A non-profit bilingual community legal clinic serving low income residents of Hamilton. In addition, to providing 'traditional' poverty law services including legal advice and referrals and legal representation, the clinic is involved in public legal education, community development and law reform.
Legal Services provided include but are not limited to:
Provides free legal services to people living with mental health and substance use concerns which cause barriers to accessing traditional legal services. These free legal clinics are offered throughout the Hamilton community. Times and locations can be seen on the online calendar.
Provides legal services to low income seniors living in the community in their own homes or in group living arrangements such as retirement homes, boarding homes and long term care facilities. Areas of law covered also include elder abuse, advance care planning, and consent and capacity.
Provides help to have a document commissioned, or if a notary is needed to witness a document or make certified true copies of documents.
Non-profit agency with the aim of improving access to family justice for middle income Ontarians by increasing the scope of limited scope retainers, legal coaching, and summary legal counsel in family law matters.
CAS provides adoption and fostering education programs, home studies, adoption placement of children, post-placement counselling and support, and fulfillment of legal requirements to finalize placement of children for adoption. It also facilitates kinship adoptions.
Provides a place of sanctuary, safety and support for women (and their children) with a variety of programs.
Learning Effective Anti-Violence in Families (LEAF)
Family Court Support Worker Program
Provides temporary emergency accommodation for families experiencing homelessness in the form of private, accessible self-contained units.
Services include:
CCAS provides adoption and fostering education programs, home studies, adoption placement of children, post-placement counselling and support, and fulfillment of legal requirements to finalize placement of children for adoption.
This organization facilitates kinship adoption in which children needing out-of-home placements are paired with family members or other individuals known to the child/family.
Offers legal services, education, and system navigation to the LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit community in Hamilton. This is a francophone project that has an accompanying English component.
Services include: