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Law Practice

Nov. 30, 2010

Getting Legal Help to the Mentally Ill

A legal services project from Rubicon Programs connects low-income mentally ill people with a lawyer who can help them obtain basic services.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Resolving child custody issues or getting disability benefits through Social Security can be difficult to begin with, but those processes can be a gauntlet if you're mentally ill.


Some Contra Costa County residents with mental health problems who find themselves in those kinds of quandries can get help with those and other problems, thanks to a unique partnership between a nonprofit organization...

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