1021 Broadway Street
5th Floor Buffalo, NY 14212
mhawny.org/program/legal-services/
Main Phone
716-886-1242
Primary Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance, Child Support Assistance/Enforcement, Child Support Wage Assignment Assistance, Consumer Law, Divorce Assistance, Eviction Prevention Assistance, General Benefits and Services Assistance, Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution, Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance, Tenant Rights Information/Counseling, Welfare Rights Assistance
Description
Provides civil legal services for mental health consumers, including assistance related to:
- Social Security Disability (SSD): Initial Benefits, Cessations, Overpayments
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Initial Benefits, Child Benefits, Cessations, Overpayments, PASS
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Public Assistance: Food Stamps (SNAP), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
- Housing: Landlord/Tenant issues, evictions, Section 8 informal hearings
- Consumer Law: Debt collection assistance, student loan discharge, bankruptcy
- Family Law: Child support modifications, divorce, custody and visitation
- Social Security Disability (SSD): Initial Benefits, Cessations, Overpayments
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Initial Benefits, Child Benefits, Cessations, Overpayments, PASS
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Public Assistance: Food Stamps (SNAP), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
- Housing: Landlord/Tenant issues, evictions, Section 8 informal hearings
- Consumer Law: Debt collection assistance, student loan discharge, bankruptcy
- Family Law: Child support modifications, divorce, custody and visitation
Hours
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm.
Eligibility
Open to anyone with a psychiatric diagnosis.
Service Area: WNY.
Service Area: WNY.
Intake Process
Call or email.
Program Fees
Free.
Languages
English and Spanish.
Handicap Accessible?
No
Date of Official Change
Feb 26, 2021
Contacts
Edward Martnshin (Primary)
Attorney
emartnshin@mhawny.org
716-886-1242