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The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County's Peninsula Family Advocacy Program (FAP) is a medical-legal partnership that provides free legal services to low-income disabled children and their families.

Families who qualify can receive direct help with:

  • Health insurance & medical bills

  • Access to medical care (evaluations, ABA, speech therapy, etc)

  • Regional Center access (Early Start Program)

  • Special education and the Individualized Education Program (IEP)

  • Disability benefits (IHSS, SSI, CAPI)

  • Mental Health services

Families can also receive information and referrals for:

  • Housing and eviction

  • Domestic violence

  • Guardianship

  • Conservatorship

  • Public Benefits (CalFresh, WIC, CalWorks)

  • Immigration

Please call (650) 517-8904 or email fap_referrals@legalaidsmc.org for further assistance.

* Services are free and confidential for qualifying families



Legal Aid would like to thank First Five San Mateo County, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto Medical Group Community HEALTH Core Endowment Fund, the State Bar of California Legal Services Trust Fund, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and individual donors for their funding support of the Peninsula Family Advocacy Program.