Children & Youth Legal Services
LSNF provides legal assistance to needy children and youth in critical areas that affect their safety, wellbeing and future development. Primarily, LSNF works in the areas of foster care (dependency), education, and expungement.
This involves advocating for children who need physical and mental health benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), services from the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and other needs that may come up.
In Florida, 578,317 students received special education services in 2021-22 – there are students in special education in every school district. In the region served by LSNF, there were 40,421.