Our Mission

The Center for Civil Justice improves the health and economic opportunities of low-income persons through advocacy, community legal education, and strategic partnerships.

Our Vision

CCJ is a skilled, creative and zealous advocate that empowers low-income persons to understand, enhance,and enforce their legal rights and interests. CCJ gives priority to systemic issues and strategies.

CCJ works in collaboration with low-income persons and their allies, identifies issues and opportunities, and is a catalyst for positive change, especially at the local and state level.

CCJ’s expertise on issues affecting low- and moderate-income persons is sought out and respected by our clients, partners, policy makers, and the public.

Our Work

CCJ is a non-profit organization that uses its expertise on laws and policies affecting low income people to advocate for the rights and interests of our low-income clients. We work with low-income persons in the counties of Arenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw, St Clair, Sanilac, and Tuscola. We also work in partnership with community, faith-based and governmental organizations in these counties and throughout the state to achieve systemic improvements in the policies affecting low-income persons. We provide legal and technical assistance to advocates and organizations statewide on a variety of policy issues, especially those related to food and nutrition programs, healthcare programs, and economic self-sufficiency.