This week’s Facebook Live virtual outreach schedule is jam-packed with information about resources from several of our community partners. Tune in at www.facebook.com/LoneStarLegalAid to catch one of our presentations listed below.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 1:00 PM
Our Crime Victim’s Unit will talk with HPD’s Victim Services Department about resources for survivors of domestic abuse.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at 12:30 PM
Our Disaster Relief Unit will discuss the available rebuild and repair programs, requirements for each program, and clearing title to a property in order to qualify.
Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 3:00 PM
Our Individual Safety Unit will talk with the Tahirih Justice Center, a non-profit that aims to protect immigrant women and girls fleeing gender-based violence and persecution, and Empowered Survivor, a non-profit that helps domestic violence survivors of color, on the second episode of The Safe Space.
Friday, October 2, 2020, at 3:00 PM
Our Individual Safety and Crime Victim Units will talk to the Houston Area Women’s Center, a domestic violence shelter, and Buckner International, an organization dedicated to the restoration and transformation of lives. They’ll discuss their services and resources for survivors. This presentation will be in Spanish.
Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy on behalf of low-income and underserved populations. Lone Star Legal Aid serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines that reside in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties of southwest Arkansas. Lone Star Legal Aid focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety and stability, health and well‐being; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those who have disabilities, or who are elderly, homeless, or have limited English language skills. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at http://www.lonestarlegal.org.
Media contact: Clarissa Ayala, cayala@lonestarlegal.org
