{"id":2358,"date":"2017-02-11T16:36:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T21:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/?page_id=2358"},"modified":"2017-02-19T16:40:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T21:40:33","slug":"legal-aid-organizations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/legal\/legal-aid-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Aid Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Legal Aid Organizations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (904) 356-8371<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Florida Bar Referral Service (800) 342-8011<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Jacksonville Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service (904) 399-5780<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Miami Office (305) 808-1740<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities:<\/strong>Tallahassee (850) 488-9071 (Main Office), Ft. Lauderdale: (800) 350-4566, Orlando (407) 897-2760, Tampa (813) 233-2920.\u00a0Handles advocacy matters for the disabled.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Capital Collateral Representative (CCR):<\/strong>(850) 921-4704, 1533 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 Representation to death row prisoners who have exhausted death penalty appeals.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Department of Labor:<\/strong>Wage and Hour Division: (305) 598-6607 Handles matters concerning wages, benefits, hours and overtime in the workplace.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Elder Helpline:<\/strong>1 (800) 963-5337, (954)745-9779 (Broward), (305) 670-4357 (Dade) Information and referral to local service providers for senior citizens on issues ranging from housing to recreation. Every community has a local number available to call for information and help.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC):<\/strong>1 (800) 669-4000, or the federal office in Tampa: (813) 228-2310. Resolves complaints of employment discrimination. Enforces federal laws against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual harassment), disability or age.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Abuse Hotline:<\/strong>(850)487-1111, 1 (800) 962-2873 Call here to report abuse and neglect of children, the elderly and disabled persons.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service:<\/strong>1 (800) 342-8011 Provides names of attorneys specializing in the area of law pertinent to your case.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Bar Grievance Committee:<\/strong>(850) 561-5775, 650 Apalachee Pkwy., Tallahassee, FL 32399. Investigates complaints about attorneys.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Commission on Human Relations:<\/strong>1 (800) 342-8170 Handles cases of discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, color, sex, age, and handicap in the areas of employment and housing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services:<\/strong>1 (800) 435-7352 Handles complaints about unfair practices in the consumer market.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center:<\/strong>(305) 573-1106 Handles advocacy issues for immigrants.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Justice Institute:<\/strong>(305) 358-2081, 2870 SE Financial Center, 200 S Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33131 2309 Handles complaints regarding prison conditions, including overcrowding and sanitation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida State Directory:<\/strong>(850) 488-1234 Provides any state office number.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Florida Worker\u2019s Compensation:<\/strong>(800) 342-1741 Handles worker\u2019s compensation issues in Florida.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Justice Qualifications Committee (JQC):<\/strong>(850) 488-1581 Handles complaints against judges.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Legal Aid:<\/strong>Miami (305) 579-5733, Broward (954) 765-8950 Handles civil cases for low income clients, including evictions, divorce, child custody, etc.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Legal Hotline for Older Floridians:<\/strong>Miami: (305) 576-0080. Handles civil cases for older Floridians.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Legal Services:<\/strong>Miami (305) 576-0080 Handles civil cases for low income clients, including evictions, divorce, child custody, etc.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><strong>Servicemembers Legal Defense Network:<\/strong>(202) 328-3244, PO Box 53013, Washington, DC 20009. Advocacy group for gay and lesbian servicemembers effected by the \u201cdon\u2019t ask\/don\u2019t tell\u201d policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Aid Organizations Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (904) 356-8371 Florida Bar Referral Service (800) 342-8011 Jacksonville Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service (904) 399-5780 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Miami Office (305) 808-1740 Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities:Tallahassee (850) 488-9071 (Main Office), Ft. Lauderdale: (800) 350-4566, Orlando (407) 897-2760, Tampa (813) 233-2920.\u00a0Handles advocacy matters for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2358","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2361,"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2358\/revisions\/2361"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}