The philosophy of Umbrella Groups is to pool resources and share expertise in order to develop specialty areas to address common legal problems of the poor in Florida. This translates into three specifics:

1. Promotion of communication among
individual people committed to working on common issues, and support for addressing these issues in other geographic areas;

2. Enhancement of attorney and non-attorney substantive expertise and;

3. Pursuit of statewide advocacy, litigation and community education addressing common issues affecting poor people.

The Umbrella Groups meet and communicate on a regular basis to discuss litigation and advocacy and develop two year workplans. They pursue litigation and advocacy within the framework of the approved workplans. The Umbrella Groups also provide technical assistance to providers of legal assistance to the poor and assist in the development of community education materials.

For the Children's Legal Services Grantees Umbrella Group click here.

For more advocate information visit: www.fladvocate.org

For more client-related information visit: www.floridalawhelp.org