Community Advocate Support Line (CASL)
The Community Advocate Support Line (CASL) is a poverty law legal support service exclusively for community-based advocates in BC. CASL is staffed by one full-time lawyer and one part-time lawyer. The CASL lawyers support the work that advocates do by offering advocates legal information, legal advice, and training on various poverty law issues, including:
-welfare law (including disability assistance),
-residential tenancy and other housing issues,
-employment and employment insurance,
-Canada Pension Plan (including disability benefits),
-Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement, and
-debts, debt collection, and consumer contracts.
Advocates can contact CASL for legal advice or support about a specific case by email or phone. The CASL lawyers are also active on various PovNet lists for advocates and often provide legal support there.
-welfare law (including disability assistance),
-residential tenancy and other housing issues,
-employment and employment insurance,
-Canada Pension Plan (including disability benefits),
-Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement, and
-debts, debt collection, and consumer contracts.
Advocates can contact CASL for legal advice or support about a specific case by email or phone. The CASL lawyers are also active on various PovNet lists for advocates and often provide legal support there.
Main Page: https://clasbc.net/about-clas/contact/
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Disabilities
Acquired Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behaviour Disorders and Conditions (ie. ADHD), Blind / Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, Down Syndrome , Dual Diagnosis, Epilepsy / Seizure Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Spectrum Disorders , Intellectual / Developmental Disability, Learning Disorder / Disability, Mental Health , Neuromuscular Disorders, Other / I don't know, Paraplegia / Quadriplegia, Physical Disability / Mobility Impairment, Schizophrenia , Speech Impairment / Social / Communication Disorders, Spina Bifida, Substance Use/Addiction
Age
19-99
Eligibility
N/A
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