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AIDS Legal Network for Connecticut
999 Asylum Ave., 3rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06105 - (860) 541-5000

• Mission: Provides statewide referrals to pro bono attorneys for people with legal problems related to HIV status. No fee.

• Service Area: Statewide

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Center for Children's Advocacy, University of Connecticut School of Law
65 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT 06105 - (860) 570-5327  - Fax: (860) 570-5256

• Mission: To provide legal representation of poor children and improve the quality of legal representation of children.

• Target Population: Children.

• Service Area: State of Connecticut

• Services Provided: A full range of legal representation to individual clients.

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Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc.
P.O. Box 350, Willimantic, CT 06226 - (860) 456-7790 - Fax: (860) 456-2614
E-mail: http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/TakeAction/TakeAction_ContactUs.htm#electronic

• Mission: To provide legal assistance and education on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.

• Target Population: Includes those with long-term and chronic conditions and those eligible for Connecticut Medicare Assignment Program.

• Service Area: State of Connecticut

• Services Provided: A full range of legal representation to individual clients. Advice/counseling/referral for individual clients. Policy advocacy, class action litigation, training seminars, written materials.

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The Children's Law Center
30 Lafayette Square, Suite 103, Vernon, CT 06066 - (860) 232-9993

• Mission: To provide quality representation to children in Family Court. Information and referral to the general public regarding children's issues.

• Target Population: Children who meet criteria (indigence and certain risk factors).

• Service Area: 1. Hartford, Rockville, Putnam. 2. Statewide

• Services Provided: Representation to children in Family Court. Advice/counseling/referral for individual clients. Policy advocacy.

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Connecticut Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
25 Dudley Road, Wilton, CT 06897  (203) 210-5356

• Mission: Legal Advocacy organization working on systemic reform to promote justice and social responsibility. We work on a variety of public interest issues. We are one of 14 such centers nationwide and are associated with the Appleseed Foundation.

• Target Population: No.

• Service Area: Statewide

• Services Provided: Policy advocacy. Legislative initiatives. Litigation, negotiation, mediation. Available to community organizations that wish to organize systemic policy work.

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American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut
330 Main St., 1st Floor, Hartford, CT 06106 - (860) 523-9146 - Fax: (860) 728-0287

• Mission: The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut (ACLU-CT) Is a nonpartisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to assure that the Bill of Rights and the rights guaranteed by the Connecticut Constitution are preserved for each new generation. The ACLU-CT accomplishes these goals through legislative advocacy, litigation, grassroots organizing and public education on a broad array of issues affecting our liberties. The ACLU-CT is one of 53 affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union nationwide.

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Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies (CCFSA)
1310 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 219, Wethersfield, CT 06109 - Phone: 860-571-0093 Fax: 860-571-0118

• Mission: Our mission is to be the premier resource to strengthen CT’s diverse individuals and families, and the communities in which they live. To accomplish this mission, we will build member agencies’ capacity for collaboration and innovation; advocate for the development of State and Federal policies and programs that will foster the well-being of CT’s children, adults and families; develop and provide services that empower them to move toward self-reliance and healthy inter-dependence; and be relevant and responsive to CT’s diverse populations.

• Target Population: CCFSA is a statewide network of independent, non-profit, family service agencies that deliver services from over 90 offices located throughout the state of Connecticut. Member Agencies provide professional services to Connecticut’s children, youth, adults and their families.

• Services Provided: Member agencies serve as a statewide provider network for the following CCFSA programs – The welfare-to-work Empowering People for Success Program (EPS), Focus on K.I.D.S., Parenting Education Program (PEP), and On the Road Again.

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Connecticut Fair Housing Center
221 Main Street, Suite 401, Hartford, CT 06106 - (860) 247-4400 - Fax: (860) 247-4236
171 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06510 Phone: (203) 772-3247, Fax (203) 562-7107
Email: info@ctfairhousing.org Phone: (888) 247-4401

• Mission: The primary mission of Connecticut Fair Housing Center is to ensure that all people have equal access to housing opportunities in Connecticut.

• Target Population: The Connecticut Fair Housing Center's services are limited to cases involving housing discrimination.

• Service Area: Statewide

• Services Provided: A full range of legal representation to individual clients through Pro Bono network of attorneys. Advice/counseling/referral for individual clients. Policy advocacy.

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Connecticut Legal Rights Project
P.O. Box 351, Silver Street, Middletown, CT 06457 - (860) 667-0460 - Fax: (860) 667-2240

• Mission: To provide legal assistance and advocacy services primarily with issues that involve, services, due-process procedures and discrimination related to psychiatric disabilities.

• Target Population: Low income adults who have, or are perceived to have, a psychiatric disability.

• Service Area: Statewide

• Services Provided: A full range of legal representation to individual clients. Advice/counseling/referral for individual clients. Community education/training.

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Lawyers for Children America
151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06156 - (860) 273-0441 - Fax: (860) 273-8340

• Mission: Lawyers for Children America mobilizes legal and other resources to address the issue of youth and violence through pro bono representation of abused and neglected children and through implementation and support of peer-based mediation programs.

• Target Population: Advocacy component: appointments as child counsel made from Juvenile Court only. Mediation component: partner with schools currently implementing or in process of implementing peer mediation programs.

• Service Area: Hartford and Fairfield County

• Services Provided: LFCA recruits, trains, and supports pro bono attorneys to represent children in abuse and neglect matters. LFCA attorneys are appointed through the Juvenile Court.

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Office of the Child Advocate
999 Asylum Avenue, 1st Floor, Hartford, CT 06105, 860-566-2106

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Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
60B Weston Street, Hartford, CT 06120, (860) 297-4300 - Fax: (860) 566-8714 - TTD: (860) 566-2102

• Mission: The Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities provides information, referral and advocacy assistance to persons with disabilities in the state of Connecticut who have been discriminated against or who are experiencing difficulty securing relevant supports and service. The office also investigates allegations of abuse and neglect of adults with mental retardation and psychiatric disabilities.

• Target Population: Persons with disabilities.

• Service Area: Statewide

• Services Provided: Advice/counseling/referral for individual clients. Policy advocacy. Advocacy and representation are provided consistently with agency and priority areas.

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CTElderLaw
62 Washington Street, Middletown, CT 06457,  (860) 344-0447 - Fax: (860) 346-2938
E-mail: ElderLaw@ConnLegalServices.Org

• Mission: The mission of CT Elder Law is to provide comprehensive and current information on elder law, government programs and sources of legal assistance. This web site includes plain language explanations of law and government programs, copies of the laws and information and advice on obtaining legal information.

• Services Provided: Legal Assistance for Elders; Public Benefit Programs for Elders; Health Care programs for Elders; Nursing Home Residents’ Rights; Patients’ Rights; Managed Care; and Living Wills and Advance Directives.

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Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF)
One Hartford Square West, Suite 1-300, Hartford, CT 06106-1903 – (860) 247-6090 – Fax: (860) 524-0804, Email: cwealf@cwealf.org
Information & Referral Line: 1-800-479-2949 (Toll free)

• Mission: CWEALF is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women, girls and their families to achieve equal opportunities in their personal and professional lives.

• Services Provided: We educate individuals through direct contact to navigate the legal and social service systems by: explaining the law in easy-to-understand terms, developing and disseminating booklets on specific legal rights, and making referrals to attorneys and other service providers. We provide training, technical assistance, and resources to employers, schools and community organizations by: educating individuals and organizations about legal rights and responsibilities, increasing awareness of gender inequities, and offering practical applications and solutions. We work to improve laws and policies that affect women, girls and their families by: identifying crucial issues through research and client contact, focusing public attention on those issues, and recommending, advocating and implementing reforms. We are guided by our commitment to feminism, diversity, empowerment, personal responsibility and self-sufficiency, compassion, collaboration, professionalism and self-assessment in all of our associations and programs.

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National Center on Poverty Law
205 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60606 – (312) 263-3830

• Mission: The National Center on Poverty Law promotes equal justice through policy, advocacy and legal resources. Our work is unique in that our agenda derives from what we learn from our low-income clients.

• Services Provided: Legislative and administrative advocacy, impact litigation, and information and dissemination. Our legal resources include publications, the most extensive poverty law library in the country, and the Poverty Law Research Center (accessible through this Web site). Our work is designed not only for clients but for legal services attorneys, pro bono attorneys, social service providers, social policy administrators, policy makers, and others committed to improving the lives of persons in poverty.

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