Community Health Law Project

Community Health Law Project

CHLP's Areas of Expertise

Public entitlements (Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability benefits, county and municipal Welfare, emergency assistance, food stamps); 

Medicaid, Medicare and other health insurance benefits, as well as fee-for-service and managed health care disputes;

Housing advocacy (habitability and landlord-tenant issues);

Consumer law (debt collection, bankruptcy, contracts);

Family law (child support, visitation, domestic violence);

Discrimination (housing, employment, education, and public accommodations);

Barrier-free accessibility;

Advance directives and living wills;

Outreach and support for persons with disabilities;

Systems coordination (information, linkage and referral); and

Training, counseling, and technical assistance.

Eligibility for Service

Disability. CHLP assists individuals with mental health, developmental, physical, and visual disabilities; people living with HIV/AIDS and their families; and, in certain issues, organizations that serve people with disabilities.

Residence. CHLP assists people who live “in the community.” Eligibility for services varies by county of residence as determined by CHLP’s funding sources.

Income. CHLP represents low-income individuals who are unable to afford the services of private attorneys. Counseling, referral, and additional program services are available to others according

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  • Female Only
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  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Treatment Home
  • Tri-County CMO
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  • Vaccine
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  • All / Clear
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • ADHD / ADD
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Advocacy
  • Alzheimer's and Associated Dementias
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assistive Technology
  • Attachment Disorder
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), High Functioning
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Nonverbal
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
  • Behavioral
  • Bullying
  • Cancer / Cancer Facilities
  • Child Abuse / Neglect
  • Chronic Illness & Pain Management
  • Communication Disorders
  • Conduct Disorder
  • COVID Testing / Vaccines
  • Crisis / Safety / Prevention
  • Dental
  • Depression
  • Dermatillomania
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Domestic Violence
  • Early Intervention
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Eye Care / Vision
  • Family Conflict & Distress
  • Fire-Setting
  • Gang Prevention
  • Grief / Loss
  • Guardianship
  • Health / Wellness / Nutrition
  • Health Insurance
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Home Care
  • I / DD Day Program
  • Integrated Mental / Physical Health Services
  • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Medical / Health Needs
  • Medical Equipment
  • Medication / Prescription Assistance
  • Meditation / Relaxation Techniques
  • Mental Health
  • Missing Youth
  • Mood Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Panic Disorder
  • Personality Disorders
  • Physical Disability
  • Physical Illness
  • Physical Therapy
  • Preventative Healthcare
  • Psychosis
  • Psychosomatic
  • Relationship / Peer Issues
  • Resilience Building
  • School Issues / School Refusal
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Injury
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Inappropriate / Offending
  • Special Needs
  • Stress Management
  • Substance Use
  • Suicide / Suicidal Ideation
  • Support Coordination
  • Teen Issues
  • Therapeutic Nursery
  • Trafficking
  • Transition Planning
  • Trauma / PTSD
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Womens / Mens
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  • Camden County Partnership for Children
  • Cape Atlantic INK
  • Capitol County Children's Collaborative (Mercer)
  • Caring Partners of Morris & Sussex
  • CGS Family Partnership
  • Circle of Care for Families and Children (Passaic)
  • Coordinated Family Care (Middlesex)
  • Families and Community Together (Union)
  • Monmouth Cares
  • Ocean Partnership for Children
  • Partners for Kids and Families (Burlington)
  • Partnership for Children of Essex
  • Tri-County CMO
  • All / Clear
  • Alternative Therapies
  • Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
  • ARC-GROW
  • Assessment / Evaluation
  • Attachment Based Family Therapy
  • Behavioral Assistance
  • Bio-Psycho Social (BPS) Needs Assessment
  • CCIS / Inpatient
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Counseling
  • Counseling / Therapy, Family
  • Counseling / Therapy, Group
  • Counseling / Therapy, Individual
  • Creative Arts Therapy
  • CSOC Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
  • Equine Assisted / Hippotherapy
  • Group Home
  • Health / Fitness Mentoring
  • I / DD Out of Home Treatment
  • Individual Support Services (ISS)
  • Integrated / Functional Medicine
  • Intensive In-Community (IIC) Services
  • Intensive In-Community (IIC) Services, Licensed
  • Intensive In-Community (IIC) Services, Masters
  • Intensive In-Home (IIH) Services, Behavioral
  • Intensive In-Home (IIH) Services, Clinical
  • Intensive In-Home (IIH) Services, Licensed
  • Intensive In-Home (IIH) Services, Masters
  • Intensive In-Home (IIH) Therapy
  • Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
  • ISS/Tech1
  • ISS/Tech2
  • Medication Monitoring
  • Mindfulness-Based Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Nurtured Heart Approach
  • Outreach Services
  • Parent Coaching / Mentoring
  • Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
  • Play Therapy
  • Professional Services / Wraparound
  • Psychological / Psychiatric Evals
  • Residential Treatment Center
  • Sand Play Therapy
  • Social Skills
  • Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
  • Substance Abuse Evaluations
  • Substance Abuse Out of Home Treatment
  • Transitional Living
  • Trauma Informed Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Treatment Home
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  • Virtual
  • State-Wide
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  • Carteret
  • Colonia
  • Dayton
  • East Brunswick Township
  • Edison
  • Edison
  • Edison
  • Fords
  • Franklin Park
  • Helmetta
  • Highland Park
  • Iselin
  • Jamesburg
  • Keasbey
  • Kendall Park
  • Kingston
  • Laurence Harbor
  • Metuchen
  • Middlesex
  • Milltown
  • Monmouth Junction
  • New Brunswick
  • North Brunswick Township
  • Old Bridge
  • Parlin
  • Perth Amboy
  • Piscataway
  • Plainsboro
  • Port Reading
  • Sayreville
  • Sewaren
  • South Plainfield
  • South River
  • Spotswood
  • Warren
  • Woodbridge
  • All / Clear
  • County Funding
  • DCP&P Contracted Service
  • Free
  • Low Cost / Donation
  • Managed Care
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private / Commercial Insurance
  • Scholarships / Financial Aid
  • Self Pay
  • Sliding Scale / Payment Plans
  • State Funding
  • State-Public Contracted Service
  • System of Care (CSOCI Medicaid / FlexFunds)
  • All / Clear
  • Children
  • Age 0-4
  • Age 5-10
  • Adolescents
  • Age 11-13
  • Age 14-18
  • Adults
  • Age 19-23
  • Seniors
  • All / Clear
  • American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Bengali
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Creole
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Filipino
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Guajarati
  • Guyanese
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Igbo
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Khmer
  • Korean
  • Macedonian
  • Moroccan
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese
  • Yiddish
  • Yoruba