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Works with individuals, community groups, and government agencies to preserve and extend constitutionally guaranteed rights historically denied based on race, uphold racial equality, combat 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.

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Discrimination Assistance
Diversity Awareness Training
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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Legal Representation
Discrimination Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Divorce Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Housing Complaints
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Elder Law
Individual Advocacy
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Operates a complaint line for reporting civil rights abuse in health care and social service programs based on race, national origin, disability, or age. Specialists investigate complaints and refer cases beyond jurisdiction. Free complaint forms and fact sheets are available. Handles cases involving hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, Medicaid/Medicare agencies, welfare programs, daycares, doctors' offices, pharmacies, children's health programs, addiction treatment centers, adoption agencies, and mental health/developmental disabilities agencies.

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Discrimination Assistance
Mental Health Facility Complaints
Nursing Facility Complaints
Outpatient Clinic Complaints
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.

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General Consumer Complaints
Government Complaints/Government Ombudsman Offices
Discrimination Assistance
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.
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.
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.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Discrimination Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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.
Provides information on housing, including discrimination in housing, tenant-landlord disputes, tenant-landlord rights, and Section 8 regulations to all residents of the coverage area.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Housing Complaints
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
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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Legal Representation
Discrimination Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Divorce Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Housing Complaints
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Elder Law
Individual Advocacy
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Assists individuals who believe they have experienced housing discrimination.

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Discrimination Assistance
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.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Discrimination Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Aims to improve social and economic status of minority groups and eliminate prejudice; keep public aware of adverse effects of racial discrimination. Gives help and links those in need with appropriate referral within the community network.

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Discrimination Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
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.

Categories

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