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We are a membership consortium of organizations and
individuals that provide advocacy and assistance to victims,
co-victims and witnesses to crime. |
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PA probono.net
(http://www.paprobono.net/) |
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PA
probono.net is an online legal community that provides
information and resources for pro bono attorneys, legal aid
attorneys, public defenders, and other legal advocates
interested in increasing access to justice. |
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PA LawHELP.org
(http://www.palawhelp.org/) |
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PA LawHELP.org
is a guide to legal information and free civil legal
services for low-income persons and seniors in Pennsylvania.
Here you can locate information on a variety of legal
issues, as well as information on how to contact programs
providing legal assistance in Pennsylvania. This includes
basic eligibility and contact information for the programs
proving free legal assistance in Pennsylvania. |
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Community Legal Services,
Inc.
(http://www.clsphila.org/) |
| For nearly three decades,
Community Legal Services, Inc. (CLS) has provided the
highest quality legal assistance to the needy with the
ongoing support of the Philadelphia Bar Association and the
legal community. Our mission is to help low-income
Philadelphia residents with legal problems by providing them
with advice and representation in civil matters. In 1999
alone, we handled over 20,000 cases. Since we opened our
doors, we have served over one million individuals directly.
This is in addition to providing community education to
inform low-income communities about their legal rights,
policy analysis and advocacy, and filing class action law
suits to help large numbers of poor people facing similar
injustices. |
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CARIE
(http://www.carie.org/) |
| The Center for
Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, is a
non-profit organization, based in Philadelphia, dedicated to
improving the quality of life for vulnerable older people.
CARIE was founded in 1977 primarily as an advocacy
organization for the frail elderly. Its initial program, the
CARIE LINE, quickly became recognized throughout the region
as a resource for a wide range of people and institutions
seeking to resolve elder care issues. |
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BenefitsCheckUp
(http://www.benefitscheckup.org/) |
| BenefitsCheckUp was
developed to address a concerning problem: millions of older
adults are eligible for benefits, but not receiving them.
Ranging from health coverage to supplemental income to help
in paying utility bills, there are millions of older adults
who could benefit from a wide array of public programs if
they knew about them and how to apply for them. |
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Philadelphia Corporation
for Aging (PCA)
(http://www.pcaphl.org/) |
| As Philadelphia's
Area Agency on Aging since 1973, Philadelphia Corporation
for Aging (PCA) touches the lives of 70,000 families each
year through a variety of programs funded by the
Pennsylvania Lottery and the federal Older Americans Act. |
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Emergency Fund
Coalition (http://www.pcaphl.org/EFC2.html) |
| The Emergency Fund
Coalition for Older Philadelphians, sponsored by the
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA), was formed in 1989
to coordinate fundraising efforts by member organizations
and to collectively provide emergency assistance to
low-income older persons. |
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