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- EIN 04-3330208
- (508) 676-5022
- Po Box 2507 Fall River MA 02722-2507 USA
- www.sccls.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Crime & Law, Legal Services
Mission: See part i line 1.
Programs: South coastal counties legal services (sccls) is a non-profit poverty law firm. With its subsidiary, the justice center of southeast massachusetts, sccls is the primary provider of free, non-criminal civil legal services for low-income and indigent individuals, families, elders, and people with disabilities residing in southeastern massachusetts, cape cod and the islands. Sccls works to reduce the unjust effects of poverty by ensuring clients and their families benefit from the fair application of laws. Priority service areas include: homelessness prevention and foreclosure avoidance; access to social safety-net programs; family law, where domestic violence is present; legal problems of elders; immigration issues; and education advocacy.