Eligibility Requirements

Individual Client Eligibility:  CRLAF provides free legal assistance, community education, training and advocacy support to and on behalf of indigent people, including immigrants, Latino farmworkers, and the rural poor.  Individuals must demonstrate income at 125% of the federal poverty guidelines. 

Case Acceptance:  CRLAF considers cases in areas of the law considered especially important rural poor families and communities. Our priority areas include citizenship and immigration, education, environmental jsutice, labor and employment, rural health, rural housing, pesticides and worker safety. 

We look at the following questions in order to determine whether to accept a case:

1).  Does the client's income make him or her eligible for our legal services? 

2).  Does the legal problem fall within one of CRLAF's priority areas?

3).  Will our involvement likely make a diferent in the resolution of the case?

4).  Is the case one that will have a positive benefit not only for the client but for the larger community as well?