2012 Grantees
- AIDS Legal Network for Connecticut provides legal assistance to low-income people with HIV/AIDS.
- Center for Children's Advocacy provides legal advice to poor children statewide.
- Children's Law Center provides representation to poor children in Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, Tolland, Waterbury and Windham Judicial Districts.
- Connecticut Fair Housing Center represents low-income people who have been victims of housing discrimination.
- Connecticut Legal Rights Project represents low-income people in state psychiatric hospitals and after discharge.
- Connecticut Legal Services provides general legal assistance in all areas of the state except Hartford and New Haven Counties.
- Greater Hartford Legal Aid provides general legal assistance in the greater Hartford area.
- Lawyers for Children America provides representation to poor children in Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, and Tolland Counties.
- New Haven Legal Assistance provides general legal assistance in New Haven County.
- Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut provides intake, self help, and brief service for low-income people and offers referrals to the other legal services organizations in the state.
- Technology Grant The website, www.ctlawhelp.org, was developed by Connecticut’s legal aid programs to help people with very limited income find solutions for their legal problems.
New Haven Legal Assistance (NHLA)
Quote from a client:
"I do not know what I would have done without legal aid. They are there for people like me who are scared and old and need help. Please make sure the funding for legal aid continues."
Quote from a client:
"I do not know what I would have done without legal aid. They are there for people like me who are scared and old and need help. Please make sure the funding for legal aid continues."
Connecticut Legal Services (CLS)Quote from a client:
"I just want to let you know what a tremendous job you and Connecticut Legal Services did for my mother. You had so many facts right on the tip of your tongue. We were so proud to have you represent us."
Greater Hartford Legal Aid (GHLA)M.K. and her disabled daughter were about to become homeless. The federal low-income housing in which they lived was scheduled for demolition, and the Housing Authority denied M.K.’s request to relocate to other subsidized housing because of alleged nonpayment of rent.
A GHLA attorney’s investigation disclosed that the Housing Authority had miscalculated M.K.’s rent. She had actually overpaid! GHLA made sure that the Housing Authority corrected the error, reimbursed M.K. for the overpayment, and helped her move. The GHLA attorney’s representation also ensured that the family’s new apartment was wheelchair accessible.