What We Do Click here for directions to our offices. What We Do Our staff work in specialized units to best address the problems faced by the people in our service area living in poverty. The Asian Outreach Unit offers legal services to Asians in GBLS' service area in all areas of law GBLS handles. Currently, Asian Outreach staff speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Toisanese and Vietnamese.
Services are available to clients speaking other languages through interpreters.
The Unit is also focusing on the problems experienced by elderly legal immigrants who are losing their SSI and food stamp benefits. The Employment Unit helps people who have been wrongfully denied unemployment benefits, victims of discrimination in training opportunities or employment, and people who are not receiving minimum wage or the overtime pay to which they are entitled. In addition, through legislative and administrative advocacy, the Unit has addressed the unemployment system, wage and hour laws, low wage worker protections, and training for disadvantaged families. The Family Law Unit represents victims of domestic violence in securing their own safety and well-being and that of their children. Advocates assist these clients and others in obtaining custody and visitation orders and child support through divorce and paternity actions.