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== Where to get help ==
== Where to get help ==
See Part 2- Resources, starting on page 43, for a list of helpful resources. Your best bets are:
See Part 2- Resources, starting on page 43, for a list of helpful resources. Your best bets are:
* 35-Legal Services Society Publications: “Your Welfare Rights: A Guide to BC Employment and Assistance”, “Social Assistance on Reserve in British Columbia”.
* Legal Services Society Publications: “Your Welfare Rights: A Guide to BC Employment and Assistance”, “Social Assistance on Reserve in British Columbia”.
* 7-BC Employment and Assistance website for online orientation and further information.
* [[BC Employment and Assistance (BCEA)]] website for online orientation and further information.
* 44-PovNet, for contact and website information for welfare advocates near you.
* [[PovNet]], for contact and website information for welfare advocates near you.
* 31-LawLINE.
* [[Access Justice]], [[Lawyer Referral Service]], [[Salvation Army Pro Bono Lawyer Consultation Program]], [[Private Bar Lawyers]].
* 1-Access Justice, #34-Lawyer Referral Service, #51-Salvation Army Pro Bono Lawyer ConsultationProgram, #45-Private Bar Lawyers.


Before meeting with a lawyer or advocate, complete the form, '''Preparing for Your Interview''', in Part
Before meeting with a lawyer or advocate, complete the form [[Preparing for Your Interview]] in Part
3 of this Guide (page 57). Make sure you bring copies of all documents relating to your case.
3 of this Guide. Make sure you bring copies of all documents relating to your case.




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