Eligibility Requirements
CLSMF serves eligible clients in twelve counties: Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Putnam, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia. Please click here for a listing of our office locations.
To obtain free assistance, you must be eligible for services by meeting guidelines based primarily on income, assets, and household size, very similar to those of our state agencies. Your local office will be happy to speak with you to determine if you are eligible for free services.
Generally, in order to be eligible for free legal assistance from Community Legal Services, your income cannot exceed 125% (or one and one-quarter times) the Federal Poverty Guidelines. A potential client whose household income falls above the 125% level but is below 200% may still be eligible after certain of their expenses including rent, mortgage payments and medical costs are deducted.
Eligibility for some or our projects such as the Domestic Violence Project, Fair Housing Project and Elder Advocacy Project are set by the funders and are, in many instances, much more flexible than the 125% requirement. Seniors do not need to qualify by income at all.
2 people in family $18,213
3 people in family $22,888
4 people in family$27,563
5 people in family$32,238
6 people in family$36,913
7 people in family$41,588
8 people in family$46,263
Add $4,675 for each additional person