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
• We provide advice and counsel for all types of public and/or government benefits.

Family Law

• Simple divorce
• Name change
• Service provided only 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 am – 12:00 pm – Broward Outreach Center South
Tuesday, 12:00 – 12:30 pm – Jubilee Soup Kitchen
Every other Wednesday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Broward Partnership for the Homeless
3rd Wednesday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Henderson Village
Thursday, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Broward Outreach Center North
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – 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
• St. Laurence Chapel (954) 972-2958
• Henderson Mental Health Crisis (954) 463-0911