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Legal Services: PROTECTION and ADVOCACY Projects

The Protection and Advocacy Projects provide legal assistance in equal opportunity and discrimination cases to physically disabled individuals (PAIR), and legal assistance to developmentally disabled individuals (PADD).

The PAIR (Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights) provides legal assistance and representation to physically and mentally disabled individuals in cases involving equal opportunity and discrimination, with concentration on law reform litigation cases, including protecting the rights of persons with disabilities to receive government benefits and services in the least restrictive environment and prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, housing and employment, including obtaining reasonable accommodations to prevent discrimination.

The PADD (Protection and Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled) Project  provides legal assistance to persons with developmental disabilities, in such matters as the right to an appropriate public education, institutionalization, abuse and neglect issues, and discrimination in employment, housing public accommodations and government programs.

These unites are funded by the NYS Commission on Quality Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities.

Legal Services Adult Home Project Child Support Project Consumer Debt David Project Domestic Violence Project Disability Advocacy Project Homelessness and Housing Mental Health Law Project PAIR and PADD PLAN Project Senior Citizens Law Project Welfare Unit Services to Empower the Community Legal Support Center for Advocates Volunteer Lawyers Project and Pro Bono Project Community Help - Legal Referrals On Long Island Public Housing Authorities in Suffolk County