West+County+Public+Benefits,+Resources,+and+Medical-Legal+Partnership

An attorney from Rubicon Legal Services is on-site at the West County Health Center Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings to take referrals for patients' with civil legal issues. Particular focus on public benefits (CalWorks, General Assistance, State Disability Insurance, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Food Stamps, In Home Supportive Services) and housing. Referral forms can be found and dropped in the MLP box in the Health Home office or referrals can be made by calling Rubicon's Attorney Raegan Joern, (510)620-1163, cell: (510)672-0395 or by email: raeganj@rubiconprograms.org
 * West County Medical-Legal Partnership -**





Disability/SSI/SSDI
toc Rubicon Legal Services currently sees many of our clients and helps with Legal Services. Their phone number is 510-232-6611

Presumptive Disability
If you have patients in your clinic, that are terminally ill, and not already on permanent disability and medi-cal, if you fill out a form for presumptive disability (on iSite), with a short letter explaining the diagnosis, contact Connie Nguy to facilitate the patient's disability application -- which vastly speeds up the process. Connie will work with the Disability and Medi-Cal offices and it can make a big difference for our patients, shortening the process by many many months. It also helps our system because we get Medi-Cal reimbursement sooner. Patients who have had a CVA, and not improved over 3 months, also are eligible. This is extremely useful for patient newly diagnosed with cancer or recently severely decompensated liver disease.

Immigration consultation
Refer to Catholic Charities of Richmond. They do consultations and represent immigration cases at a much-reduced fee. They are located at 2369 Barrett Avenue. They take new cases by drop-in on Tuesdays from 1-4 – no appointments.

Housing consultations
Refer to Bay Legal Richmond. They have various workshops in the courts that help people with evictions and are also experts in representing tenants who live in public housing or foreclosed properties. Their phone number is 510-233-9954.

Elder abuse
There is a small legal organization in Richmond called Senior Legal Services that may be able to help. Their phone number is (510) 374-3712.

Domestic Violence Restraining Order Clinics
These are free drop in clinics to help low income individuals get a restraining order placed. This is supported by Bay Area Legal Aid. .

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