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| MFY Legal Services, Inc. - The Adult Home Advocacy Project |
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| WHO WE ARE |
The Adult Home Advocacy Project (AHAP) of MFY Legal Services represents mentally disabled residents of adult homes in all five boroughs of New York City. The AHAP staff does outreach and education at the homes with a view to correcting poor physical conditions, ensuring residents' rights to their limited funds and enforcing residents' personal rights. The AHAP pursues individual and affirmative litigation on issues that impact adult home residents.
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| HOW TO GET HELP |
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To contact this group, CALL (212) 464-8110 or (866) 893-6772 (toll free) |
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| | Monday: | | 10:00-05:00 |
| | Tuesday: | | 10:00-05:00 |
| | Wednesday: | | 10:00-05:00 |
| | Thursday: | | 10:00-05:00 |
| | Friday: | | 10:00-05:00 |
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| WHO WE SERVE |
| See below for an explanation of restrictions on who we can serve. |
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| Area(s) Served:
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island)
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Languages Spoken: French, Haitian Creole, Cantonese Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog, Foughenese, Spanish, Greek
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Languages for which interpreters can be provided: In house translation is provided for languages listed above; for other languages, telephonic translation is provided.
En Español
Proveemos traducción interno para los idiomas mencionados antes. Para los otros idiomas traducción telefónica es disponible.
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Wheelchair Accessible: Y
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Access for the deaf: Can arrange for American Sign Language interpreters. Also uses a relay service.
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Other Requirements: For help, you must be:
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mentally ill
a resident of an adult home
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| TYPE OF HELP |
| This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources: |
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Full Legal Representation
Brief Advice
Self-Help Materials
Other- Also offer on site trainings at the adult home.
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(Get more information about
types of services.)
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GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION
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