COMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC

Community Legal Aid, Inc. (CLA) is the free civil legal aid provider for residents of the five counties of central and western Massachusetts (Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester).

CLA maintains full-time offices in Worcester, Fitchburg, Springfield, Northampton and Pittsfield, and also uses satellite office space to meet with clients in more remote parts of our region.

CLA specializes in assisting tenants threatened with eviction or the loss of a rent subsidy; homeless families trying to access shelter; individuals and families trying to access public benefits programs and unemployment compensation; domestic violence victims in family law matters; persons seeking humanitarian-based immigration relief; students in need of services to help them thrive in school; elders facing threats to their autonomy, independence, or safety, and persons seeking help with a legal problem because they are a victim of a crime or a survivor of a homicide victim.