EXAMPLES OF CASES WE HANDLE INCLUDE:

• Special education cases for public school students with disabilities
• Relative custody when needed to access housing, education and medical care
• Assist youth leaving foster care resolve civil legal problems
• Dissolution of marriage cases for people with children in their custody (Monroe County only)
• Permanent injunctions for domestic violence victims with children in their custody (Monroe County only)

PROJECTS

Children’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Project
Connect Familias Little Havana Community Partnership Legal Project
Foster Youth Legal Services Collaboration
Special Education Advocacy Project

Children’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Project

The Children’s SSI Project represents disabled children in administrative law proceedings to obtain SSI disability benefits. Legal representation is critical because, with the assistance of an attorney, almost 90% of the benefit denials are reversed at the administrative hearing level, obtaining much needed income and Medicaid for disabled children.

This Project is funded in part by McDermott Will & Emery, LLP.

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Connect Familias Little Havana Community Partnership Legal Project

The Little Havana Community Partnership Legal Project offers free legal services to low income families within the Little Havana area. The Project seeks to affirm the premise that children do better when their families are strong, and families do better when they live in places that help them succeed as parents and productive citizens.

This Project is funded in part by The Little Havana Community Partnership.

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Foster Youth Legal Services Collaboration

In collaboration with other legal providers, The Foster Youth Legal Services Collaboration assists young people in Miami-Dade County who are aging out of the foster care system with civil legal issues ranging from landlord tenant problems and public benefits to immigration matters and family law. The Project’s goal is to provide assistance and stability to a vulnerable population that often lacks knowledge and resources.

This Project is funded in part by The Florida Bar Foundation.

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Special Education Advocacy Project

The Special Education Advocacy Project ensures that children who are struggling in school receive the educational services and accommodations necessary to make academic progress. To that end, the Project represents children and their parents before the Miami Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) in 1) requesting formal evaluations of the child, 2) establishing the child’s eligibility for Exceptional Student Education (ESE), 3) creating Individualized Educational Plans (IEP) with appropriate services and accommodations, and 4) appealing MDCPS’s decisions to deny ESE services and accommodations. The Project also appeals inappropriate MDCPS disciplinary actions, such as suspensions and expulsions, when a child has already been determined eligible for the ESE Program.

This Project is funded in part by The Florida Bar Foundation and Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP.

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Click here for a flier on The Rights of Homeless School-Aged Youth

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