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

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Welfare Rights Assistance
Catholic Family & Community Services, a Catholic Charities agency in the Diocese of Paterson, provides a variety of legal services that include:- Immigration matters- Legal education- Landlord/tenant matters- Domestic relations- Entitlement advocacy

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General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Immigrant Visa Application Filing Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides legal assistance to individuals in need who are seeking assistance with veterans benefits and social security benefits.

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Legal Representation
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Welfare Rights Assistance
Provides multiple services to individuals and households at risk of homelessness. Programs range from housing and financial counseling to free legal services and survivor advocacy.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Immigrant Visa Application Filing Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
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
Welfare Rights Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance
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.

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

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

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

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Consumer Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
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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Social Security Disability Insurance
Disability Related Transportation
Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
General Medical Equipment/Supplies Provision
Welfare Rights Assistance
Individual Advocacy