Bet Tzedek - The House of Justice

SOVA Advocacy

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Thanks to funding from The Jewish Federation Council’s Alleviating Jewish Poverty Initiative and the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Bet Tzedek is partnering with other agencies in a groundbreaking project to provide holistic services to low-income clients. Their funding allowed us to hire a full-time advocate to dedicate time to this effort. Bet Tzedek’s advocate offers legal services to clients at SOVA Resource Centers, while other agencies provide job training, health care, and other social services. This project is the first of its kind in Los Angeles and greatly benefits clients who receive comprehensive services under one roof.

Bet Tzedek advocates at Resource Centers offer counseling on the following matters:

Bankruptcy
Debt Counseling
Elder Law and Estate Planning
Advance Directives for Health Care
Conservatorships/Guardianships
Elder Abuse
Home Equity Fraud
Kinship Care: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Long-Term Care Planning
Nursing Home/Residential Care Issues
Wills
Holocaust Reparations
Housing
Tenants' Rights
Housing Conditions
Public Benefits
In-Home Supportive Services
Medi-Cal & Medicare
Social Security & SSI
Veterans' Benefits
Workers' Rights

To make an appointment for legal help at one of the SOVA/JFS Resource Centers, please call (818) 988-7682 ext. 117.

While Bet Tzedek provides legal services, other organizations provide the following other services on a rotational basis:

Job search preparation and coaching
Free groceries
Food stamp enrollment
Information and referral
Nutritional Counseling

Services are not offered at all locations. Please call to make sure the service you need is available at the location near you.

There are three SOVA sites in the Greater Los Angeles Area:

Valley Resource Center
16439 Vanowen Street (Van Nuys)
(818) 988-7682

Metro Resource Center
7563 Beverly Blvd.
(818) 988-7682

West Resource Center
8846 W. Pico Blvd.
(818) 988-7682

Bet Tzedek is an affiliated agency of the United Way and The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

Bet Tzedek gratefully acknowledges the support of The Archstone Foundation for the Nursing Home Advocacy Project.

Bet Tzedek also thanks The S. Mark Taper Foundation for a two-year grant in support of the Employment Rights Project (ERP). The grant supports the community outreach and education efforts of ERP staff. The S. Mark Taper Foundation, founded in 1989, is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people's lives by supporting nonprofit organizations and their work in the community.

www.bettzedek.org