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Mission

Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Inc., (CLRP) is a statewide non-profit agency which provides legal services to low income individuals with mental health conditions, who reside in hospitals or the community, on matters related to their treatment, recovery, and civil rights. CLRP represents clients in accordance with their expressed preferences in administrative, judicial, and legislative venues to enforce their legal rights and assure that personal choices are respected and individual self-determination is protected. CLRP develops and supports initiatives to promote full community integration which maximizes opportunities for independence and self-sufficiency.

What We Do

CLRP represents clients in accordance with their expressed preferences in administrative, judicial and legislative venues to enforce their legal rights and assure that personal choices are respected and individual self-determination is protected.

CLRP develops and supports initiatives to promote full community integration, which maximizes opportunities for independence and self-sufficiency.

CLRP’s attorneys and paralegals provide services ranging from brief advice and information to full legal representation on legal issues related to:

• Inpatient hospital issues including, but not limited to: discharge, recovery planning, fresh air, privilege levels, privacy, medication, safety, seclusion and restraint;
• Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Connecticut Patients’ Bill of Rights, death or substantial injury in a state-facility, and right to community-based services;
• Probate Court matters such as commitment and conservatorships, explaining rights and procedures, and collaborating with court appointed attorneys;
• Probate Court orders regarding conservatorships and forced medication; and
• Obtaining or maintaining stable housing by preventing eviction, public housing authority interventions, (including housing voucher issues) investigating housing denials and discrimination in obtaining or retaining housing, and requesting reasonable accommodations.
• Active and effective individualized services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services;
• Meaningful participation in recovery planning that addresses individual preferences;
• Access to trauma and gender sensitive, and culturally competent services.