JALA Resource Web-Links
If we are not able to assist you, there are other resources in the community you may find useful.
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Federal Civil Rights Violations
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice, enforces federal civil rights laws throughout the Middle of Florida, which includes the Jacksonville area. For more information regarding federal civil rights enforcement or to report a violation of a federal civil rights statute, please click the link below.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/civil-rights
Quigley House
www.quigleyhouse.org
Duval County
Hubbard House
www.hubbardhouse.org
Nassau County
Micah’s Place
www.micahsplace.org
St. Johns County
Betty Griffin House
www.bettygriffinhouse.org
Start Your Recovery offers people a single source of relatable, reliable information at any stage of their recovery journey.
http://www.coj.net/Departments/Human+Rights+Commission/default.htm
Florida Civil Rights Act:
http://fchr.state.fl.us/
Florida Minimum Wage:
http://www.floridajobs.org/minimumwage/index.htm
The Florida Bar Association
The Florida Bar Association’s website provides general information to consumers about several areas of the law, including divorce, shared parenting, adoption, guardianship and other family law matters.
Florida Bar Association
The Jacksonville Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
For a charge of $50.00, the lawyer referral service will refer you to a lawyer who will provide up to a 30 minute consultation to answer your questions. If, after your consultation, you decide that you do need further services of a lawyer, you may retain the lawyer you have consulted or some other lawyer of your choice. The nature and extent of the fee which you may be charged for any additional services are a matter of negotiation between you and your lawyer.
www.jaxbar.org/public_services/lawyer_referral.php
The Florida Supreme Court Family Law Forms
The Florida Supreme Court offers free forms for use without an attorney in the following areas: divorce, paternity, custody modification and enforcement, visitation modification and enforcement, child support, child support modification and enforcement, domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, step-parent adoption, and name change. www.flcourts.org
Family Court Services
Clay, Duval and Nassau Counties
Family court services provides free informational clinics on several family law topics, assists with ensuring all required papers have been filed, offers low-cost forms, and provides other related services.
www.coj.net/departments/fourth+judicial+circuit+court/family/default.htm
St. Johns County
Family court services provides coordination of family law cases and other services.
www.clk.co.st-johns.fl.us
Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Program
The child support enforcement program provides free representation to parents or others caring for children without the help of the other parent. Its services include: filing new child support cases, regardless of whether the parents are married or divorced; establishing paternity and providing paternity testing in contested cases; collecting child support; and modifying child support, including both increases and decreases.
www.myflorida.com/dor/childsupport
Florida Law Help
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida and FloridaLawHelp.org have made available four (4) sets of online interactive form pleadings for use by Florida’s pro se (self-representing) family law and landlord-tenant litigants. Using an online tool, users answer simple questions about their legal issue and the answers are assembled into all necessary pleadings and documents that can be saved or printed out for filing.
www.floridalawhelp.org
The Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service is a public service designed to make it easy for consumers to connect to trusted, verified attorneys. The service — which is absolutely, 100% “FREE to use” — utilizes artificial intelligence categorization to help guide users from their computer or mobile device and instantly connects them with the right lawyer for any legal situation.
Training videos for learning and utilizing the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/authority/trainingvideos.html
This website is a free service to help residents of Florida update their legal name and gender marker on official government identification.
Are you the parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities? Are you concerned about whether your child will be able to care for themselves when they turn 18? This free online tool provides parents with a step-by-step guide to the different legal options and can provide help with document completion and assembly.
A criminal record can make it hard to find a job or rent a home. Come see if you can expunge or seal your criminal record. Sealing and expunging stops the public from viewing your record. Florida Fresh Start helps people with adult or juvenile arrests.
Quigley House
www.quigleyhouse.org
Duval County
The Women’s Center of Jacksonville
www.womenscenterofjax.org
City of Jacksonville Victims’ Services Center
Duval County
The victims’ services center provides help with applying for financial relief and free counseling and other services for victims of crime, including domestic violence and child abuse.
www.coj.net/departments/community+services/victim+services/services.htm
Florida Attorney General’s Office Division of Victim Services
Statewide
Crime victims outside of Duval County may apply for financial relief and free counseling directly through the attorney general’s office.
http://myfloridalegal.com/victims
FloridaLawHelp.org is your source for free and reliable information about:
- Florida laws
- Going to court
- Legal forms
- Free and low-cost legal service programs
