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CURRENT GBLS sERVICES

GBLS is currently open by appointment. The best ways to reach us for legal advice or help are below.

GBLS helps people regardless of their immigration status in all of our work.

Type of Problem

Child Care: 617-603-1806. For more Child Care information click here.
Children Health Advocacy: 617-603-1804. For more Children Health Advocacy information click here.
Consumer Rights/Debt Collection: 617-603-1671. For more Consumer Rights/Debt Collectioninformation click here.
Criminal Record Sealing, Expungement & CORI: 617-603-1797. For more Criminal Record Sealing, Expungement & CORI information click here.
Education Advocacy: 617-603-1804. For more Education Advocacy information click here.
Elders (60 and older): 617-603-1804. For more Elders information click here.
Eviction: 617-603-1807. For more Eviction information click here

Family Law: 617-603-1803. The Family Law Unit advocates continue to work on existing cases remotely and we are accepting requests for new cases during this time. For more Family Law information click here.
Housing Law: 617-603-1807. For more information including about help with eviction cases and shelter for homeless pregnant women and families with children, click here.
Immigration: 617-603-1808. Call if you have a question concerning Immigration. For Resources for Undocumented Families click here.
MassHealth/Medicaid/Medicare - SSI and Social Security disability benefits: 617-603-1804. For more health benefits information click here.
Nursing Home Advocacy: 617-603-1804. For more Nursing Home Advocacy information click here.
Shelter: 617-603-1807 For more Shelter information click here
Tax returns and federal COVID payments: 617-603-1510 Call if you have a question or concerns.
Employment Law Unit (Workers’ Rights and Unemployment Benefits): 617-603-1810 for help with unemployment benefits denials & employer appeals, wage theft (minimum wage, overtime, unpaid wages), paid family & medical leave, sick leave, or U and T visas for immigrant survivors of labor trafficking and workplace crimes.
Welfare benefits: 617-603-1806. For more Welfare benefits information click here.

Special Services

Asian Outreach Center: 617-603-1809 Leave your name, phone number, and a brief summary of what you need help with. We will call you back in Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, or English to set up a phone appointment. For additional Asian Outreach Legal Clinic information click here.

Cambridge and Somerville Office (CASLS): 617-603-2700 CASLS covers Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Winchester, and Woburn for help with housing, public benefits, EA shelter, and mental health law problems.

For other legal problems call Eastern Region Legal Intake (ERLI) at 617-603-1700

For other resources: GBLS helps people regardless of their documentation status in all of the areas of our legal work. Here are some places for other kinds of help. For other resources click here.

For other resources for Boston residents click here.

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