Calgary Legal Guidance - Homeless Outreach Program

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Homeless Outreach Program

The Homeless Outreach Program provides free legal assistance for homeless, or those at-risk of becoming homeless, on legal issues, including:

access to housing, employment, income support, counselling, referrals to other social services
assistance obtaining photo identification and information regarding birth certificate and SIN cards
assistance with the housing issues leading to homelessness
direct team support from a lawyer and a social advocate

Homeless outreach advocate: 403-716-6498 or hop@clg.ab.ca

Identification

The HOP program assists hundreds every year with accessing identification and cards of entitlement such as Canadian Birth Certificates, Alberta Health Care cards, and Social Insurance cards.
View the ID Project Year End Report Summary 2011.

We run affidavit ID clinics at the Salvation Army twice a month and once a month at our office on a drop-in basis. Please refer below for specifics on location and times of affidavit ID clinics. Please note that date are subject to change.

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100, 840 - 7th Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 3G2 (map) ph 403 234 9266, fax 403 234 9299 clg@clg.ab.ca		Mon-Thr: 8:30am to 4:30pm Fri: 8:30am to noon, 1:00pm to 4:00pm