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For nearly 50 years, Mental Health Advocacy Services has stood beside low-income adults and children with mental health disabilities in Los Angeles County—offering free legal services to fight for dignity, empowerment, and justice.

Today, we are reaching out with urgency.

Our communities are witnessing an unprecedented rollback on civil rights and other legal protections that were previously considered non-negotiable and unassailable. These policy shifts threaten to push our clients further into crisis at a time when they are already struggling with housing instability, access to employment and education, and economic barriers.

The attorneys and other advocates at Mental Health Advocacy Services serve as a critical resource for folks living will mental illness by helping them understand and assert their legal rights. Through MHAS' free legal advice and counsel, low-income folks and their families can navigate complex legal systems and procedures to ensure that they have access to the services that they need to live with dignity and stability.

We ask you to stand with us today and consider making a donation in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Your dollars directly fund legal representation for low-income folks with mental health disabilities to ensure that they have access to:

HOUSING by fighting housing discrimination, obtaining reasonable accommodations, preventing evictions, increasing housing subsidies, and providing community presentations on tenant protections.
CLEAR THEIR RECORD to remove the reentry hurdles that individuals face after being involved in the criminal justice system.
PUBLIC BENEFITS that are vital for individuals and families to meet their basic needs.
SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES to ensure that children and youth with mental health disabilities receive the support they need to succeed academically.
AND MORE!

Your support is more critical than ever to help us build a future where folks with mental health disabilities live a life that they choose rather than one that is chosen for them by others. We can’t build that future without you.