Advocacy promotes and ensures the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the community. The staff directs efforts toward working with individual consumers, who face difficulties in areas of housing, employment, transportation, remaining independent in the homes, assists with completing applications for immigration, Social Security, and other financial benefit programs. Special services are also offered for underserved minorities who have disabilities.

Provides information on housing. This includes discrimination in housing, tenant-landlord disputes, tenant-landlord rights, and Section 8 regulations to all residents of the coverage area.

Works with individuals, community groups, and government agencies to preserve and extend constitutionally guaranteed rights historically denied based on race. This also includes upholding racial equality, combating racism in all forms through community organizing, training, legislative initiative, and public education, and address the broad spectrum of issues disproportionately and negatively impacting people of color.

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.

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.

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.

Operates a complaint line for reporting civil rights violations in health care and social services based on race, national origin, disability, or age. Specialists investigate and refer cases outside their jurisdiction. Free complaint forms and fact sheets are available. Covers hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, Medicaid/Medicare, welfare programs, daycares, doctors' offices, pharmacies, children's health programs, addiction centers, adoption agencies, and mental health services.

Provides information, advocacy, legal representation, and outreach for individuals with mental illness. It addresses areas like assistive technology, discrimination, health care, institutional abuse, and special education.

Advocacy promotes and ensures the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the community. The staff directs efforts toward working with individual consumers, who face difficulties in areas of housing, employment, transportation, remaining independent in the homes, assists with completing applications for immigration, Social Security, and other financial benefit programs. Special services are also offered for underserved minorities who have disabilities.

Provides assistance for individuals discriminated against by an employer, labor union or employment agency when applying for a job or while on the job because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Aims to improve the social and economic status of minority groups, eliminate prejudice, and keep the public aware of adverse effects of racial discrimination. Provides assistance and links to referrals within the community network.

Enables individuals to file an online complaint about housing discrimination, covering various processes such as apartment rental, home buying, and mortgages. Staff review submitted complaints to determine jurisdiction under civil rights laws, contacting clients for further details or to aid in filing an official discrimination complaint.

Provides individuals with disabilities information on how to file a discrimination complaint against a government office or any business open to the public. Provides online and over the phone support for filing complaints.

Assists individuals who believe they have experienced housing discrimination.

Aims to ensure fair housing policies residents. Provides assistance on filing housing discrimination complaints, referrals on housing issues, education, training and technical assistance for individuals, groups, institutions and other interested parties.

Enables victims of housing discrimination to file a complaint through the Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey. Legal assistance may be available through the agency in following up with a fair housing complaint.