Success Stories

Meet Jayden and Brianna

Of the 53,500 children adopted from foster care in 2021, roughly one-third were by relatives.

Custody & Paternity
Jayden and Brianna
Last year, we helped 13,926 individuals, families, and community groups.
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Gale Bennett

Last year, the state of Florida ranked in the top 10 for incidents of elder fraud, costing Floridians nearly $300M in losses.

Gale Bennett

Robert

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation.

Veterans
Robert Martuszewski

William Bryant

3 in 4 (74%) low-income households experienced 1+ civil legal problems in the past year.

Custody & Paternity
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The Johnsons: Party of 8

Roughly 35% of siblings taken into foster care in Florida end up separated.

Children in Foster Care
Johnson Family

Katty Salazar

Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics secured over $6.7 million in refunds for low-income taxpayers nationwide in 2022.

Debt & Taxes
Katty and her children

Joanne Lawson

Military Sexual Trauma (MST) has affected an estimated 1 in 3 women and 1 in 100 men within the VA healthcare system.

Veterans
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Apply by phone Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., or apply online anytime for non-emergency legal matters. Language interpreters are available to you at no cost.

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Bay Area Legal Services

If you live or have a case in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, or Sarasota counties, we may be able to help.

Call (800) 625-2257  to apply for service.
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Statewide Legal Helplines

If you live or have a case in Florida, we may be able to help.

Senior Legal Helpline:  (888) 895-7873
Veterans Legal Helpline:  (866) 486-6161
Disaster Legal Helpline:  (833) 514-2940
TTY:  (800) 955-8771