Legal Organization Directory

Bay Area Legal Aid’s Health Consumer Center provides information and assistance on health access issues, including the ACA, access to medical services, Covered California, Denti-Cal, Medi-Cal, Medicare, medical debt, and private health insurance issues.

Bay Area Legal Aid provides a number of legal services to low-income residents across the region, with a focus on public benefits, domestic violence, public housing, consumer law, health care, and foster care.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)’s Lawyer Referral Service can help clients figure out if they need legal help in the following areas, and then refer them to a private attorney for help: estate planning/Medi-Cal for long term care, special needs trusts, elder and dependent abuse, elder financial abuse, care home violations, and conservatorship. They run their own referral lists and sometimes have pro bono support available for very low-income clients.

Canal Alliance is a non-profit that provides immigration consults to individuals who live or work in Marin County on asylum, Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS), naturalization, DACA, TPS, U-Visa, T-Visa, green card renewal, and VAWA.

Central American Resource Center (Carecen) provides a wide range of free or low cost immigration services. Carecen’s capacity to provide full representation can be limited, and they typically provide more in-depth assistance on green card renewals, family petitions, DACA, consular processing, obtaining Temporary Protected Status, and relief for undocumented youth.

Catholic Charities provides general immigration assistance, but usually not deportation defense.

Catholic Charities provides general immigration assistance, but usually not deportation defense.

Catholic Charities provides general immigration assistance, but usually not deportation defense.

The Center for Employment Training, Immigration and Citizenship Program is a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) accredited agency providing immigration information and services in Santa Clara County. Services focus on: citizenship classes, naturalization, DACA, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, green card renewal/replacemement, employment authorization, U-Visas, removal of conditional residence, and other services.