Child and Youth Advocacy
JALA provides advocacy and representation on behalf of children and youth in several areas to promote their future self-sufficiency and freedom from abuse.
The areas we handle are listed below. Please note that as much as we would like to help every client who applies for our services, we cannot accept every case due to limited resources. Case acceptance will depend on the circumstances of each case, whether all eligibility criteria are met, and staff availability. On the other hand, if you do not see your legal problem listed, it does not mean we will not consider your case. We are always interested in learning about new and different issues affecting our community.
We help in three main ways; Education, Emancipation, Juvenile Delinquency, Mental Health and Medical Legal Collaboration. Click topics below to expand for more information.
We represent children with disabilities in creating and enforcing Individual Education Plans (IEPs) to ensure the extra services and resources needed for a quality education.
School Discipline
We represent children with disabilities in school discipline cases to ensure that behaviors associated with disabilities are not being mistaken for intentional misconduct.
We also represent children in school discipline cases who are not provided appropriate notice and hearing.
School Transfers or Disenrollment
We represent homeless children in contesting school transfers or disenrollment based on a child’s loss of housing in the school’s area.
Independent Living Benefits
- Road to Independence Scholarship
- After-Care Services
- Transitional Support Services
We represent youth who are aging out of Foster Care in getting and keeping Independent Living Benefits, including Road to Independence Scholarships, After-Care Services, and Transitional Support Services.
We accept court appointment to represent children with mental disabilities who are living in Foster Care in their residential treatment hearings to protect their due process rights and ensure they are receiving appropriate medical treatment.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
We represent children with disabilities in applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) cases.
Family Law Service Areas
Click topics below for more information.
Self Help Information
Helpful Web Links
Online Interactive Forms Pleadings (for Florida pro se Family Law and Landlord-Tenant Litigants)
Alachua County Clerk of the Court
Escambia County Clerk of the Court
Brochures
Simplified Divorce
Caregiving for Children of Others
Representing Yourself in Family Law
Your Rights as an Unwed Parent
How to Establish Paternity
Getting Child Support
How to Reduce Child Support
Stop Domestic Violence
Injunction for Protection Fact Sheet
Emancipation-St. Johns County
Filing Instruction Sheets
Dissolution of Marriage – Simplified
Dissolution of Marriage – Filing With Children
Dissolution of Marriage – Filing No Children With Property
Dissolution of Marriage – Filing No Children No Property
Dissolution of Marriage – Answering With Children
Dissolution of Marriage – Answering No Children With Property
Dissolution of Marriage – Answering No Children No Property
Paternity – Affirmatively Filing
Paternity – Answering
Modification – Filing Child Support
Modification – Filing Child Custody
Modification – Answering Child Support
Modification – Answering Child Custody
Disestablishment of Paternity – Filing
Contempt – Filing
Motion for Temporary Support – With Children
Temporary Relative Custody – Filing
Free Family Law Clinics
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2 events,Free twenty-minute consultations for individuals representing themselves in bankruptcy court. 4th Wednesday of Every Month **November clinic will be on the 18th. Have you been served with an eviction summons? Does your rental home need repairs? Get help preparing your answer or creating your |
2 events,Learn about Florida dissolution of marriage including issues involving children and property. Receive forms and general instructions. 4th Thursday of Every Month Learn about Florida dissolution of marriage including issues involving children and property. Receive forms and general instructions. 4th Thursday of Every Month |
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