This website maintains the PALawHelp website which serves as a directory of free legal resources throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Users can search the directory by entering their location and the type of legal assistance they are seeking. Each result that the directory pulls up will be accompanied by an address, phone number, and website. PA Legal Aid Network 118 Locust Street Harrisburg, PA 17101 800-322-7572
CAP is an advocacy program for people with disabilities administered by the Center for Disability Law & Policy. CAP helps people who are seeking services from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Blindness and Visual Services, Centers for Independent Living and other programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. CAP help is provided to you at no charge, regardless of income. Pennsylvania Client Assistance Program 1515 Market Street, Suite 1300 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-557-7112
Through this program, PBA members screen matters and handle cases in their areas of practice or expertise for Pennsylvania’s poor, free of charge. The PBA Pro Bono Office and Legal Services to the Public Committee coordinate the program. Clients interested in taking part in the program can call or fill out the form on the website. 800-932-0311 ext. 2572
f) Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) is a statewide, non-profit corporation designated as the federally mandated organization to advance and protect the civil rights of adults and children with disabilities. DRP works with people with disabilities and their families, their organizations, and their advocates to ensure their right to live in their communities with the services they need, to receive a full and inclusive education, to live free of discrimination, abuse and neglect, and to have control and self-determination over their services. DRP works to ensure that people with disabilities have equal and unhindered access to employment, transportation, public accommodations, and government services; to enforce their rights to vocational, habilitative, post-secondary educational, health, and other services; and to protect them from abuse and neglect. DRP identifies systemic issues which are important to people with disabilities and seeks change and reform through litigation, administrative advocacy, and public education. Disability Rights Pennsylvania 1800 JFK Boulevard, Suite 900 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-238-8070 or (Live Intake M-F 9:00-3:00) 800-692-7443 email: drnpa-phila@drnpa.org
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania is a nonprofit public-interest law firm providing free legal assistance to people living with HIV and AIDS and those affected by the epidemic. They are the nation’s only independent public-interest law firm dedicated to HIV and AIDS. They serve all of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey from their offices in Philadelphia and Camden County, NJ, educating the public about AIDS-related legal issues, training case management professionals to become better advocates for their HIV-positive clients, and working at local, state and national levels to achieve fair laws and policies. They provide legal assistance with HIV/AIDS discrimination, confidentiality of HIV-related information, HIV testing protocols, public/private benefits, housing wills, living wills, & powers of attorney, financial/consumer debt and Immigration. Aids Law Project of Pennsylvania 1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-557-3600
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is the nation's foremost guardian of liberty. They are a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending and protecting our individual rights and personal freedoms. American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) PO Box 60173 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-592-1513 email: info@aclupa.org
