Listing Category
Short Description
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. / Monday – Friday
Free legal assistance for those at or below poverty level. Consumer, education, family, juvenile, health, housing, administrative, civil rights, miscellaneous.
Phone
(337) 439-0377
Address
2911 Ryan Street
Lake Charles, La 70601
Children’s Advocacy Center – A Division of Family and Youth
Short Description
The Children’s Advocacy Center is a child-friendly facility designed to coordinate services for children who have been reported as sexually or severely physically abused. Designed and managed to reduce the effects of trauma, the Center’s comfortable environment and well-trained staff work together with area prosecutors, law enforcement agents, social service workers, therapists, victim advocates and medical professionals to investigate child abuse allegations. Referrals come from law enforcement and child protection only.
Phone
337-436-9533
Address
220 Louie Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) – A Division of Family and Youth
Listing Category
Short Description
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) are volunteers who speak in court for a child’s best interest. Judges appoint a CASA volunteer to an abused or neglected child who has been removed from his or her home. The CASA volunteer helps to ensure that the child receives appropriate care and services, whether from a foster home or relative’s home while he or she is in the court system. Volunteers are trained and supported by the CASA staff.
Phone
337-436-9533
Address
220 Louie Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Listing Category
Short Description
Provides legal representation to indigent defendants who have been charged criminally and who are unable to pay for an attorney.
Phone
(337) 436-1718
Address
1011 Lakeshore Drive, suite 200
Lake Charles, La 70601
Listing Category
Short Description
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday, call to schedule an appointment
$50 consultation fee, free and income-based sliding fee scale legal services.
Phone
(337) 436-3308
Address
1011 Lakeshore Drive; Ste. 400
Lake Charles, La 70601
Listing Category
Short Description
Provides low-cost assistance to individuals needing help with immigration issues, including applications for naturalization. Offers English classes, tutorial and workplace literacy instructions for skilled workers, periodic workshops, and lecture
Phone
337-477-0683
Address
3204 Gerstner Memorial Drive, Suite E
Lake Charles, LA 70601