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Offers the following support services to the immigrant and Spanish-speaking community, case management to residential and non-residential clients, safety planning, assistance with adjusting to the United States lifestyle, advocacy outside the community, including places of employment, schools, and other organizations, interpretation services, court advocacy, transportation to court or other organizations, Spanish empowerment and educational group for domestic violence, and information and referral for immigrants with no legal status in the United States to organizations that assist with immigrant relief.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Case/Care Management

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

-- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

-- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

-- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

-- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

-- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

-- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

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Protective/Restraining Orders
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) as a qualified immigration legal service provider. All practicing immigration specialists have received extensive education and training in immigration law and have obtained BIA accreditation. An immigration attorney is also available for individuals in removal or deportation proceedings who need representation in Immigration Court.

Offers affordable, quality immigration legal assistance to refugees, immigrants and asylees. Minimal fees for service are charged on a sliding scale.

Services include assistance with family petitions, citizenship, permanent residence, travel documents, Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). LFS immigration specialists assist in the entire process from completing the necessary application to representation at the USCIS Naturalization Interview.

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Language Translation
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Provides affordable legal services to help reunite families by assisting them navigate the immigration system and advocate on their behalf. Assists with paperwork for green card and citizenship applications, family visitor visas, deferred action for childhood arrivals, temporary protected status, violence against women act and other family-based immigration legal services.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Provides basic immigration legal services for those needing assistance with the completion of forms to be submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The program does not represent clients in front of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which includes both the Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals. The program can serve as a referral point for clients with orders for removal or notices to appear, but does not handle the cases. Examples of service include completion of the N-400 (Application for Citizenship) and I-485 (Adjustment of Status).

Offers affordable legal immigration services, adult education programs such as GED in Spanish, computer classes, and a Micro Business & Development Program. Other resources and/or financial assistance may be available.

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Public Access Computers/Tools
Rent Payment Assistance
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Computer Literacy Training Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Business Assistance Services

Representation of the public administration of Mexico.

Serves Mexican citizens, living or traveling in the United States.

Issues documents including Mexican passports, Consular Identification Cards, Birth Registration to Mexican Nationals born abroad, and Mexican Military Registration.

Protection for Mexican Nationals.

Visas for foreigners traveling to Mexico.

Powers of Attorney / issues Power of Attorney letters.

Promotes specialized programs to education and business community.

Promotes trade and tourism to residents in Iowa and Nebraska.

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Passports
Identification Cards
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Travelers Assistance

Accredited representative assists with immigration proceedings. Includes residency renewals and replacements, employment authorization, citizenship, DACA, and FOIAs.

Assist families with forms such as N-400, I-485, I-131, I-765, I-130, I-129, N-600, N-565, etc.

Provides legal representation and services. Includes deportation defense, employment authorization, Temporary Protected Status, U visa, I-601 waiver, and more.

Community Assistance

-- Provides resources for health, financial, and public services in the community

-- Assistance with accessing public assistance program and benefits-- Assistance completing forms and making phone calls on an individual's behalf

-- Referrals for basic needs and emergency assistance

-- Employment services and consultations

-- Access to legal and immigration consultations through partnerships with Immigrant Legal Center, Jason Finch & Associates, and the Law Office of Sylvia Rodriguez

Community Home Gardens:

Trained staff help address and improve access to affordable produce in the southeast Omaha community by providing education and training for families and community members to learn to build, grow, and maintain their own backyard gardens. This project will also be a catalyst to address other social needs through community resource connections.

Mindfulness and Physical Well-Being:

Trained staff and instructors teach community members mindfulness techniques and strategies to reduce stress and improve wellness. Along with mindfulness practice, physical activity is offered to help address the stress of our community's everyday lives.

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Citizenship Education
Home Gardening Assistance/Supplies
Provides limited immigration assistance for those seeking naturalization, residency/green card renewals, family-based visas, adjustment of status and DACA renewals.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

Helps individuals and families with filing a variety of USCIS forms. Services consist of legal consultations in which staff evaluate immigration legal options, advise how to proceed, and provide legal representation throughout the legal process:
-- Renewal or replacement of lawful permanent residence card (green card)
-- Family Petition (I-130) for qualifying family members
-- Fiance Petitions (I-129F)
-- Waivers of Inadmissibility (I-601/ I-601A)
-- Self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
-- Adjustment of status for U-Visa, VAWA, Cuban Adjustment Act, Refugee/Asylee adjustment or family-based cases
-- Removal of conditions on lawful permanent status
-- Renewal or replacement or employment authorization document (work permit)
-- Refugee Travel Document (I-131)
-- Non-immigrant visa for survivors of crime (U-Visa)
-- Naturalization and certificate of citizenship
-- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
-- Humanitarian/Advance Parole
-- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests
-- FBI/CBP Background Requests
-- US Passport Application
-- Passport Photos
-- Immigration Court Proceedings
-- Immigration legal consultations
-- Translation of documents from Spanish to English
-- Community presentations and outreach to the immigrant and nonimmigrant community

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Language Translation

Offers family based immigration (bringing a family member from another country), asylum, immigrant victims of crime, domestic violence, or human trafficking, DACA, citizenship , and minors who are in the USA without their parents.

Consultation clinics are routinely held in Bloomington-Normal, Champaign, Kankakee, Springfield, Peoria, and Carbondale. See website calendar for meeting information.

Offers BIA accredited staff who may assist with a variety of immigration documents and processing.
Free immigration legal services to low-income immigrants.

Assists all refugees; provides programs for ESL, transportation, cultural orientation, and employment. Helps refugees learn to live and work in the United States.

Services include:

-- English as a Second Language.

-- Employment skills class.

-- Interpreters available to go with refugees to medical appointments or hospitals.

-- Advocacy.

-- Coordinates health and human services, ESL classes, housing with OHA, citizenship, drivers' licenses and classes, etc.

-- Public speaking.

-- Job placement for refugees.

-- Refugee resettlement from another country to Omaha.

-- Support groups.

-- Youth program.

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Job Search/Placement
Refugee Resettlement Services
Language Interpretation
Citizenship Education
Immigrant/Refugee Support Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
English as a Second Language
With the assistance of an attorney, immigration forms may be completed, including naturalization, green card, work permits and renewals, travel documents, family petitions and Refugee/Asylee Processings.

Advocacy and community programs for Latinos.

Assistance with employment, housing, and immigration needs. Information and referral. Interpretation and translation services; some fees may apply.

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Job Search/Placement
Language Interpretation
Food Pantries
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Language Translation
General Clothing Provision
Housing Search Assistance

Offers family based immigration (bringing a family member from another country), asylum, immigrant victims of crime, domestic violence, or human trafficking, DACA, citizenship , and minors who are in the USA without their parents.

Consultation clinics are routinely held in Bloomington-Normal, Champaign, Kankakee, Springfield, Peoria, and Carbondale. See website calendar for meeting information.

Provides information regarding immigration and naturalization benefits. Applications for: citizenship, green card, work visa in the U.S., and international adoption.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Citizenship and Immigration Services Offices
Work Permits
Provides affordable legal services to help reunite families by assisting them navigate the immigration system and advocate on their behalf. Assists with paperwork for green card and citizenship applications, family visitor visas, deferred action for childhood arrivals, temporary protected status, violence against women act and other family-based immigration legal services.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Immigrant Benefits Assistance

Mission is to improve working conditions for low-income workers and their households in the following industries:

- Cannery.

- Farms.

- Greenhouse.

- Landscaping.

- Meat.

- Nursery.

- Packinghouse.

- Poultry.

- Restaurants.

- Snow plowing.

Offers:

- Community outreach and education.

- Litigation.

- Community legal education.

- Information and referrals.

- Organization partnerships to fight human labor trafficking.

- Preventing family separations through securing dual citizenship for their children.

- Facilitates access to cash transfers to very low-income populations.

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Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Specialized Information and Referral
Helps immigrants in the U.S. understand their legal options. The online screening tool, legal information, and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations are always free to use.

Immi was created by the Immigration Advocates Network and Pro Bono Net, two nonprofit organizations dedicated to increasing access to justice for low-income immigrants.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Offers low income immigrants and refugees a safe place to seek free legal assistance for immigration and naturalization issues. The attorneys provide counsel for immigrants and refugees who are eligible for legal status in the United States. Counsel and advice for new clients is available at monthly legal clinics in 7 locations in Iowa: Cedar Rapids, Columbus Junction, Des Moines, Ottumwa, Decorah, Marshalltown and Storm Lake. The attorneys will continue with cases eligible for immigration benefits.

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Immigrant Rights Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services