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• Disability Discrimination in School

  School districts are not allowed to discriminate against students with disabilities. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is a civil rights law that protects students with disabilities by requiring public schools to meet their educational needs as adequately as the needs of non-disabled students. Section 504 also says that students…

  Issues & Rights

  Student & Children’s Rights

• Disaster Deadlines

  Community Legal Services helps people affected by disasters by providing no-cost disaster recovery legal services and assistance in identifying other available resources. This page provides a collection of information to help you and your family members when faced with disaster along with specific deadlines based on the disaster. Contact us…

  Financial Matters

  Disaster Relief

• Disaster Food Assistance

  Para español, haga clic aquí. The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is responsible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, in Florida. There are several benefits DCF may offer when Floridians face disaster. Keep reading for more information.  For information about deadlines related…

• Disaster Preparation and Recovery

  Community Legal Services helps people affected by disasters by providing no-cost disaster recovery legal services and assistance in identifying other available resources. This page provides a collection of information to help you and your family members when faced with disaster. Contact us when you need legal help with your disaster…

  Financial Matters

  Disaster Relief

• Disaster Relief

  Community Legal Services helps people affected by disasters by providing free disaster recovery legal services and assistance in identifying other available aid resources. For these purposes, a declared disaster requires that an emergency and major disaster declaration has been made in order to activate FEMA service availability.  This statute states in…

  Financial Matters

  Disaster Relief

• District Court of Appeals

  Florida’s District Courts of Appeal (individually referred to as a “DCA” or collectively as “DCAs”) review the decisions of lower courts by multi-judge panels. These Courts ensure that lower court decisions were handled appropriately and consistent with our rights. DCAs handle appeals from final judgments in circuit court cases and…

• Divorce & Children

  Family Law focuses on legal issues that affect family relationships. These laws provide a pathway for adults and children to receive fair and equal results when they create and break relationships through the court. Family Law involves a wide range of domestic relations matters such as child custody and support,…

  Family & Personal

  Divorce & Children

• Ejectment of Unwanted Occupant

  When there is no agreement to pay rent between a property owner and the occupant, an ejectment lawsuit is the proper action to be filed by a property owner (or a person in lawful possession of the property) to recover possession of the property from an unwanted occupant. While ejectments…

  Family & Personal

  Housing

• Emergency Rental Assistance

  The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) makes funding available to state and local governments so they can assist households that are unable to pay rent or utilities.   Emergency Rental Assistance Programs will be ending very soon as they run out of funds.   Open Programs Orange (*Outside of City of Orlando…

• Employment Discrimination

  Discrimination involves the unfavorable treatment of an employee, in relation to a protected class. Discrimination must be against a protected class. Visit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission page to learn more about the types of discrimination to see if you may be in one or more protected classes of…