Family law and poverty law advocate (Burnaby)
The program provides free and confidential legal information, advocacy and referrals to qualifying residents in the Lower Mainland. The program includes family law and poverty law advocates.
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The program provides free and confidential legal information, advocacy and referrals to qualifying residents in the Lower Mainland. The program includes family law and poverty law advocates.
Helps agricultural workers with multiple barriers deal with legal appeals and complaints related to employment insurance, WorkSafeBC, employment standards, and more. They also help with employment-related disability cases, tenancy issues, and more. They offer legal representation and information, maintain resources, and do referrals.
Free help to anyone in Prince George with family law issues. The legal advocate provides information, referrals, advocacy, court support, and assistance with filling out legal forms for parental arrangements, children’s rights, child protection, child or spousal support, separation and divorce, guardianship, protection orders, and FMEP.
Provides legal information, education, and help with problem solving for low-income residents of the West Kootenays. They can help with welfare, family law, tenancy, women’s safety, and poverty survival. They also provide specialized victim assistance to victims of relationship violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Advocacy services are free.
Legal advocates help with legal questions and with tenancy disputes, family law, poverty law, tribunals, hearings, and more for those in the South Okanagan/Similkameen and Boundary country. Open for booked appointments and limited drop-ins.
Free legal family law and poverty law advocacy for low-income people. The family law advocate helps with family law matters like separation/divorce, guardianship, parenting time, support, and child protection. The poverty law advocate helps with applications and reviews for income assistance, PWD, CPP, and advocacy for landlord/tenant disputes.
Provides information, referrals, and representation on issues including various family legal issues (including child protection issues), income assistance (applying for disability benefits and appeals, and more), housing (residential tenancy issues for tenants), and employment issues (employment insurance, employment standards, and CPP).
Legal advocates at the EFry’s Poverty Law Clinic in New Westminster help women dealing with rental disputes, evictions, debt collection, bankruptcy, and mental health and employment standards. You can also get help accessing income programs.
A team of law advocates provide information, legal assistance, referrals, and emotional and court support to victims and their families.
Provides legal assistance, advice, and representation to low-income and vulnerable people in the Downtown Eastside. The advocates provide a broad spectrum of legal advocacy services but mainly focus on tenancy and social assistance issues.