Children & Youth
Bay Area Legal Aid provides free civil legal assistance to low- income communities throughout the Bay Area in the areas of:
Housing
- Landlord-tenant issues,
- Foreclosures,
- Unlawful evictions, and
- Housing discrimination.
Economic Justice
- CalWORKs,
- General Assistance,
- SSI,
- CalFresh, and
- Consumer Law Matters.
Consumer Law
- Domestic violence, and
- DV-related Immigration Matters.
Immigration-related matters – Health Care Access
- MediCal,
- DentiCal,
- IHSS,
- Affordable Care Act, and
- Covered California.
Youth Justice
- Foster Care,
- Homeless Youth, and
- Education Advocacy for Re-entering Youth.
4 North Second Street, Suite 600
San Jose, CA 95113
Call: (408) 283-3700
Purpose is to recruit, train and support volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) to work one-on-one with foster children, providing critical emotional and educational support, ensuring each child’s needs are met and their voice heard while navigating the court dependency system.
509 Valley Way, Bldg. 2
Milpitas, CA 95035
Call: (408) 416-0400
Provides free and confidential legal assistance to children and youth in juvenile dependency, family law, probate guardianship, education matters and numerous other practice areas. They aim to improve court and community systems designed to protect and promote child welfare and host workshops to educate youth, parents, caregivers and members of the community about issues impacting child welfare and legal rights.
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
152 North Third Street, 3rd Floor
San Jose, CA 95112
Call: (408) 280-2416