Founded in 1996, Santa Clara Valley Legal Aid is a vibrant, community-based legal aid nonprofit program where people can confer with an attorney or a Social Security disability representative, in a convenient neighborhood setting at 642 Lemon Way in Fillmore every Thursday from 6 - 7:30 pm. A Spanish - English translator is also available. SCV Legal Aid provides advocacy, assistance, encouragement, advice, guidance and support for self-help for the communities of Piru, Fillmore, and Santa Paula. Areas of support include:
• Consumer issues
• Assistance with debt issues
• Landlord-Tenant
• Employment and labor law
• SS Disability
• Small Claims
• Expungement assistance (misdemeanors and infractions)
FAQ's:
Cost?
SCV Legal Aid does not charge for services.
Do I qualify for SCV Legal Aid free assistance?
If you are getting public benefits, are a low-income person, or barely have enough income to pay for your household’s basic needs you will likely qualify for free assistance. SCV Legal Aid is here to support the goals of equal access to justice.
I do not have legal immigration status. Can SCV Legal Aid help me?
Every legal aid clinic has its own rules. SCV Legal Aid volunteers and attorneys work do not get paid and since its inception, does not apply for or receive government funding of any kind. This means we can help. Although SCV Legal Aid does not provide immigration status assistance, no matter your immigration status, in many cases we can provide guidance and support for victims of wage abuse, domestic violence, uninhabitable housing and many other matters.
Are there matters that SCV Legal Aid does not handle?
Yes. There are many areas of law that SCV Legal Aid does not handle or advise, including criminal law, family law or any civil cases in which most attorneys are available, such as wrongful death and medical malpractice.
Where can I go for assistance with family law matters like custody and child support?
The Ventura Family Law Self-Help Center is located at the Ventura Courthouse, 800 South Victoria Avenue, on the third floor, in Room 30 outside of the family law courts.
For more help, there is also the Self-Help Legal Access Center
http://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/shlac.html
Locations
Ventura: The Ventura Self-Help Legal Access Center is located at the Ventura Courthouse, 800 South Victoria Avenue, on the first floor, in Room 106. For recorded information, please call (805) 289-8724.
Oxnard: The Oxnard Self-Help Center is located in the Juvenile and Probate Courthouse at 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue, Room 206, in Oxnard (El Rio). For recorded information, please call (805) 289-8724.
