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Provides legal advocacy, court accompaniment, and legal clinics for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
* Provides free and confidential services to those affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, or other violent crimes.
  • 24 Hour Hotline
  • Emergency Housing Assistance for Survivors
  • Crisis & Short Term Domestic Violence and Assault Survivor Counseling
  • Information & Referrals
  • Advocacy with Legal Proceedings
  • Support Groups
  • Community Education & Training
  • NYC Crime Victims Assistance
  • Assistance with Family Court Petitions
  • Adult & Child Therapy
  • SANE - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program

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Information and Referral
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Life Care Planning
Domestic Violence Shelters
Public Awareness/Education
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic Violence Hotlines
General Crime Victim Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault Counseling
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 Intervention Programs
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines
* 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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Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Discrimination Assistance
Elder Law
General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Health Law
Legal Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
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 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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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
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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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Counseling
Legal Representation
Provides non-residential services to victims of Domestic Violence. Services include safety planning, basic counseling, case management, hospital accompaniment, domestic violence awareness/education, temporary assistance waivers/housing assistance, transportation, and referrals for immigrant/immigration services, safe dwelling/shelter, legal assistance, and other relevant supportive services. Also provides court advocacy including help with preparation and filing of Family Court documents such as orders of protection and custody, and will accompany victims to court upon request. All services continue to be available after hours via the Orleans County Sheriff's Dispatch.

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Spouse / Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Transportation for Endangered People
Crime Victim Support
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Spouse / Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
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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Immigration Courts
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Family Court can help residents obtain an Order of Protection, file a violation, obtain custody of children, get child support, get child visitation rights, settle paternity issues, adoption, family violence issues, juvenile delinquency, foster care placements, Child neglect, abuse, or abandonment, guardianship, and Persons in Need of Supervision.

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Temporary Restraining Orders
Permanent Restraining Orders
Specialized State Courts
Foster Care Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Criminal Temporary Protective Orders
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Emergency Protective Orders
Emancipation of Minors
Paternity Suits
Provides free legal services (orders of protection, child support, custody, spousal support and divorces, etc.) for domestic violence victims and survivors in Westchester and Putnam.
Provides counseling, support groups, parenting groups and referrals to victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and victims of domestic violence who are incarcerated. Offers transportation and bilingual court advocacy to help victims access legal options. Special group counseling services for children who are victims/witnesses of domestic violence.

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Abuse Counseling
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Volunteer Opportunities
Spouse / Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic Violence Support Groups
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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Consumer Law
Permanent Restraining Orders
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Temporary Restraining Orders
Criminal Temporary Protective Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Immigration / Naturalization Services
Provide legal representation/advocacy for DV survivors in family court matters and other legal areas.
Assists victims of domestic violence with accessing the needed resources, such as applying for public assistance, legal questions, financial and housing issues, and much more.

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Individual Advocacy
Case / Care Management
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
The Town Court hears cases for legal matters that occur within the boundaries of Southeast.

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Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Civil State Trial Courts
Specialized State Courts
Temporary Restraining Orders
Criminal Temporary Protective Orders
Offers free consultation and legal services to low income victims of domestic violence.

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Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
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 such as housing/homelessness, evictions, foreclosure, domestic violence, unemployment insurance denials, re-entry, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) denials, and other legal problems. The Jamestown Office of LawNY helps qualified clients in Chautauqua County. ##REENTRY##

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Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Individual Advocacy
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
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Protective / Restraining Orders
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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Consumer Law
Permanent Restraining Orders
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Temporary Restraining Orders
Criminal Temporary Protective Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Immigration / Naturalization Services
Offers a safe place where victims can go to talk with a counselor, get legal help such as obtaining an Order of Protection and child support, learn about making a safety plan, find out about domestic violence shelter services, access public assistance, spiritual support and much more.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Sexual Assault Counseling
Family Justice Centers
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Provides the courts to deal with civil, supreme, family and surrogate issues in the county.

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Temporary Restraining Orders
State Supreme Court
Specialized State Courts
Civil State Trial Courts
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Family Court can help residents obtain an Order of Protection, file a violation, obtain custody of children, get child support, get child visitation rights, settle paternity issues, adoption, family violence issues, juvenile delinquency, foster care placements, child neglect, abuse, or abandonment, guardianship, and Persons in Need of Supervision.

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Specialized State Courts
Paternity Suits
Foster Care Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Alimony Assistance
Emancipation of Minors
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Divorce Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Criminal Temporary Protective Orders
Permanent Restraining Orders
Temporary Restraining Orders
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
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Protective / Restraining Orders
Provides trained legal advocates to accompany victims of domestic violence and sexual assault to court, to explain legal processes and to assist in obtaining orders of protection, visitation, custody and child support. Services available at the Riverhead, East Hampton and Southampton offices. Appointment required.

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Individual Advocacy
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services