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== Legal Services Society (Family LawLINE) ==
== Disability Alliance BC (Advocacy Access) ==
*Free legal advice over the telephone
*Free one-to-one assistance with provincial and federal disability benefits
*Lawyers give brief "next step" advice
*Advocacy service
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*Help to apply for benefits or appeal the denial of benefits
 
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== Vancouver Justice Access Centre ==
*Family maintenance, custody, support, parenting
*Assistance with enforcement and paperwork
*Mediation
*NO DIVORCE ASSISTANCE
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== Family Justice Centres ==
*Services to British Columbians going through separation or divorce
*Help families with child custody, access, guardianship and support issues
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== Family Law in British Columbia ==
Website about family law
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== MediateBC (The Family Mediation Program) ==
Affordable mediation services for families
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== British Columbia Family Maintenance Enforcement Program ==
Monitor and enforce maintenance orders and agreements
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== Ann Davis Transition Society ==
*Provides shelter and support for abused women and their children
*Individual and group counselling for women, children, youth, couples and families
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== North Shore Women's Centre ==
Women's drop-in resource centre
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== B.C. Men's Resource Centre ==
Individual, couple and family counselling
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== Battered Women’s Support Services ==
Telephone: 604-687-1867 Toll-Free: 1-855-687-1868 Website: [[bwss.org]] 
 
• Summary advice, workshops, and advocacy in family, immigration, refugee, and criminal law
 
• Court form preparation clinic for drafting supreme court forms for family law proceedings
 
• Offers counselling, support, information, and other resources
 
== BC Pro Bono Collaborative Roster Society ==                                   
Website: [[bccollaborativerostersociety.com/practice/probono]]
 
• Collaborative team works with both parties in a divorce to come to a satisfactory settlement, low income families can apply for free service
 
== Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre ==
Telephone 604-681-8480 Website: [[dewc.ca]] 
 
• Advocacy in welfare, tenancy, housing applications, and family law
 
== Family Services of Greater Vancouver ==               
Telephone: 604-731-4951 Website: [[fsgv.ca]]
 
• Family law information, counselling, and support services
 
== Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Line ==
Telephone: 604-558-4740 Toll-free: 1-855-474-9777
 
• Phone line staffed by advocates trained in advocacy, social work, family law, and government services related to kinship caregiving
 
== Representative for Children and Youth ==
Telephone (youth): 1-800-476-3933 Children’s Help Line: 310-1234 Website: [[rcybc.ca]]
 
• Assists children and youth understand their rights and advocates on their behalf
 
== RISE Women’s Legal Centre ==
Telephone: 236-317-9000 Website: [[womenslegalcentre.ca]] 
 
• Provides legal services to women in family law and immigration applications for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds
 
• Summary advice, court preparation, and legal representation
 
== Sources Legal Resource Center ==
Telephone: 778-565-3638 Website: [[sourcesbc.ca/our-services/legal-resource-centre\|sourcesbc.ca/our-services/legal-resource-centre]]
 
• Legal information, resources, and advice in family law, as well as immigration, criminal and civil matters
 
• Wide variety of counselling and support services
 
• In Surrey
 
== Society for Children and Youth ==
Telephone: 778-657-5544 Toll-Free: 1-877-462-0037 Website: [http://www.scyofbc.org www.scyofbc.org] Email: [[cylc@scyofbc.org]]
 
• Can provide free legal advice to children and youth on family law issues and more
 
• Operate a drop-in clinic once a month
 
 




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Revision as of 08:03, 30 December 2020

This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by the Law Students' Legal Advice Program on August 31, 2020.



Disability Alliance BC (Advocacy Access)

  • Free one-to-one assistance with provincial and federal disability benefits
  • Advocacy service
  • Help to apply for benefits or appeal the denial of benefits

Disability Alliance BC (Advocacy Access) (22:VII)


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