Our Programs

Children and Families

Children with Mental Illness

MFJ assists children with mental illness and their families through medical-legal partnerships with Bellevue, Kings County and Harlem Hospitals to obtain education supports for the children and to stabilize the families if they face government benefits, housing, immigration or other legal problems.

Immigration

MFJ provides direct advocacy and representation to low-income individuals and families seeking assistance in either humanitarian- or family-based immigration matters.

Kinship Care

MFJ represents low-income kinship caregivers seeking legal custody, guardianship or adoption assistance, and links those it cannot help with private pro bono attorneys and trains these attorneys to represent families in court. We also assist kincare families in securing public benefits to which they are entitled, including immigration through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.

Disability and Aging Rights

Access-A-Ride

MFJ helps seniors and people with disabilities to access appropriate transportation, such as Access-A-Ride, and to challenge denials or termination of service.

Adult Home Advocacy

MFJ provides advocacy and trainings to adult home residents throughout New York City and pursues individual and affirmative litigation to improve adult homes and to ensure that residents are given the opportunity to live in more integrated settings.

Children with Mental Illness

MFJ assists children with mental illness and their families through medical-legal partnerships with Bellevue, Kings County and Harlem Hospitals to obtain education supports for the children and to stabilize the families if they face government benefits, housing, immigration or other legal problems.

People with Mental Illness

MFJ assists people with mental illness living in the community by providing advice, counsel and representation on housing, public benefits, disability rights, consumer, and other matters, to ensure that people with mental illness do not end up homeless or institutionalized.

Nursing Home Residents

MFJ provides information, advice, and advocacy for nursing home residents and their families and provides legal representation in areas such as abuse and neglect, civil rights violations, improper discharge planning and unfair consumer practices.

Economic Justice

Bankruptcy

MFJ helps low-income New Yorkers alleviate crushing debt so they can avoid financial ruin and homelessness and get a fresh financial start.

Consumer Rights

MFJ provides advice, counsel and representation to low-income New Yorkers on a wide range of consumer issues, including debt, improper judgments, identity theft, student loans, financial scams, or other forms of financial exploitation.

Disaster Response

MFJ provides legal assistance to low-income New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Foreclosure Prevention

MFJ provides legal assistance to New York City homeowners facing foreclosure or who are victims of foreclosure rescue scams or abusive loan servicing practices. The project focuses on helping homeowners in hard-hit areas of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

Government Benefits

MFJ assists individuals with legal problems relating to Public Assistance, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps), Medicaid/Medicare, and Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Disability benefits.

Immigration

MFJ provides direct advocacy and representation to low-income individuals and families seeking assistance in either humanitarian- or family-based immigration matters.

Re-Entry to the Workforce

MFJ helps individuals re-enter the workforce by representing them in hearings to obtain licenses to work.

Taxpayer Assistance

MFJ provides legal counsel and representation to low-income New Yorkers who have tax disputes with the IRS.

Workplace Justice

MFJ provides legal assistance to low-wage and immigrant workers on wage and hour violations, unpaid wages, unemployment, and other employment-related issues, trains workers on their rights, and promotes better enforcement of protections for workers.

Housing

Housing

MFJ offers advice, counsel and representation to low-income tenants in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan to prevent evictions and to protect tenants’ rights in obtaining repairs to make apartments and buildings habitable. We also provide trainings on tenants’ rights and partner with neighborhood-based organizations that assist and organize tenants.

Housing – Fair Housing

Housing – Manhattan Seniors

MFJ helps Manhattan seniors age in place in their own homes by preventing evictions, securing benefits and resolving related legal problems.

Foreclosure Prevention

MFJ provides legal assistance to New York City homeowners facing foreclosure or who are victims of foreclosure rescue scams or abusive loan servicing practices. The project focuses on helping homeowners in hard-hit areas of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

Mental Health Consumers

MFJ assists people with mental illness living in the community by providing advice, counsel and representation on housing, public benefits, disability rights, consumer, and other matters, to ensure that mental health consumers do not end up homeless or hospitalized.

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