I have acquired services here on and off for several years. The advocate that I worked with is no longer there. I was approved for LASSA thru her several years ago where my divorce was initiated, but I never went through with it and went back to my kids father. Im April 2020, I sought out for services again. This time their help in applying for legal aid was denied. The legal aid group never sent out a formal letter stating this and I do not know why they denied me. DFOF requested that I attend their group classes and to search for a job. I was doing those things that they required and I was told that their legal aid would look at my case again to see if they could take on my divorce case. This was denied and the advocate told me that if I had $2, 000 saved up that I could retain a lawyer that they worked with. The advocate asked and told me to use my stimulus check in which people received during the pandemic to retain my divorce lawyer. I find it offensive and rude that this was advised of me because I have no home of my own nor do I own anything to my name and it seemed like DFOF wanted me to hire an attorney with what little money I had. $2, 000 is not alot of money and I already spent it paying off my credit cards and rent owed to my parents since 4/1/2020. This kind of treatment has made me feel hopeless in getting any help from a domestic battery help center and I am contemplating on going back to my abusive husband. I was approved before and I was hoping to be approved again for legal aid representation. I did ask the advocate to ask about me being on some kind of waitlist, but it seems hopeless. I believe it was wrong to assume that I use my small amount of stimulus check money when that is for essentials.