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The Bar Area Reporter - Friday, April 30, 1999
Mark Norby
On the first and third Wednesday of each month ABC Positive Resource Center will offer drop-in legal workshops and clinics covering different topics. The first workshop, this Wednesday, May 5, will cover ways that going to work can affect credit: participants will learn how to obtain their credit history, understand credit reports, and repair credit problems.
The workshops will begin at 2 p.m. at 973 Market Street, between 5th and 6th streets, on the 6th floor.
"On Wednesday, May 19 participants will learn strategies for securing and maintaining housing in today's market, as well as their rights in respect to rental subsidy programs, reasonable accommodations, substandard living conditions and eviction," says Ken Bukowski, executive director at ABC Positive Resource Center. After each workshop, participants have an opportunity to discuss their individual situations with a staff attorney and will be connected with further legal assistance as needed through ALRP's extensive list of community attorneys.
"These new legal clinics are essential for some people to successfully transition into the workplace," Bukowski explains. ''It is difficult to hold down a steady job without stable housing, or to start getting a paycheck again when you have creditors at your doorstep. We are excited to add this type of legal assistance to our continuum of employment services that includes job search skills workshops, resume assistance, career counseling, computer training, benefits counseling, support groups, and job placement assistance."
ABC Positive Resource Center serves over 2,500 people living with HIV/AIDS each year and is recognized as the preferred provider of benefits counseling and employment services in Northern California. The new legal clinics are made possible through support from the HIV/AIDS Employment Development Unit of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
For more information about the legal clinic or other agency services, call (415) 777-0333.
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