603 Legal Aid (603LA) Written Notice of Beneficiary Protections
Certain 603LA programs are supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the Federal Government. For that reason, we are required to let you know that:
(1) We may not discriminate against you on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice;
(2) We may not require you to attend or participate in any explicitly religious activities (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) that may be offered by our organization, and any participation by you in such activities must be purely voluntary;
(3) We must separate in time or location any privately funded explicitly religious activities (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) from activities supported with direct Federal financial assistance; and
(4) You may report violations of these protections, including any denials of services or benefits by an organization, by contacting or filing a written complaint with the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, Office for Civil Rights, 999 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20531, by email at , or online at https://www.ojp.gov/program/civil-rights-office/filing-civil-rights-complaint.
We are required to give this written notice to you before you enroll in the program or receive services from the program, unless the nature of the service provided or exigent circumstances make it impracticable for us to provide such notice before we provide the actual service. In such an instance, we must give this notice to you at the earliest available opportunity.
603LA applies the above provisions (1)–(4) to all programs, not just to those programs supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the Federal Government. 603LA does not offer any explicitly religious activities or programs.
If you have any questions, you can reach 603LA Administration by email at or by telephone at (603) 224-3333.
Last updated: October 21, 2025