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If you are in need of legal assistance, please call our toll-free number at 1-800-253-9558 or email info@wpalaw.org
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FOR OVER 50 YEARS, LAUREL LEGAL SERVICES HAS PROVIDED QUALITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN OUR SERVICE AREA WHO WERE IN NEED OF HELP
WE ARE DEDICATED TO PRESERVING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS INCLUDING
HOUSING
Securing and preserving safe, decent, affordable housing for low-income people. This includes keeping individuals in their homes and ensuring essential utility services.
ECONOMIC STABILITY
Providing economic stability for children, families, and individuals. This includes assisting with self-sufficiency through employment opportunities, securing unlawfully withheld wages, and securing all lawful unemployment benefits for which persons would be eligible (SSI/SSD unemployment, public benefits, and educational benefits, etc.)
FAMILY SAFETY & SECURITY
Protecting the safety, health, and independence of low-income individuals and the stability of low-income families. This includes preventing family violence and ensuring that children are in a safe and stable environment.
Depending on the particular civil legal problem, we may provide direct representation, advice, assistance in self representation, brief service/limited legal assistance, or referral to a private attorney (including free and reduced-fee). We also provide community education on legal topics.
Free interpretation services are provided to those with limited English abilities and the hearing impaired.
PLEASE NOTE THAT LAUREL LEGAL SERVICES DOES NOT CRIMINAL OR PERSONAL INJURY CASES
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Project HEALS – Homeless Education and Advocacy Legal Services
This project is funded by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court IOLTA Board. It is a collective social justice/racial equity advocacy initiative that addresses legal barriers to stable housing, homelessness and basic needs for marginalized individuals living in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Project partners include Neighborhood and Southwestern PA Legal Services.
This project is focused on elderly individuals who may lose their homes or shelter. Focusing on elderly individuals who may be facing homelessness, but are not yet homeless, in an effort to keep them in their residences or apartments and out of shelters or hospitals.
There are many ways to address homelessness and currently there are a number of agencies who work with homeless individuals to find them shelter or a place to live. If you are a community organization serving elderly individuals in our counties and you wish to partner with us for this special initiative, contact info@wpalaw.org for more information.
What is the Justice Gap?
It is the difference between the civil legal needs of low-income Americans and the resources available to meet those needs.
The 2022 Justice Gap Study from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides a fresh assessment of the justice gap among low-income Americans in today’s America and against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To read more about the LSC Justice Gap Study, click on the cover.
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