Provides refugee resettlement and immigration and citizenship services including refugee employment services, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, housing, mediation, and counseling, assistance with green cards, citizenship, counseling, legal services.

On-site therapy, counseling, group-based programming, and individual/family case management to improve lives of immigrants who have experienced severe loss and trauma.

Also currently serving refugees from Ukraine.

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.

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 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.

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.

Advocacy and community programs for Latinos.

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

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.

Searchable online directory of over 1,000 free or low-cost nonprofit immigration legal service providers across the country. Only nonprofits that are DOJ-recognized or have attorneys on staff are included in the directory.

Users can search by state, zip code, or detention facility and refine their search by types and areas of legal assistance provided, populations served, languages spoken, other areas of legal assistance, and non-legal services provided.

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.

Provides free Immigration and Naturalization Assistance to help immigrants and refugees become US citizens.

Community education workshops will be offered, ESL/Citizenship Classes and legal assistance including preparing Naturalization and/or DACA applications.

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

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 Processing.

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

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.

Provides immigration legal assistance to the indigent and to low-income immigrants. Assists some US citizens who need immigration counseling and help with the preparation of a variety of petitions including applications for citizenship. Some services available are, consultation about immigration legal matters, referrals to immigration attorneys and other organizations in cases out of the scope of these services, assists in the preparation of family petitions, legal residency (Green cards) and immigration visas, and assists in the preparation of applications for temporary benefits like DACA, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Parole in- Place and the employment authorizations associated with those benefits.

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.