The Mental Health Project of the Urban Justice Center is a team of attorneys, social workers and advocates dedicated to enforcing the rights of low-income New Yorkers with mental illness. We represent individual clients, bring class action lawsuits and engage in community education with the belief that low-income people with mental illness are entitled to live stable and full lives, free from discrimination. Our primary areas of direct representation are: 1. Homelessness Prevention/Income Maintenance Represent clients in housing matters and advocate for social policies that combat homelessness. Ensure that clients have access to benefits, including food stamps, Social Security and public assistance. 2. Discharge Planning Enforce state and federal laws requiring hospitals, jails and prisons to provide people with mental illness with crucial social services prior to discharge. 3. Advocacy for Veterans Assist veterans with PTSD and other mental health problems by providing legal services to access housing, health care and income.