Orders
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Individual Advocacy
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
* The FJC is not currently accepting walk-ins or in-person meetings at any location. Advocates are still be available by phone, email, and our online chat-box. If you are having an emergency, and need immediate help, please dial 911. For help with other questions, please call the FJC SafeLine at 716-558-SAFE (7233). * Provides access to various services for victims of domestic violence and unsafe relationships, including advocacy, civil legal assistance, safety planning, counseling, shelter referrals, and access to criminal and civil courts. Partners with various agencies on-site. Speakers' bureau covering domestic violence topics available. Does not serve perpetrators. FJC SafeLine/Hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and website chat box available www.fjcsafe.org.

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Family Justice Centers
Sexual Assault Treatment
Spouse / Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Protective / Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Offers legal assistance in the following areas: - Disability: Offers disability rights services and legal advice/representation to developmentally disabled individuals and others. - Family Problems: Provides assistance with kinship custody and assistance for victims of domestic violence. - Housing Problems: * Until further notice, the Housing Unit can only provide assistance with ERAP application issues and illegal lockout emergencies (ex: landlord changed locks, stopped a utility, etc. without going to court); cannot assist with any other housing-related issues at this time.* Typically helps tenants who are facing eviction or who have been locked out of their apartments. Helps people who are applying for public or subsidized housing who have been denied, or tenants in public or subsidized housing who are worried about losing their subsidy or who have questions about how their rent has been calculated. Helps tenants whose landlords are not making necessary repairs and who are forced to live under unsafe or hazardous conditions. Also provides legal assistance and advocacy to people who have encountered discrimination while looking for housing, or during their tenancy. - Entitlements Advocacy: Assists tenants with welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, and utilities.

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Welfare Rights Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance

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Low Income / Subsidized Private Rental Housing
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Senior Companion Program
Adult Day Programs
Congregate Meals / Nutrition Sites
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Crime Victim Support
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Advocacy
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Senior Ride Programs
Case / Care Management
Older Adult Social Clubs
Family Preservation Programs
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
A domestic violence program comprised of advocates and social workers located within the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Provides supportive counseling, resources, case management, and safety planning to survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Specializes in providing advocacy within criminal courts and helping survivors review their options regardless of whether they have a criminal case. Free services are provided to anyone who identifies themselves as a victim of Domestic Violence. Services include BE SAFE Hotline; court accompaniment and advocacy; counseling; crisis case management; help with safety planning; information and referrals for counseling, housing, and other programs; help communicating with the Assistant District Attorney and police; help with medical, housing, employment and financial needs; education and training about abuse; assistance in filing Family Court Family Offense petitions; and VINE program registration for offender release information.

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Spouse / Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Crime Victim Support
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Specialized Information and Referral