Health/Disability/Seniors
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Disability and Public Benefits
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Education Rights
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Health & Disability
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HIV/AIDS
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IHSS (In-Home Supportive Services)
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Control over Health Care Decisions
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Health Insurance
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Medi-Cal
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Mental Health
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Other Discrimination
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Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Workers' Compensation
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Medicare
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Mental Health
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Nursing Home & Residential Care Facilities
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Other Health Issues
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Prescription Drug Benefits
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Phone: (323) 939-0506
Hours: M-F 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; No walk-ins
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Services: Counsel and advice, clinics and workshops, self-help services, and direct representation.
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Practice Areas: Conservatorship, guardianship, employment law, government benefits, elder law, mortgage fraud and foreclosure prevention.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free services to residents of Los Angeles County who qualify under low-income guidelines
Center for Health Care Rights
Phone: (213) 383-4519
Fax: (213) 383-4598
Hours: M-F 9:30am-5:00pm
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Services: Assists individuals with securing access to health care through information, counseling, education, advocacy, and research.
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Practice Areas: Medicare Part D, Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare Savings Programs, Medi-Cal, and other health insurance benefits.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free to Los Angeles County residents.
Affordable Living for the Aging
Phone: (323) 650-7988
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Services: Provides matching for seniors who wish to share a residence in cooperative, supportive, or independent housing. Does not provide legal aid, operates five co-op apartment communities, also matches elderly people with young clients.
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Practice Areas: Housing, seniors
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. Clients may be any age if interested in a senior roomate but must be over age 62 if interested in their own apartment.
Disability Rights California
Phone: (213) 213-8000
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Services: Community education, legislative advocacy, representation, bringing impact litigation, referrals
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Practice Areas: Disability rights and entitlements, program assists clients with civil legal problems that directly relate to their disability
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. Clients must have been severely disabled since or prior to age 22 or be someone with a mental illness and be in or previously have been in a care treatment facility.
For Regional Center advocacy, please call (866) 833-6712
Disability Rights Legal Center
Phone: (213) 736-1031
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Services: Provides education and outreach, along with legal representation, with the practices areas listed below.
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Practice Area:Discrimination/Mistreatment/Harassment on the basis of disability in housing, transportation, public places, schools, telecommunications, law enforcement, jails, juvenile halls, etc.; Special Education focusing on systemic discrimination, physical access (including due process hearings); discrimination/mistreatment/harassment based on the use of a service animal; failure to receive reasonable accommodation
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. Must meet low-income guidelines. Some exceptions are made for clients who have difficulty finding attorneys with expertise in handicapped issues.
AIDS Project L.A. (APLA)
Phone: (213) 201-1600
Fax: (213) 201-1595
PROVIDES AIDS TESTING
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Services: Residential services, benefits, insurance counseling, direct services, case management and legal services
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Practice Areas: HIV/AIDS, healthcare
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Cost/Eligibility: Free services for men, women and children with HIV/AIDS
Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness
Phone: (323) 478-8000
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Services: : Legal, education, and civil rights, consumer related issues and dispute resolution, IEPs, tip sheets on various topics, work with employers, doctors, lawyers and businesses to obtain communication access, attorney referrals
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Practice Areas: : accessibility, discrimination, education, government benefits, and housing
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Cost/Eligibility: Free
*** Voice/TDD Enabled
Los Angeles County Department on Aging
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Services: Provides referral to closest senior centers, case management. *Special program, "Title 5" helps to provide job training for Adults/Seniors aged 55+ years.
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Practice Areas: In-Home Supportive Services, Meals on Wheels, Transportation, Social and Recreational, community, employment, legal counseling.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. Must be a low-income senior or disabled adult who lives in LA City.
Mental Health Advocacy Services, INC.
Phone: (213) 389-2077
Fax: (213) 389-2595
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Services: Represents families and individuals with mental and developmental disabilities
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Practice Areas: Special education services, represents individuals with disabilities in a wide range of housing and housing-related matters including landlord-tenant cases and housing discrimination, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and other government benefits, issues related to improving the educational outcomes of foster youth.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. Priority for low-income.
Los Angeles County-Adult Protective Services
Phone (24-hour abuse hotline): (877) 477-3646
Fax: (323) 980-3510
Hours: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Website: www.cdss.ca.gov
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Services: Mainly for all reports of adult abuse, neglect or self-neglect. Individual field officers of APS then investigate valid reports. Provides some referrals for general elder issues and crisis intervention counseling by field office only. Does not provide legal aid.
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Practice Areas: Domestic violence, adult protective services
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Cost/Eligibility: Free consultation to persons 65 years or older, or ages 18-64 with a physical or mental impairment.
Neighborhood Legal Services
Phone: (818) 896-5211
Fax: (818) 896-6647
Hours: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Website: www.nlsla.org
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Services: Representation, advice, education, walk-in clinics
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Practice Areas: Landlord/tenant issues, consumer, bankruptcy, community development, family law, immigration, employment, government benefits, health care.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free to residents of the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, San Gabriel, and Antelope Valleys as well as Glendale, Burbank (residents of North Los Angeles county), and Pasadena
Public Guardians
Phone: (213) 974-0515
Hours: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
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Services: Provides legal information and assistance.
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Practice Areas: Guardianships and conservatorships, investigates potential conservators for persons with disabilities who are unable to find help, or petitions the court to become the conservators.
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Cost/Eligibility: Court ordered fees.
Ombudsman Program
Phone (M-F 8:30 am-5:00 pm): (800) 334-9473
(After-hours crisis line): (800) 231-4024
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Services: Reviews and assesses investigative complaints in nursing homes, board and care homes, LA County Sherriff's Department, and other agencies as directed by the Board of Supervisors
To locate one's closest branch, visit:
Wise & Healthy Aging
Phone: (310) 394-9871
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Services: Elder Care
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Practice Areas: Adult day care, Medicare, Insurance counseling, Information & referral services, elder abuse prevention, mental health services, abuse.
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Cost/Eligibility: Must meet income requirements
Westside Center for Independent Living, INC.
Phone: (310) 390-3611
Fax: (310) 390-4906
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Services: Helps people with disabilities maintain more self-sufficient and productive lives; provides information, referrals, peer counseling, employment services, personal assistance and placement programs, mental health peer support projects, Independent Living Skills programs, and advocacy.
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Practice Areas: Government benefit programs that serve people with disabilities, including Food Stamps, State Disability Insurance, Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, In-Home Support Services, General Relief and Medi-Cal advocacy. Housing advocacy services to help individuals find available units. Systems change advocacy related to issues such as housing, transportation, public access, employment, and healthcare policies.
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Cost /Eligibility: Client group includes the disabled, over age 18, particularly seniors. Service area runs North through Malibu, South to San Pedro, East through West Hollywood, and West to the ocean.