The Prosperity Center at Sligh Magnet Middle School

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Sligh Magnet Middle School
2011 East Slight Avenue
Tampa, FL 33610
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Located at the corner of East Sligh Avenue and North 22nd Street next to Sligh Magnet Middle School.

The Prosperity Center is a walk-in resource center for the Sligh community.

The Prosperity Center is available to the Sligh Magnet Middle School, Foster Academy, Woodson, and James Elementary school communities and families. The goal is to help alleviate poverty, create opportunity, and establish stability so families can thrive at home and kiddos can thrive in school.

Bay Area Legal Services is proud to be one of many nonprofit agencies providing services and resources to the community out of the Prosperity Center.

At the Prosperity Center, Bay Area Legal Services will provide:

Free, open legal intakes. Bay Area Legal Services’ attorneys will be on-site the first Tuesday of each month from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. for free legal intakes. No appointment needed. Walk-ins will be screened and, if they qualify for services, will meet with an attorney right away.

Free, open legal education trainings. Bay Area Legal Services’ attorneys will be on-site teaching monthly legal education trainings on various legal topics. These monthly legal education trainings will include information about the law and your rights, a chance for questions and answers, and an opportunity to meet with a lawyer one-on-one.

2022 Calendar of Legal Education Trainings:

Bankruptcy
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

Eviction 101
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
2 p.m.-4 p.m., with open intake to follow

Family Law
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

Garnishment/Collections
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

Employment Success Seminar
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

Landlord/Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
Tuedays, July 19, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

Living Wills and Health Directives
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

Temporary Custody
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

Special Education Basics
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
2 p.m.-4 p.m., with open intake to follow

Public Benefits
Wednesday, November 15, 2022
2 p.m.-4 p.m., with open intake to follow

Expungement
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
8 a.m.-10 a.m., with open intake to follow

The Prosperity Center is part of the Inspire Hope Initiative at Metropolitan Ministries and is generously sponsored by the Bullard Family Foundation.

For more information about Bay Area Legal Services at the Prosperity Center at Sligh Magnet Middle School, email Calli Burnett: cburnett@bals.org.