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HOMELESS LEGAL RIGHTS PROJECT

Legal Aid Service of Broward County's Homeless Legal Rights Project provides assistance to the homeless population in the following areas:

Public Benefits

• Social Security Disability Benefits
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Food Stamp
• Medicaid
• We provide advice and counsel for all types of public and/or government benefits.

Family Law

• Simple divorce
• Name change
• Service provided to clients in homeless shelters.

Driver License

• Obtaining information to assist in restoration of driving privilege.  

Civil Rights

• Ensure that the homeless are treated with dignity, and that their legal rights are protected.

 Referrals

• Make referrals to and provide information for the county resources for housing, food, clothing program, vocational and addiction rehabilitation programs and other resources.

Eligibility:

 A person is considered homeless only when he/she resides in one of the places described below:

• In a place not meant for human habitation, such as cars, parks, sidewalks, abandoned buildings (on the street).
• In an emergency shelter.
• In transitional or supportive housing for homeless persons who originally came from the streets or emergency shelters.
• In any of the above places, but is spending a short time in a hospital or other institution.
• Is being evicted within a week from a private dwelling unit and no subsequent residence has been identified.
• Is being discharged within a week from an institution, such as a mental health or substance abuse treatment facility, or a jail/prison, in which the person has been a resident for more than 30 days.
• Is fleeing a domestic violence housing situation.

Intake:

Tuesday, 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. Broward Outreach Center South
Tuesday, 12:00 -12:30 p.m. Jubilee Soup Kitchen
1st & 3rd Wednesday, 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. Broward Partnership for the Homeless
Thursday, 10:00 - 12:30 p.m. Broward Outreach Center North
Monday - Friday, 9:00 - 5:00 p.m. Legal Aid office (954) 736-2469.

 

Links to Helpful Websites:

Broward Coalition to End Homelessness
The Cooperative Feeding Program

 

Agencies which provides service to the homeless:

Beds Hotline (954) 524-2337 or 1-877-524-2337
Cooperative Feeding Program (954) 792-2328
Healthcare for the Homeless (954) 527-6042
Henderson Mental Health Crisis (954) 463-0911