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Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) | Disability Rights New Jersey (DRNJ)

Advocates for systemic improvements in service provision to support individuals seeking employment. Offers speaking engagements, workshops, and seminars on SSA program rights, including Ticket to Work. Specializes in individual representation, rights protection, and information and referral for SSA beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries, as well as systemic advocacy.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Welfare to Work Programs
Social Security Disability Insurance

SNAP / Food Stamp Application Assistance Program | Save Latin America

Helps clients determine if they are eligible for Food Stamps/SNAP benefits.

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Welfare Rights Assistance

Legal Assistance | Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

Provides free legal services and legal counseling to low-income individuals. Assists with consumer rights and debt cancellation, domestic violence and sexual assault, education, elder justice, expungements (Clearing Your Record), family and relationships, federal taxes, HIV/AIDS (rya white project), housing, immigration, public benefits, seniors, and veterans.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Individual Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Legal Representation
Housing Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance

Legal Services | Community Justice Center

Offers legal assistance to individuals in need. For those who are seeking assistance with veteran benefits and social security benefits.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance

Legal Assistance | Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

Provides free legal services and legal counseling to low-income individuals. Assists with consumer rights and debt cancellation, domestic violence and sexual assault, education, elder justice, expungements (Clearing Your Record), family and relationships, federal taxes, HIV/AIDS (rya white project), housing, immigration, public benefits, seniors, and veterans.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Individual Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Legal Representation
Housing Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance

Social Security Information and Assistance | National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR)

Advocating for improvements in Social Security disability programs and to ensure that individuals with disabilities applying for benefits have access to representation and receive fair decisions.

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Individual Advocacy
Lawyer Referral Services
SSI
Social Security Disability Insurance
Welfare Rights Assistance

Civil Justice Clinic | Rutgers University School of Law

Advocates for low-income clients, the Civil Justice Clinic addresses various civil cases, focusing on housing, family, consumer law, probate, bankruptcy, unemployment compensation, social security, SSI disability benefits, and other public benefits. Under faculty supervision, students actively engage in cases such as defending eviction actions, assisting tenants with repairs, litigating to recover security deposits, opposing illegal rent increases, and handling cases related to real estate, home repair, car repair, or purchase scams, divorce, custody, alimony, domestic violence, child support, and social security disability. Students undertake the entire legal process, including client interviews, negotiations, drafting legal documents, and conducting depositions and trials. Additionally, the clinic periodically undertakes broader law reform and impact advocacy initiatives on systemic issues within civil poverty law.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Consumer Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance

SNAP Navigator Program | NJ Division of Family Development

Assists individuals with applying for and maintaining SNAP benefits. Walks clients through how SNAP works, eligibility requirements, required documents, the application process, and how to continue receiving benefits.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance

Legal Assistance | Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

Provides free legal services and legal counseling to low-income individuals. Assists with consumer rights and debt cancellation, domestic violence and sexual assault, education, elder justice, expungements (Clearing Your Record), family and relationships, federal taxes, HIV/AIDS (rya white project), housing, immigration, public benefits, seniors, and veterans.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Individual Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Legal Representation
Housing Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance

Community Support Service (CSS) | Everas Community Services

Provides assistance in obtaining adaptive devices, individual client advocacy, housing, information and referral, medical mobility, recreation, self-help groups, social security and other social assistance programs, transportation. Sign language is used by staff. Also has employment services, switchboard operations, and company store.

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Individual Advocacy
Disability Related Transportation
Social Security Disability Insurance
General Medical Equipment/Supplies Provision
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Welfare Rights Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral

Legal Services | Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson - Family and Community Services

Provides a variety of legal services that include: immigration, legal education, landlord/tenant matters, domestic relations, and entitlement advocacy.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Immigrant Visa Application Filing Assistance
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services