With IFCS, you have direct access to a group of the industry’s most experienced professionals with extensive success in international education, foreign credential evaluations, university admission, academic advising, and university teaching. We help individuals educated abroad get their education recognized by universities, employers, immigration and certification boards in the United States.

Eligibility: Any individual or foreign national in need of credential evaluation for employment, education, immigration, etc

Bridge Back to Life centers provide addiction and counseling services. While addiction is the primary issue, they also assist clients with co-occuring mental health concerns. They also offer groups specifically for the LGBTQ community.

Bridge Back to Life centers provide addiction and counseling services. While addiction is the primary issue, they also assist clients with co-occuring mental health concerns. They also offer groups specifically for the LGBTQ community.

The Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture’s mission is to assist individuals and families subjected to torture and other human rights abuses to rebuild healthy, self-sufficient lives. PSOT offers supportive group therapy for torture survivors, psychiatry, psychotherapy, art therapy, and yoga classes.

Eligibility: All survivors of torture.

RIF provides legal services, including general legal consultations, work permit application and renewal assistance, asylum application review, and asylum interview preparation.

Eligibility: Asylees/refugees and asylum seekers.

Weill Cornell College Center for Human Rights helps victims of torture who are seeking asylum on multiple grounds, including persecution due to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and political affiliation. WCCHR volunteer clinicians can conduct forensic medical evaluations and prepare a medical affidavit in support of a client’s asylum application.

Eligibility: Asylum seekers with attorneys.

Terra Firma is a medico-legal partnership focused on unaccompanied immigrant children and immigrant families. They offer comprehensive medical care for children and adults, pro bono legal services to those at risk for deportation, tauma-informed individual, family and group mental health interventions, and case management services, such as insurance enrollment.

Eligibility: All immigrant children and families with an emphasis on those already in immigration proceedings.

La Colmena is a community-based organization working with day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage immigrant workers in Staten Island through organizing, education, culture, and equitable economic development. La Colmena stands for improving the quality of life of Staten Island immigrant workers and their families by providing access to resources, education, job safety, leadership development and celebration of their cultures so they can advocate for themselves and their families.

Oasis Community Pride Center offers free HIV testing and treatment, free STI testing, and group support for individuals with HIV, parents of LGBTQ+ children, and substance dependence.

Eligibility: All LGBT members of the Latino community, regardless of legal status.

UnLocal Inc. offers free, high-quality legal consultations, representation to New York City immigrant communities. Our team focuses on providing legal representation to undocumented immigrants facing removal. We represent individuals in a variety of immigration matters, including Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), asylum (affirmative and defensive), cancellation of removal, ICE check-ins, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). UnLocal attorneys also represent a handful of individuals who have already been deported from the United States and are seeking to return. UnLocal attorneys work on asylum, cancellation of removal and forms of immigration relief for clients in removal proceedings. Our focus is working on cases with highly complex issues of law and collateral social services needs that are not likely to get placed at other immigration legal service providers.

Eligibility: All immigrants.

Job seach program for immigrants and refugees.

Eligibility: Must be a green card holder, refugee, asylee, or SIV. Must have earned a degree outside of the U.S. Must have lived in the U.S. for 5 years or less. Must speak English comfortably. Must currently live in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Washington State, Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Minnesota, Tennessee or Wisconsin.

The Human Rights Clinic (HRC) conducts forensic psychological, medical, and gynecological evaluations of foreign-born survivors of torture and other human rights abuses for use in immigration proceedings. Evaluations are performed by HRC-trained volunteer medical and mental health professionals.

Eligibility: Adults and children in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut that are seeking: Asylum, Witholding of Removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), U or T-Visas or Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS).

Mixteca is a community-based organization that addresses the needs of the Mexican and Latinx community in Brooklyn. Their Healthy Relationships Support Program helps foster healthy relationships between spouses and within families and offers culturally sensitive domestic violence resources. They also offer individual counseling, emotional support workshops, and support groups for Latinx LGBTQ youths and family members.

Eligibility: Accepts all Latinx immigrants.

New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable and precarious immigrant workers in New York, with a focus on day laborers, domestic workers, and newly arrived immigrants. NICE offer an extensive set of services, community organizing, and leadership development programs. NICE serves as a safer alternative for workers who solicit employment at day laborer street corners and fraudulent employment agencies, and who have little access to workforce development services. NICE operates a worker center for new immigrants, where workers can meet with potential employers, access workforce development, support services, and community organizing programs.

The Migrant Center of NY provides legal assistance with regards to citizenship, permanent residence status, TPS, DACA, U- and T- Visas, and VAWA.

Safe Horizon provide short-term, emergency and safe shelter for people fleeing domestic violence and for young people under the age of 21 who have no place to stay. Safe Horizon offers eight confidential domestic violence shelters located throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Our domestic violence shelters offer a full range of services comprehensive programming to support safety and healing.

Eligibility: Domestic violence victims, and young people under the age of 21 who have no place to stay regardless of immigration status.

Worker's Justice Project's mission is to empower low-wage immigrant workers to gain a voice in the workplace and build strong and economically sustainable communities through education, organizing, leadership development, and the growth of grassroots economic alternatives. Workers Justice Project runs two worker centers in Brooklyn. One is located at Bay Parkway Community Job Center in Bensonhurst, which connects small businesses and homeowners with skilled day laborers for a variety of services, ensuring fair wages and good working conditions. The other one is located in Williamsburg, which connects homeowners with domestic workers for various types of cleaning, also ensuring fair wages and good working conditions.

Voces Latinas has a domestic violence prevention and response program that works with survivors of violence to ensure that they and their children are safe. This includes screening for depression and trauma, developing safety plans, and assistance navigating the social and legal system. They also offer rapid, confidential HIV testing.

Eligibility: All immigrant Latinas.

The Catholic Charities Department of Immigration Services offers legal consultations and representation to documented and undocumented newcomers regarding their immigration status.

Eligibility: Offered to All - Accept asylees, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

Catholic Charities’ Immigrant and Refugee Services work is rooted in the mission to uphold the dignity of every immigrant and refugee and to build a just and compassionate society. We help newcomers reunify with their families, resettle in a safe place, and apply their talents and skills in New York. Services include assistance with immigration applications and court defense, work authorization, integration and case management support, support to unaccompanied minors, job development, English and civics classes, and citizenship preparation. We also assist immigrants in avoiding exploitation by unscrupulous practitioners by providing reliable information and realistic counsel about immigration status.

Eligibility: All immigrants and refugees.

FREE community immigration clinic for people of all ages staffed by Atlas: DIY members and supervised by our legal team. Atlas DIY’s legal team trains and supervises Atlas members as paralegals to provide pro se immigration assistance on a certain range of topics.

Eligibility: Accept asylees, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

African Communities Together is an organization of African immigrants fighting for civil rights, opportunity, and a better life for our families here in the U.S. and worldwide. They connect African immigrants to critical services, help Africans develop as leaders, and organize our communities on the issues that matter.

Eligibility: Immigrants - includes asylees/refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

A non-for-profit, multi-program, family-oriented health and human services agency that provides culturally sensitive services to children adults and families in all of New York Communities.

A non-for-profit, multi-program, family-oriented health and human services agency that provides culturally sensitive services to children adults and families in all of New York Communities.

Provides direct legal advocacy and representation to immigration matters including green cards, work authorizations, asylum, citizenship, family-based petitions, benefits and other immigration issues

Eligibility: GMHC specifically helps people with HIV/Aids, however, provides services to all people in need of their legal services regardless of HIV status Provides services to asylees/refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

The Center is dedicated to empowering LGBT people and building a strong community. They offer substance use treatment for adults and youth, recovery support, and counseling services for a range of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, bereavement, eating disorders, and self-harming behavior.

STRIVE was founded in East Harlem in 1984 and has gone on to change the lives of 75,000 graduates. With support from leading philanthropic and corporate partners, STRIVE’s programs helped those with the biggest barriers find a path to a career that changes everything. All Career Pathways being with STRIVE START, our signature three-week workshop (15 days) that provides the communication, social, and behavioral training people need to not only land a job, but to build a career. Our Health & Office pathway prepares you for a career in healthcare with lifelong access to a healthcare network and STRIVE’s support services. During training, STRIVE will provide you with a metro card and connect you with STRIVE employer partners. Our Construction & Maintenance pathway prepares you for a career in construction and maintenance with an OSHA 30 in Construction, Scaffolding, and Flagging. During training, STRIVE will provide you with a metro card. You will have lifelong access to all of STRIVE’s services.

Eligibility: All participants must be 18+ and have a GED or High School Diploma.

Central American Legal Assistance (CALA) provides free or low-cost legal services to New York's immigrant community. Our mission is to protect and defend Central and South American asylum-seekers and to expand the civil rights of all immigrants. CALA has had an open door to newly-arrived immigrants since 1985. CALA's staff are all bi-lingual. Based in a Brooklyn church, CALA offers immigrants a home base for advice or counseling as well as legal representation. We have put thousands of Latino immigrants on the road to citizenship.

Eligibility: All immigrants and refugees.

This agency set in Harlem is dedicated to assisting immigrants, refugees, and asylees from across the African Diaspora. They provide health, housing, legal, educational and social services. They currently provide free and confidential testing for HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis B & C, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, diabetes and blood pressure. They also have a hospital escort and medical interpretation program.

Eligibility: Immigrant, refugee, asylee from across the African Diaspora.

This 10-week paid training program provides hands-on work experience coating NYC rooftops to increase energy efficiency. Participants in this program receive HOPE’s full range of services, including job placement and retention support.

Eligibility: Must be able to participate in a full-time program and work full-time. Must be 18+ years. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. No diploma or high school equivalency required.

An information and resource center for internationally trained nurses who would like to enter the healthcare sector in the U.S. They can guide you through the New York State licensing process so that you can work in your healthcare profession again. The Welcome Back Center can also help you explore alternative careers in healthcare to pursue while you are on the path towards licensure. As a member, you’ll receive case management and support services as well as referrals to educational, community or professional programs and organizations, as needed.

Eligibility: If you are a resident of one of the 5 boroughs of New York City and are authorized to work in the United States, you are eligible to receive NYC Welcome Back Center services.

​​Legal consultations on general immigration questions (not including employment-based issues). Direct representation before immigration agencies, immigration court, Board of Immigration Appeals, and federal court. Areas include: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), asylum, legal permanent residence, citizenship, employment authorization renewals, immigration court representation, NACARA, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), T visa, U visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); Legal support and advice for those who are affected by recent policy changes or decisions, such as the travel ban, legal support and advice for those who may be at risk of deportation based on immigration violations, contact with the criminal legal system, or other concerns organizing and hosting informational know-your-rights presentations across NYU Advocacy with NYU departments, such as financial aid, housing and student groups; Travel monitoring for those traveling outside of the U.S. NYU-IDI DOES NOT provide consultations or representation for employment visa related applications. However, NYU-IDI can screen for other immigration relief.

Eligibility: Open to NYU students, staff and their immediate family members.

Provides crucial legal and support services to children detained in temporary, federal shelter care in New York as they await reunification with a relative or transfer to foster care. Also offers legal representation and services so children don’t have to go in front of a judge alone.

Eligibility: Unaccompanied minors and their families.

BWI’s mission is to empower low-income New Yorkers by creating living-wage employment opportunities and access to career paths. Our programs counter prevailing market inequalities, especially those based on race or gender, and contribute to a broader movement for economic justice.

Eligibility: Must be 18 years or older.

StreetWise Partners pairs volunteers with mentees who are unemployed or underemployed to provide them with the skills,resources, and access to networks they need to secure and maintain employment.

Eligibility: Must be 18+ years old with a high school diploma or the equivalent. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. Must be able to attend a 13-week program. Must be able to communicate in English. Must have access to a computer and email. Must be open to self-evaluation and constructive feedback.

Provides counseling and assistance in resolving housing problems for individuals and families faced with landlord/tenant crises, mortgage default, homelessness, and those who need pre-rental and pre-purchase counseling to find suitable affordable housing. Included in the landlord/tenant crises are rights and responsibilities, rent payment, increases, services and eviction. Investigates bona fide allegations of housing discrimination on behalf of victims of discrimination whose rights under the U.S. Fair Housing Act have been violated and to bring appropriate judicial or administrative action. Provides advice and information regarding U.S. Housing and Urban Development Section 8 programs and federally assisted housing complexes. Federal and State laws prohibit discrimination in housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, familial status or disability. If you suspect unlawful discrimination in your efforts to rent, purchase, finance, or reside in housing in the Long Island area, or if you need housing counseling or additional information about fair housing laws, please contact this agency.

Eligibility: Individual and families with housing issue.

Small loans up to $ 10,000, crowdfunding, Kiva expands access to and lowers the cost of capital for small business owners by providing 0% interest, crowdfunded loans, raised from its network of 1.6 million supportive lenders around the world.

Eligibility: Female, Kiva is an international organization so eligibility varies, but it caters to people who are often financially excluded and can’t access other fair and affordable sources of credit. Kiva US has requirments: You and your business must be based in the United States. You must at least 18 years old. The loan must be for business purposes. No personal loans are allowed. Your business must not be: A multi-level marketing or direct sales business A franchise business Pure financial investing, such as stocks Involved in any illegal activities You cannot currently be in foreclosure, bankruptcy, or under any liens.

ABC offers distinctive programs that respond to the unique and changing need of a child and family.Family Support: Open Door offers programs for all family members such as computer and job training, English classes, help getting citizenship, immigration help, domestic violence support groups, and more. The Saturday Program offers a safe refuge for children and families from all across the city and provides nutritious meals for all participants. Learn more at www.a-b-c.org/family-support.

Damayan empowers low-wage workers to fight for their labor, health, gender, and immigrant rights. Damayan works in three areas: to provide critical services to trafficking survivors; to organize a strong membership base, and develop grassroots leaders; and to mobilize the community to advocate for policies and laws that guarantee fair labor standards and eradicate labor trafficking. Damayan Workers Cooperative (DWC) worker owners service NYC families, taking care of children and the elderly, and nurturing clean, healthy and safe homes and offices. DWC offers the following services: dog walking, office cleaning, elderly care, nanny and babysitting. Members of DWC receive support from a pro bono attorney for labor and immigration cases, receive financial assistance, food stamps, health coverage, counseling and family reunification assistance for trafficking survivors, and can attend Know Your Rights trainings, Workers Academy, Nanny Training, CPR certification and OSHA safety trainings.

Eligibility: Filipino migrant workers

Outpatient mental health clinic providing adults (ages 18+) with individual, family and group psychotherapy, and medication management.

non-for-profit, multi-program, family-oriented health and human services agency that provides culturally sensitive services to children adults and families in all of New York Communities.

A cancer treatment and research institution in New York City. Provides various cancer treatments from immunotherapy and surgery to integrated medicine. The IHCD service program specifically works on addressing disparities in access to cancer treatment and other healthcare services at the local, national, and global levels. Using a cross-disciplinary, community-engaged approach, they identify key areas of need and provide health education and other services to immigrants and medically underserved communities. https://www.mskcc.org/departments/psychiatry-behavioral-sciences/immigrant-health

NYC FJCs help victims and survivors of domestic and gender based violence, which can include sexual violence, human trafficking, stalking, and intimate partner violence. They assist with safety planning, applying for public benefits (housing, food, etc.), mental health counseling, information on job training programs, referrals to education programs, legal help with orders of protection, custody, visitation, child support, divorce, housing, and immigration. They also offer free childcare for children 3+ when you come for services.

Eligibility: Serves everyone regardless of language, income, gender identity, or immigration status.

Offers affordable, comprehensive and confidential reproductive and sexual healthcare for low income women including gynecological exams, prenatal care, preconception care, birth control ( including IUDs and implants), and emergency contraceptives (morning after pill). They also offer men's sexual healthcare services, teen sexual healthcare services, STI testing and treatment, HIV testing and counseling, and mental health education.

Eligibility: For individuals with low incomes, regardless of immigration status

Women for Afghan Women (WAW) is a grassroots, civil society organization dedicated to advocating for women's rights, challenging the norms that underpin gender-based violence, and influencing harmful attitudes to bring about positive change.

Eligibility: NYCC direct-service clients are: 60% Afghans, and 40% other Muslim immigrants. Community members are 82% adults, 12% youth, 8% seniors.

Helps people living in the greater Washington, D.C., New York City, and Houston metropolitan areas who do not already have legal representation, cannot afford an attorney, and need help with a claim for asylum or other protection-based form of immigration status. To apply for asylum, a person MUST apply within ONE YEAR of entering the United States, unless they can show that they qualify for an exception to that rule. Human Rights First also helps people to apply for withholding of removal and for protection under the U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT).

Eligibility: This program does not provide assistance to individuals with cases at the appeals level. Human Rights First will conduct an initial assessment of the client's needs. If eligible, client will be referred to a pro-bono attorney.

The immigration program provides bilingual assistance for a variety of immigration legal needs.

Eligibility: Depends on the scope of the work. Accept asylees, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

Provides family reunification and short-term shelter for children who have come to the U.S. without a guardian. Unidos por un Sueño reunites them with family, and provides support for families to help them be successful in the U.S.

Eligibility: Children who have come to the US without a guardian (migrants, asylum seekers).

Food Career Program (6 weeks to complete), Facility Management program (4 months to complete), ESL Program (8 week program), Snackable courses (virtual short classes and panels that are FREE and open to all, and will cover topics like food & cooking, financial health, getting back to work, and more), Breadwinners Marketplace (small business community), Community resources and COVID resources found on website.

Eligibility: Any work authorized women. For Facility management program, need to have High School diploma or GED.

This organization provides low- to moderate income individuals and immigrants of all ages, with a focus on the Hispanic community, with housing and foreclosure counseling, job training for day workers, and recreational and educational activities.

Eligibility: Immigrants of all ages.

The Bronx Defenders is a public defender nonprofit that is radically transforming how low-income people in the Bronx are represented in the justice system and, in doing so, is transforming the system itself.

Eligibility: Accepts asylees/refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

Offers health information and preventative services, including HIV testing, reproductive health services, and confidential testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This clinic also offers medication abortions. The walk-in clinic serves individuals of all ages with symptoms or at risk of exposure to STIs.

Eligibility: This is a walk in, first come, first serve clinic. Adolescents do not need parental consent for examination and treatment.

Offers health information and preventative services, including HIV testing, reproductive health services, and confidential testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This clinic has express STI testing, including for HIV. The walk-in clinic serves individuals of all ages with symptoms or at risk of exposure to STIs.

Eligibility: This is a walk in, first come, first serve clinic. Adolescents do not need parental consent for examination and treatment.

Offers health information and preventative services, including HIV testing, reproductive health services, and confidential testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This clinic also offers medication abortions. The walk-in clinic serves individuals of all ages with symptoms or at risk of exposure to STIs.

Eligibility: This is a walk in, first come, first serve clinic. Adolescents do not need parental consent for examination and treatment.

Offers health information and preventative services, including HIV testing, reproductive health services, and confidential testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This clinic has express STI testing, including for HIV. The walk-in clinic serves individuals of all ages with symptoms or at risk of exposure to STIs.

Eligibility: This is a walk in, first come, first serve clinic. Adolescents do not need parental consent for examination and treatment.

Offers health information and preventative services, including HIV testing, reproductive health services, and confidential testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This clinic also offers medication abortions. The walk-in clinic serves individuals of all ages with symptoms or at risk of exposure to STIs.

Eligibility: This is a walk in, first come, first serve clinic. Adolescents do not need parental consent for examination and treatment.

Offers health information and preventative services, including HIV testing, reproductive health services, and confidential testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This clinic also offers medication abortions. The walk-in clinic serves individuals of all ages with symptoms or at risk of exposure to STIs.

Eligibility: This is a walk in, first come, first serve clinic. Adolescents do not need parental consent for examination and treatment.

Intake center for intake and assessment of shelter needs.

Eligibility: Single women, 18 and over.

AVP empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.

Provides behavioral health, primary care, Insurance Enrollment and Social Services, Diabetes Care, HIV/Aids care

Provides free legal services to those in need of lawyers. Offers comprehensive legal services in our clients’ native languages and partner with communities, providing services in trusted local spaces, such as schools, hospitals, and places of worship.

Eligibility: All immigrants - asylees/refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

The CWHA offers workshops on women's health and can provide free birth and post-partum doulas to pregnant and post-partum women. They also offer free and confidential HIV testing and home testing kits.

Womankind provides multilingual culturally-responsive services to help survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual violence. "Through our programs, we offer a wide variety of services in 18+ Asian languages and dialects, including: a toll-free 24/7 multilingual helpline, safe and confidential emergency housing, culturally-informed counseling, family law and immigration legal assistance, wellness activities, creative arts therapy, support groups, and economic empowerment workshops. We are an expert in serving Asian communities, yet our services are valuable and available to all. Whether in our services or in our increasing advocacy and policy work, Womankind first centers the survivor by uplifting them to control their own lives and narratives."

Eligibility: Serves all survivors, with an emphasis on the South Asian communities.

The Libertas Center provides integrated, strength’s based, and trauma-informed medical, mental health, social and legal services to address the multifaceted needs of immigrants throughout New York City who have survived physical/psychological torture. They have partnered with Elmhurst Hospital’s Primary Care Clinics to provide clients with ongoing primary care and medical assessments.

Eligibility: Those who were tortured outside of the United States. To see if you are eligible: http://www.libertascenter.net/for-survivors

The Mount Sinai Health System is an integrated health care system providing medical care to local and global communities. Encompassing the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and eight hospital campuses in the New York metropolitan area, as well as a large, regional ambulatory footprint. Treates cancer, diabetes, urology, cardiology, nephology conditions, etc. Please see Specialties page https://www.mountsinai.org/find-a-doctor/specialties to choose options.

Young people can find sanctuary from the street in Covenant House New York’s Crisis Shelter. Urgent needs are met immediately and without question – a meal, a shower, clean clothes, and medical attention. Young people who come to our shelter do not need a referral, and any young person who is facing or at risk of facing homelessness will be welcome. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Eligibility: Homeless youth aged 16-24.

Mother and Child Programs shelter young mothers and their infant children, without question. Also provides comprehensive medical care, free child care services, as well as a full range of educational, vocational and job placement services, parenting support, counseling, and education workshops help new moms learn how to care for themselves and their child. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Eligibility: Homeless youth aged 16-24.

Provides urgent legal services to reunify families and assist low-income immigrants in obtaining lawful status, applying for citizenship, and defending against deportation.

Eligibility: Accepts asylees/refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

The employment services team provides both immediate assistance accessing entry-level positions and long-term support for people to get recertified in their chosen career fields.

The IRC provides high-quality, low-cost immigration legal services, filing applications and petitions for adjustment of status, Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrivals (DACA), family reunification, and naturalization applications.

AAFSC provides culturally and linguistically competent services to all immigrants and refugees. They have an anti-violence helpline and serve survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. Their Case Managers help surivors process emotions and build safety plans. AAFSC also provides legal advocacy, court accompaniments, translation services, and assistance with Orders of Protection.

Eligibility: Open to all immigrants and refugees.

Make the Road NY offers an array of education, health, and legal services for immigrant and working class communities throughout New York City. Regardless of immigration status, race, or gender identity, all find safety, support, and solidarity here. Make the Road's model integrates four core strategies for concrete change: Legal and Survival Services to tackle discrimination, abuse and poverty; Transformative Education to develop community members’ abilities to lead our organization, our movement, and society; Community Organizing to transform the systems and power structures impacting our communities; and Policy Innovation to rewrite unjust rules and make our democracy truly accountable to all of us. Trainings and workforce development programs offered: Health Job Training; Food Handlers Certification; English for Speakers of Other Languages.

Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) prepares, trains, and places women in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades, helping women achieve economic independence and a secure future for themselves and their families. At the same time, NEW provides a pipeline of qualified workers to the industries that build, move, power, green, and maintain New York.

Eligibility: Must be 18 years or older. Must be eligible to work in the U.S. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent. Must be interested in hands-on training to join a job in the construction field.

To empower individuals, families, and communities, particularly communities of color and other disenfranchised populations, to end cycles of violence, homelessness, poverty, and trauma by increasing safety and resiliency.

Eligibility: Serves all domestic violence survivors and homeless families.

The Roberto Clemente Center has a mental health care clinic and continuing day treatment programs. They have bilingual (English/Spanish)-bicultural therapists who can offer comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, individual and group therapy, psychopharmacology services, couple and family therapy, and rehabilitation services.

Eligibility: Everyone, regardless of ability to pay or immigration status.

Provide mental health support to South Asian women. Sapna NYC’s mental health counselor provides one-on-one sessions in English, Bengali, or Hindi/Urdu. They also offer workshop series focusing on mental health issues, destigmatizing mental health, and mental health access. Additionally, they hold women's support circles.

The Lyft Jobs Access program aims to close the short-term transportation needs for job seekers.

Eligibility: Riding to or from a week long job training course, or riding to or from a one-time job interview, or riding to or from the first two weeks of new job.

Six types of intense free of charge 17-19 weeks trainings, including: (1) a Systems Administrator, (2) IT Support prepares you for the CompTIA A+ and Network+, (3) Cyber Security (4) CodeBridge

Eligibility: Anyone with work authorization, high school diploma, racialized groups preferred, immigrants and refugees. Prospective applicants need to have US Work Authorization.

The Asian Outreach Program offers multilingual, multicultural mental health and substance abuse services to Asian families. The clinics particularly focus on helping immigrant families adjust to new circumstances. Services include: mental illness treatment, child abuse and neglect prevention, domestic violence counseling, and parent education workshops.

Eligibility: Open to all, regardless of immigration status. However, if you do not have insurance, fees will have to be paid out of pocket.

Behavioral and mental health specialists work with you to treat every aspect of your health, with respect and dignity. From medication to family counseling to behavioral therapies, they are there to help people live complete lives.

Provides behavioral health, primary care, Insurance Enrollment and Social Services, Diabetes Care

A large system of hospitals and care centers that offer treatment for different chronic conditions and illnesses including cancer, heart diseases, diabet, mental health issues, lung diseaces, etc. Please see Contditions page https://nyulangone.org/conditionsor use Search to find options and hospitals working with your disease.

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides comprehensive health care to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities regardless of ability to pay. Their COIN healthcare clinic provides free healthcare for sex workers.

Bay Ridge Counseling Center is an outpatient mental health clinic that provides culturally sensitive services to all age groups. Therapists specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, domestic violence, substance abuse, and social isolation as well as other emotional health issues.

Eligibility: All residents of Brooklyn. Sliding scale fees are offered to those without insurance. Offers counseling for LGBT immigrants.

Evaluation of foreign (international) credentials is the process of reviewing academic and professional degrees and other credentials earned in one country and comparing them (equating) to degrees earned in a different country. Globe Language Services evaluates credentials received from educational institutions outside of the United States of America and compares them to degrees awarded by educational institutions in the United States. Our evaluation reports are used by employers, colleges and universities, licensing boards and government agencies to understand foreign education credentials and to determine whether holders of these credentials are qualified for admission, employment and / or professional license.

Eligibility: Any individual with foreign credentials Globe Language Services helps individuals, educational institutions, employers, not-for-profit organizations and boards receive accurate and timely evaluations of foreign credentials.

CAMBA is a non-profit agency that provides services that connect people with opportunities to enhance their quality of life.

Trauma Center capable of managing the most serious illnesses and injuries. Designated to treat neurosurgical trauma; amputations requiring re-implantation; and poisonings. All major specialties and subspecialties available 24 hours a day, including cardiac catheterization, cardiopulmonary bypass, and hemodialysis

Eligibility: Trauma level 1 Adults and Pediatric.

AFC is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to homeless LGBTQ+ youth. Their goal is to provide homeless LGBTQ+ youths, aged 16-24, with the support and services they need to escape the streets and begin to live healthy and independent lives. At the Drop-in Center, you will complete an Intake and then be connected to your own case manager, who will help you with any services you need. You can be referred to our housing programs or provided information on other housing options. Open for intakes M-F 8AM-8PM and Sat&Sun: 10AM-6PM. Closed for staff meetings on Wed, 12PM-4PM. AFC offers three meals a day, showers, clothing, and hygiene supplies at the center. You can also get free HIV tests, primary medical care, therapy and psychiatric services, and employment and education assistance. Support groups are run throughout the day focusing on the issues facing LGBTQ+ youth.

Eligibility: Homeless youth aged 16-24.

Jamaica Hospital’s Division of Trauma Surgery at our Level 1 Trauma Center New York City facility is comprised of a group of highly experienced trauma surgeons.

Eligibility: Adults only.

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides comprehensive health care to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities regardless of ability to pay. Their COIN healthcare clinic provides free healthcare for sex workers.

Refugee Health Screening (RHS).

Eligibility: Asylees/refugees and asylum seekers.

Offers employment/vocational/career assistance, financial counseling/literacy, housing and rent assistance, housing information, resettlement services, legal services, and utility assistance

Eligibility: Tenant-related services are available to residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn only. There is no catchment area for other services.

This clinic provides free comprehensive health care to adults 18 and older who do not have insurance (they do not serve children). They offer routine medical exams, physicals, vaccinations, prescriptions, women’s health services (gynecological exams and Pap smears), social services, and counseling. All services are free and confidential. Clinic is open on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.

Eligibility: Anyone without health insurance regardless of immigration status.

Mosaic provides psychological and behavioral health services for children, adolescents and adults that in the of individual counseling, medication consultation, case management and therapy groups. They also provide education, resources, and referrals.

A large system of hospitals and care centers that offer treatment and rehabilitation for different chronic conditions and illnesses including cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, bone diseases, asthma, cystic fibrosis, eating disorders, etc. Please see Services page https://www.nyp.org/services or use Search to find options and hospitals working with your disease.

Rehabilitation Services from Head to Toe, Based on the Latest Advances NewYork-Presbyterian's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine offers a broad range of approaches to maximize function, independence, and quality of life for the people we help. Our services range from physical and occupational therapy for musculoskeletal injuries and diseases to intensive rehabilitation techniques for victims of stroke, burns, severe trauma, and heart and lung diseases, among others. Through our close relationships with healthcare teams in both the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine, we have built an outstanding staff of rehabilitation medicine physicians and therapists. Our growing research program is designed to identify and develop more effective rehabilitation medicine techniques to improve the lives of our patients as well as those around the world.

24/7 drop-in centers offers hot meals, showers, laundry facilities, clothing, medical care, recreational space, employment referrals, and other social services. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays.

Eligibility: All men & women, 25 years & older.

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides comprehensive health care to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities regardless of ability to pay. Their COIN healthcare clinic provides free healthcare for sex workers.

The Freedom House is a crisis domestic violence shelter for individuals and families with or without disabilities. Provides a 90-180 day stay for both families and individuals- women, men and children, with or without disabilities. BFL Apartments offer fifty family units for families with a disabled head of household who is a victim/survivor of domestic violence and seventy studio apartments for disabled victims/survivors of domestic violence, people with disabilities who are being diverted from possible nursing home placement and veterans with disabilities.

Eligibility: Any survivor of domestic violence, individuals (women, men and children) or families, with or without a disability (documented or undocumented disability), regardless of immigration status. Potential tenants must be referred through a social worker: https://www.bflnyc.org/core/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BFL_agency_brochure_2018-final.pdf

Sakhi for South Asian Women exists to represent the South Asian diaspora in a survivor-led movement for gender-justice and to honor the collective and inherent power of all survivors of violence. Sakhi is committed to serving survivors through a combination of efforts including—but not limited to—direct services, advocacy and organizing, technical assistance, and community outreach.

Eligibility: Sakhi serves survivors from the South Asian diaspora. Members of the SA community come from diverse backgrounds including age range, religion, ethnic origin, economic and educational background, language spoken, and immigration status.

Provides behavioral health, primary care, dental care, Insurance Enrollment and Social Services, Free Health Clinic for the Uninsured, Diabetes Care

Mexican Coalition works to empower Latinx youth and families, many of them immigrants and essential workers. They offer nutritional counseling, assistance applying for NYC Care, and are part of the National Diabetes Prevention Program. Through their "Amiga Confidente" program, they have partnered with universities in Mexico and Central American to offer counseling for people experiencing difficult emotional situations. Mexican Coalition also has a specific group, called "Miradas y Sentires" for women migrants and can help community members connect to other healthcare resources they need. In addition, Mexican Coalition offers legal support in the following areas: citizenship applications, family petition, work permit renewal, and translation of legal documents. They can also provide information on your righs and connect you with other needed legal resources.

North Central Bronx Hospital offers a variety of services for people with mental health or substance abuse disorders. Their Adult Outpatient program serves people age 18 and older "that have psychiatric or emotional problems which get in the way of daily functioning."

Eligibility: Open to all residents of the Bronx, regardless of their ability to pay or their immigration status.

Apicha Community Health Center is committed to provide underserved and 'othered' communities with access to quality primary care and support services. They have experience working with people of color as well as individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, as well as people affected by HIV/AIDS. They also have Health Insurance Navigators that can provide assistance with accessing affordable health care.

Eligibility: Everyone, regardless of ability to pay, patients who live below 100% of the federal poverty level or have Medicaid can get a two way metro card so they can attend their appointments.

This organization offers comprehensive primary care services to all, regardless of ability to pay, language, or immigration history. Services include: internal medicine, pediatric care, OB/GYN, dental care, and mental health care. Currently, during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also offering telehealth appointments.

Eligibility: Asylees/refugees and asylum seekers. Mental health service only provided to patients who go to clinic for primary care services. Referral needed from primary care provider.

AAFE works with clients one-on-one to ensure their rights to safe and decent housing, to secure and extend appropriate government housing subsidies, to make sure they have access to social support programs, such as food stamps and Medicaid and to provide assistance with immigration matters. Additional services include citizenship applications, Green Card replacement/renewal. Fee waivers for applications and family petitions.

Provides behavioral health, primary care, Insurance Enrollment and Social Services, Diabetes Care

PATH is an intake center for families with minor children and pregnant women who are experiencing immediate housing crises. Families with children must apply for shelter in order to ensure that they do not have an alternative housing option available to them. PATH services include family mediation, anti-eviction legal services, out-of-City relocation assistance, Family Eviction Prevention Supplement (FEPS), or a one-shot deal through HRA. Applications processes during business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). PATH is open 24 hours per day, including weekends and holidays.

Eligibility: Families with Children Under 21 and Pregnant Women.

Intake center for intake and assessment of shelter needs. Open 24 hours per day, including weekends and holidays. Intake is open 24 hours.

Eligibility: Single women, 18 and over.

Their mental health clinics in Brooklyn work with children, adults, and families struggling with mental health challenges; They start with an assessment and evaluation and develop a treatment a plan that might include short‐ or longer‐term counseling, medication management and connection to other community resources.

Astor provides services through children’s outpatient clinics, day treatment, a therapeutic nursery, family support, and a school-based initiative; a prevention program funded by the Administration for Children’s Services is operated by Astor as well.

CHHMP offers primary care services that include physical exams, blood pressure screenings, prescriptions, dental, social services, psychiatry and occupational therapy. CHHMP also offers free and confidential HIV testing. For patients that require more treatment, CHHMP provides referrals to Farrell Clinic and other free/low-cost clinics.

Eligibility: For patients under the age of 18, a parent or guardian must be present at the first visit, unless the patient is only presenting for an HIV test. No ID, appointment, or insurance needed!

PHR's Asylum Program’s Declaration Project provides support for litigation aimed at the release of people from immigration detention. The project has also mobilized medical school asylum clinics across the United States to support these cases.

Eligibility: Asylum seekers with attorneys.

A system of hospitals that offer treatment for different chronic conditions and illnesses including cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, bone diseases, asthma,etc. Please see Services page https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/services/ or use Search to find options and hospitals working with your disease.

Eligibility: NYC Health + Hospitals wants you to get the care you need and the health care coverage you are eligible for. Getting health care does not pose a risk regardless of your immigration status.Welcomes all patients at NYC Health + Hospitals, no matter what your immigration status is.

CAMBA has been selected to provide an early employment program for highly motivated refugees and political asylees. Participants receive cash grants as an incentive for finding work and avoiding public assistance. The program serves refugees and political asylees from more than 50 countries, offering Case Management, Employment and Supportive Services to Remove Barriers to Self Sufficiency, Retention Services, Education and Training Strategies including English Language.

Eligibility: Eligible persons include asylees, refugees, Cuban/Haitian Entrance, Victims of human trafficking and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holder within 90 days of asylum, parole or certification. You must live in NYC or the surrounding area.

The Institute is committed to high-quality, affordable health care for all. They accept all patients regardless of ability to pay. They offer counseling and other services for children, adolescents, adults, and families. They also have a Trauma-Informed Linkage to Care clinic.

Eligibility: Asylees/refugees and asylum seekers.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem provides a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and family support services to the residents of Central Harlem, West Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood. The hospital is a 272-bed acute care facility and a designated Level 1 Trauma Center, with a full spectrum of specialty services, including a burn unit, an adult intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatric intensive care unit, and a cardiac care unit.

Eligibility: Trauma level 2 Adults and Pediatric, NICU level 3.

Psychotherapy and medication management are available for adults 18 years and older

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst is a completely modernized facility that has a highly-regarded Level I Trauma Center and Stroke Center.

Eligibility: Trauma level 1 Adults.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst serves an area of nearly one million people in one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse communities in the United States. Our patients come from across the globe, speaking a multitude of languages and dialects and bringing with them their particular beliefs and customs. Elmhurst is responsive to their needs, and makes every effort to alleviate cultural barriers and to ensure that our patients are provided with the quality healthcare they deserve. Culturally-sensitive care is a hallmark of our highly-regarded Mental Health Services.

They provide Psychiatric Emergency Services, Psychiatric Inpatient Units, Outpatient Services, Assertive Community Treatment, Medially Supervised Outpatient Program, Med-Psych Clinic

Eligibility: Everyone has access to care regardless of immigration status or ability to pay

NYC Health + Hospitals is an integrated health care system of hospitals, neighborhood health centers, long-term care, nursing homes and home care -- the public health care system of New York City. NYC Health + Hospitals is committed to the health and well-being of all New Yorkers and we offer a wide range of high quality and affordable health care s ervices to keep our patients healthy and to address the needs of New York City's diverse populations. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County operates a world-renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, one of only three in the borough, which serves 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Eligibility: Trauma level 1 Adults.

Provides behavioral health, primary care, Insurance Enrollment and Social Services, dental care

This organization offers comprehensive primary care services to all, regardless of ability to pay, language, or immigration history. Services include: internal medicine, pediatric care, OB/GYN, dental care, and mental health care. Currently, during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also offering telehealth appointments.

Eligibility: Asylees/refugees and asylum seekers. Mental health service only provided to patients who go to clinic for primary care services. Referral needed from primary care provider.

Services: The Gathering Place is a drop-in center offering 3 meals a day, showers, laundry, case management services, mail/phone services, therapeutic recreational activities, medical and mental health services, and referrals. The Respite Center provides temporary overnight beds to men and women receiving case management from The Gathering Place. Transportation between The Respite Center and The Gathering Place is provided. Hours: 7:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m 7 days a week; 24 hours in winter months Type of Housing Resource: Temporary Shelter, Case Management Note: The Gathering Place is not an overnight shelter.

Eligibility: Single men & women, 18 years +

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is a 457-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, offering numerous centers of excellence including its renowned trauma center, multi-person hyperbaric unit, burn center, surgical intensive care unit, and stroke center.

Eligibility: People with trauma, Adults Level 1, Peds Level 2.

Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, which is the highest designation given for Trauma Centers. We provide leadership in the area of Trauma Care.

HIV Law Project believes that all people deserve the same rights, including the right to live with dignity and respect, the right to be treated as equal members of society, and the right to have their basic human needs fulfilled. These fundamental rights are elusive for many people living with HIV/AIDS. Through innovative legal services, HIV Law Project fights for the rights of the most underserved people living with HIV/AIDS.

The EMPOWER Center is a comprehensive health center for people in the sex trade and survivors of sexual violence. They provide free, high-quality and trauma-informed medical, psychiatric, clinical, legal, and case management services. Mental health services include: individual and group counseling, psychiatry, and medication/prescription management. Their clinical staff include counselors familiar with the unique needs of immigrant groups including the West African and South Asian communities.

Eligibility: All individuals in the sex trade or survivors or sexual violence regardless of immigration status.

Services include gynecological care, reproductive care, family planning, prenatal care, HIV/AIDS care

Eligibility: Anyone without health insurance regardless of immigration status.

Today, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln is a full service acute care hospital and one of the Premier Trauma Centers in the country. The hospital offers comprehensive primary, secondary, preventive and specialty care services. Many of our programs are nationally recognized for outstanding clinical outcomes that meet or exceed established benchmarks. Our medical staff and administrators are among the finest in New York City. And our Centers of Excellence provide a level of care that places us at the forefront of medicine.

Eligibility: Trauma level 1 Adults, NICU Level 3.

Provides behavioral health, primary care, dental care, Insurance Enrollment and Social Services, Diabetes Care, Services for HIV/AIDS, Women’s Health Care

The RDJ Refugee Shelter is currently the only shelter in New York City specifically for asylum seekers and refugees experiencing homelessness. The R.D.J. Shelter operates 24/7 365 days a year providing holistic care, support, advocacy, and resources needed to thrive in their new home.

Eligibility: All refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers.

Services: 24 hour Drop-In Center provides breakfast, lunch, dinner, 2 laundry facilities, and 2 showers as well as assistance applying for permanent housing, including housing vouchers. Capacity: 70-80 people. Type of Resource: Housing Application Assistance. Notes: Not an overnight shelter; ID is required to access housing application assistance.

Eligibility: Single Adults 25+

Hope's Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety, independence, and healing from the trauma of abuse.

Services: NYC’s Housing and Preservation Department partners with over twenty community-based services providers to help people prepare and apply for Housing Connect affordable housing lotteries (see the resource listing for Housing Connect for more info on the lotteries). Type of Resource: Housing Application Assistance. How to Access Resource: use the HPD website to find an ambassador near you, then reach out directly to the organization.

The Hudson Valley Justice Center provides free legal counsel for low-income groups & non-citizens in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

El Centro Hispano's mission is to assist, support, and strengthen Hispanic families; to help them become self-sufficient; and to ease their transition into their new culture while maintaining and enriching their own.

New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center (NYPCC) is a non-profit, community-oriented mental health organization. They provide services to children, adolescents and adults throughout the NYC area. NYPCC believes everyone deserves access to the best mental health care. They hire bilingual, multicultural staff who live in the neighborhoods they serve, they stay open 7 days and are committed to improving the quality of mental healthcare services throughout the NYC area.

Eligibility: All

New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center (NYPCC) is a non-profit, community-oriented mental health organization. They provide services to children, adolescents and adults throughout the NYC area. NYPCC believes everyone deserves access to the best mental health care. They hire bilingual, multicultural staff who live in the neighborhoods they serve, they stay open 7 days and are committed to improving the quality of mental healthcare services throughout the NYC area.

Eligibility: All

Empire Justice is a non-profit law firm dedicated to changing the law for all New Yorkers, especially those who need its protection most.

Services: NYC’s portal for applying for affordable rental and homeownership units in NYC. To qualify your household must meet the household income and size requirements. Type of Resource: Housing Listings. How to Access Resource: complete a profile on the housing connect website, then search for and apply for lotteries. If selected for a lottery, you will need to provide documentation to prove household income eligibility. Notes: The lottery is extremely competitive. Some units have over a thousand applications. Wait times can be up to a year. The lottery is open to everyone who meets the income requirements, regardless of legal status. You can contact a Housing Ambassador to help with your application. For more information, see the resource listing for Housing Ambassadors.

Eligibility: Individuals and families who meet the household income eligibility requirements

The Psychological Center is a community mental health clinic located on the campus of The City College of New York (CCNY). Their clinic is dedicated to delivering excellent and affordable psychological care to the West Harlem community and the broader New York metropolitan area. College members and individuals from the wider community are welcome. Clinic offers a range of services to meet the needs of adults, adolescents, and children. These services include individual therapy, group therapy, couples therapy, as well as psychological and neuropsychological assessments.

The Hudson Valley Justice Center provides free legal counsel for low-income groups & non-citizens in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

CHRF supports, promotes and executes research regarding the health of children and families in New York's Hudson Valley and surrounding regions, particularly the most vulnerable members of these communities, with a focus on improving health services for mothers and children.

The Hudson Valley Justice Center provides free legal counsel for low-income groups & non-citizens in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

CCM operates five NYS licensed mental health clinics that offer culturally sensitive treatments including group and family therapy and psychological, psychiatric & psychosocial diagnosis. They also offer workshops on domestic violence, anger management, and parenting skills, and run special programs for alcohol and substance abuse, crisis counseling, and women living with HIV and AIDS.

Eligibility: Open to all who reside in Brooklyn and Manhattan, even those without insurance.

Churches United for Fair Housing (CUFFH) is a grassroots advocacy organization rooted in faith and community spaces that provides affordable housing services and integrated social resources. CUFFH organizes our working-class BIPOC communities around issues of housing, immigration, social, and economic justice to generate power and harness true liberation Services offered: Weekly affordable housing workshops and one-on-one housing application assistance by appointment only

At Make the Road NY (MRNY), community members volunteer daily to support our organizing, education, health and legal services programs as well as our admin and other functions.

Services: initial resettlement, case management, social adjustment, ENL classes and tutoring, employment counseling, job placement, career and other vocational training services to refugees, asylees, humanitarian parolees, and Special Immigrant Visa holders in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island. Type of Resource: permanent housing. How to Access Resource: email or fill out an online screening form on their website. Notes: Currently a 1.5 month waiting period; must have passport and other documentation

Eligibility: NYC residents with refugee, asylee, or humanitarian parolee status, or Special Immigrant Visa holders

Helping survivors of labor trafficking develop escape plans, secure emergency housing and financial assistance, access social and legal services, find employment, facilitate family reunifications, apply for T Non-Immigrant Status Visa, access basic health services, and retrieve unpaid wages.

Eligibility: Filipino domestic workers or trafficked workers

The Hudson Valley Justice Center provides free legal counsel for low-income groups & non-citizens in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center is a physical and digital campus dedicated to providing services and support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Tarjimly is a mobile app for refugees, asylees, immigrants, and people who support them. It connects you with the nearest available translator in a live session where you can send texts, voice notes, documents, or start a live phone call

Refugee Translation Project (RTP) provides free professional translation of asylum statements and supporting documents to people seeking asylum or other immigration relief. RTP also offers in-person interpretation in select languages in the NY metro area, and interpretation services by phone or video conference.

Respond Crisis Translation provides compassionate, trauma-informed interpretation and translation services in 105 languages for refugees, asylum seekers, and anyone who is facing crisis. They mobilize both in-person interpreters and provide translation over the phone. Respond Crisis Translation can also translate documentation relevant to asylum applications (hospital forms, court documents, credible fear interview transcripts, etc.)

Mano a Mano (MaM) is a non-profit organization of trilingual (Spanish, English and American Sign Language) interpreters. It is not an agency that provides translation or interpretation services, but they do operate a directory of trilingual interpreters in the United States. MaM assumes no responsibility for the content of an interpreter's listing.

Kichwa Hatari is a collective that supports the indigenous Quechua/Kichwa population in the United States, particularly in New York. It began as the first radio program in Kichwa in the U.S. and now centers on creating spaces centered on preserving and advancing the Kichwa language and identity. Kichwa Hatari offers interpretation support for individuals, organizations, and institutions.

A WES Gateway Program credential evaluation report can help eligible individuals continue their education, become licensed in their field, or take the next step on their career pathway in the United States. The report can be accepted by higher education institutions, regulatory bodies, and employers. WES works with designated partners to identify individuals who are eligible for the Gateway Program. The program is available to individuals educated in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela who meet program requirements.

Eligibility: Individuals who have been displaced as a result of adverse circumstances in their country and have limited proof of their academic achievements.

Established in 2004, Garden of Hope dedicates itself to serving, caring, and rebuilding the lives of people who have been exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking; specifically targeting its services towards the growing Chinese communities in the NYC region. With the vision of overcoming cultural, language, and socioeconomic barriers of Chinese immigrant families in crisis, Garden of Hope is committed to its beliefs that human rights, dignity, and positive self-image are essential to all individuals. All services are provided for free and in strict confidentiality.

Eligibility: Individuals who have been exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Part of the growing chinese community.

Services include advocacy and case management services. CAMBA’s Victims Assistance Program serves victims/survivors of domestic violence, rape/ sexual assault, and other violent crimes. Support services offered at their Community Office include: Victim compensation claims assistance, Opening new victim assistance cases, Face-to-face and telephone counseling, Follow-up contacts, Individual, family, and group therapy, Support group sessions, Information and referrals, Criminal justice support, and advocacy, Emergency assistance (Metro Cards), Legal service referrals, Personal advocacy, and Sexual assault counseling

Eligibility: Victims of violent crime and their families living in Brooklyn

NYC Hope has a neighborhood services directory where you can search community-based organizations that work with survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.

PHF is affiliated with PurpLE Family Health, a medical practice in New York City, that provides trauma-informed healthcare for gender-based violence survivors and their children. PHF's support of this entity ensures that the cost of healthcare for survivors is covered in full.

Eligibility: Survivors of gender-based violence and forced migration.

Lemontree is a service that connects people in New York with local food pantries and soup kitchens. They can also help you register for food deliveries and complete SNAP applications. You can call or text them between 10am-6pm any day of the week. Services are free and confidential.

Eligibility: Anyone in New York who needs help accessing food.

If you are facing a crisis impacting your family such as loss of housing, parental health issues, domestic violence, or other situation, the Maria Crisis Lucadamo Nursery can provide short-term child care and holistic services for you and your child while you are addressing these crises.

A Jewish immigration and resettlement organization providing rescue and safe haven services for all refugees, asylees, and other vulnerable immigrants and facilitates their resettlement in the U.S. through a national network of community-based affiliate agencies, primarily Jewish Family and Children’s Services.

Eligibility: All refugees and asylees.

Offers short-term shelter (Passage of Hope Unaccompanied Migrant Child program), provides clinical, therapeutic, educational and case management services while working to link migrant children with family members or other sponsors in the United States.

Eligibility: Unaccompanied migrant children (up to age 17 years old).

Her Justice provides free legal help to immigrant women living in poverty in New York City who have experienced domestic violence or other types of gender-based violence. They can help with U or T Visa applications and self-petitions for Battered Spouses and Children under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). If you cannot afford an attorney, they have volunteer attorneys that represent clients for free in court cases. However, they cannot help with asylum or refugee cases.

Eligibility: To be eligible you must identify as a woman, live in the five boroughs, have a legal matter relating to family, divorce, or immigration law, and meet their income guidelines (below 200% of the federal poverty level).

Offers a mental Health Care/Emotional support group in Spanish that meets Wednesdays from 6:00pm-8:00pm on Zoom. A new topic is covered each week.

The Mount Sinai Human Rights Program (MSHRP) provides pro-bono, trauma-informed medical assessments, mental health evaluations, and access to social services and continuity medical care to U.S. asylum seekers who are survivors of torture and human rights abuses.

Eligibility: Asylum seekers with attorneys and those in an immigration detention center.

Provides representation, legal advice, and community outreach to immigrants and refugees across NYC. Represents immigrants seeking protection from persecution and violence and families seeking reunification.

Eligibility: All immigrants - asylees/refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

RUSA has gained experience and expertise in how the American immigration system works and - using partnerships with lawyers and friends in the United States - tries to help people avoid making the same mistakes over and over again.

Eligibility: Immigrants from the LGBTQ+ community.

A large system of integrated healthcare, providing local and national medical care through providers and hospitals in the New York state area. Northwell Health provides a variety of chronic illness treatment which encompass cancer, cardiology, endocrinology, pulomonology, and mental health services. Please follow this link to learn more about the specialties covered by Northwell Health: https://www.northwell.edu/clinical-services.

Through our LyftUp program, we’re providing access to 1.5 million rides to help people reach food, essential jobs, and services such as polling places and vaccine appointments.

Provides workforce development to empower immigrant women to obtain meaningful employment or pursue higher education in NYC. LEAD consists of an orientation and 8 job readiness workshops.

Eligibility: Serves all immigrant women.

Offers free legal screenings to find out if you qualify for any immigration benefit and free legal help from an experienced attorney or accredited representative for a range of cases, including: Citizenship, Green card applications and renewals, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and more!

Eligibility: Available to every immigrant New Yorker. Need to make an appointment by phone. Accept asylees, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

Refugee Health Screening (RHS).

Eligibility: Asylees/refugees and asylum seekers.

NYC Care is a health care access program that guarantees low-cost and no-cost services at NYC Health + Hospitals to New Yorkers who do not qualify for or cannot afford health insurance. Through this program, you receive a membership card that allows you access healthcare at NYC Health + Hospitals across the city, choose your own primary care provider, receive preventative care (vaccinations, routine screenings, mammograms), and mental health support.

Eligibility: Accepts all immigrants, does not require insurance. They do not keep a record of information regarding your immigration status.

FQHCs provide low cost health services that may include primary care, vision, dental and mental health services. Many health centers are currently providing COVID-19 testing and telehealth visits.

Eligibility: Anyone without health insurance regardless of immigration status.

Safe Horizon hotlines offer presonalized non-judgemental support for those who have experienced domestic violence, rape or sexual assault. They can assist with crisis counseling, safety planning, help finding domestic violence shelters, and provide information about resources.

Eligibility: Serve everyone regardless of language, income, gender identity, or immigration status.

Workforce1 helps New Yorkers prepare for, and connect to jobs across New York City's five boroughs and in every sector of the economy.

Eligibility: Must be 18+ years old and legally authorized to work.

Multi-Cultural, Trauma-Informed and Gospel-Centered Counseling. They offer individual, couple, and family counseling.

Eligibility: All

The Career Center offers a comprehensive suite of online programs and services that help entertainment industry and performing arts professionals identify and find sideline work and discover new careers outside the industry.

Eligibility: A performing arts and entertainment professional must meet the following eligibility criteria to be eligible to receive services via The Career Center: Working Professional Union: Paid up union members are eligible to participate in Career Center Services. Must provide union information. Working Professional Non-Union: Non-union members will be asked to submit employment documentation. For Musicians, Comedians, Dancers and Singers, documentation can include promotional materials of 10 paid industry jobs within the last 10 years. Emerging Artists: Eligible to participate in our Arts Worker Resource Center only.

If you are thinking of suicide or are worried about a loved one, please call this line for 24/7 emotional support.

Eligibility: Everyone anywhere in the U.S.

Provides half price metrocards to lower income New York residents, regardless of immigration status.

Eligibility: Must be between ages of 18 and 64 and meet maximum income requirements; proof of income can be verified by a signed statement attesting to your income for the previous 30 days, or paystubs from the past 30 days.

Citywide shelter intake center for homeless adult families, including homeless couples (domestic partnership required) with no children and families with no family members under 18 years of age. AFIC is open 24 hours per day, including weekends and holidays.

Eligibility: Adult families, domestic partnership required, no children and no family members under 18 years old. No immigration status needed.

Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. (GMHC) is one of the leading providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and advocacy. GMHC provides immigration legal services to all clients regardless of HIV status.

Eligibility: All clients accepted regardless of HIV status.

The Counseling Center at St. Francis of Assisi offers affordable, low-cost mental health counseling (currently over telphone and Zoom). They provide counseling in the following areas: anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem; marriage and couples; sexual abuse and domestic violence; bereavement; and addiction.

Eligibility: People of all ethnic and religious backgrounds, regardless of immigration status.

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid, litigation, and systemic advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

Provides legal assistance for those in NYC living below the poverty line.

Eligibility: All immigrants - asylees/refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants.

Free 24/7 hotline for individuals and family members facing substance abuse and mental health issues.

Eligibility: Everyone anywhere in the U.S.

Provides direct resettlement services to refugees and other humanitarian migrants. Provides airport pick up services upon arrival.

24/7 drop-in center offers on-site medical, mental health and substance abuse assessments as well as access to meals, clothing, showers, and rehabilitation and recovery programs. Open from 7:30AM-8:30 PM. Open from 7:30AM-8:30 PM. This program remains open 24 hours during the winter months.

Eligibility: All men & women, 25 years & older.

If you are a victim of sexual assault, call this hotline to speak to a trained specialist for confidential support, information, and advice. You can also access a confidential chat online: English: https://hotline.rainn.org/online Spanish: https://hotline.rainn.org/es

Eligibility: Everyone anywhere in the U.S.

A traditional charity hospital, as well as a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides primary medical, dental and behavioral healthcare services, in addition to select specialties: optometry, podiatry, and cardiology. We provide care regardless of economic, social, immigration, or insurance status. Also, provide free door-to-door transportation through our Good Health Shuttle, a five-borough program servicing more than 250 shelters and domestic violence safe houses in NYC, and to the public housing communities of Astoria, Ravenswood and Queensbridge Houses in Northwest Queens.

The Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers (RPIE) is a 3-month program that provides professional training and job placement assistance to immigrants who were trained as engineers and IT professionals in their home countries, but find themselves unemployed, or in positions unrelated to their degrees or training. This program is provided by The Cooper Union in partnership with CAMBA to provide courses, professional development opportunity, and job placement support to those immigrants seeking to gain access to higher paying jobs in their career occupations.

Eligibility: Immigrants trained as engineers and IT professionals in their home countries. Immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers with a background in engineering, architecture, technology, or other related fields. Participation in RPIE does not impact immigration status. Authorized to work in the US.

ExpressCare is a service that allows you to receive virtual care from a NYC Health + Hospitals doctor using a smartphone, tablet or computer. They treat non-emergency health issues. There are also Express Care locations in the Bronx and Queens.

Eligibility: Anyone without health insurance regardless of immigration status.

Offers comprehensive academic and social-emotional supports that supports younger clients’ resilience, talents, and ambitions to help them achieve their full potential. Family Education programs promotes early self-sufficiency among newly arrived adults, and longer term, ongoing support for continuing education, career development, and citizenship preparation.

Eligibility: Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees (children and families).

S.A.F.E. seeks to empower immigrants and vulnerable populations who have been marginalized due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, and other factors to reach their fullest potential by providing humanitarian assistance while fostering understanding and cooperation among diverse communities. S.A.F.E. identifies and then collaborates with recent immigrants who would like to further their personals goals (e.g., achieving legal immigration status, finding a job, accessing healthcare, etc.) while giving back to the community. SAFE views each individual holistically and as an agent in their own empowerment rather than as a “case.”

Eligibility: Recent Immigrants.

Violence Intervention Program helps Latina victims of domestic violence to find safety and empowerment to live a life free of violence. VIP runs the only live-operated bilingual (English/Spanish) 24-hour hotline in New York City. Their counselors provide several services, including over-the-phone crisis counseling, safety planning, information about emergency shelter, and referrals to other community-based social service providers.

Eligibility: Serves all survivors, with an emphasis on the Latinx communities.

Dollar vans have catered to communities underserved by the city’s subway and bus system, offering commuters in neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens an affordable way to travel. The app is meant to make transportation accessible to “anyone anywhere,” especially those in transit deserts, places where the nearest public transportation option is at least a 15-minute walk away.

The North Brooklyn Coalition is an organization that helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through direct services including case management, therapy, support groups, community education, community outreach, and participation in community events.

Eligibility: Serves all survivors, with an emphasis on the Latinx and Black communities.

MTA New York City Transit’s paratransit service, Access-A-Ride, provides door-to-door transportation within New York City on an advance reservation basis to persons who, because of a physical or mental disability, are unable to use public transit buses or subways.

Eligibility: You are eligible for Access-A-Ride if you have a disability that prevents you from using the public buses or subways. We will review your application, any medical documentation you provide, and ask you to undergo an individualized assessment.

VIA is dedicated to empowering and supporting Venezuelan forced migrants and helping them navigate social, cultural, and economic challenges. They offer wellness and emotional support workshops, English classes, and educational and legal orientation workshops.

Serves migrant children in New York City and Long Island (under the age of 21), Safe Passage Project attorneys advocate for children by standing with them in immigration court, speaking on their behalf to the judge, explaining how they qualify for legal protection (e.g., asylum or protection for victims of trafficking). Safe Passage in Schools serves the unmet needs of immigrant children enrolled in New York City public schools.

Eligibility: Migrant children (under 21 years old) and families.

NYC transportation app that shows train, bus and subway schedules, service changes, maps and includes a route planner.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis (anxiety, depression, trouble with an eating disorder, suicidal thoughts or thoughts of harming yourself), you can speak to a trained crisis counselor 24/7 via text, Whatsapp, or Facebook messenger.

Eligibility: Everyone anywhere in the U.S.

(Formerly NYC Well). You can call, text, or chat online with clinicians who are available to give you advice about your problem and can also assist with identifying counseling services in the city. They also provide suicide & crisis intervention services.

Eligibility: All NYC residents.

Provides legal services and policy advocacy toward those in the LGBTQ+ community and those living with HIV/aids.

Eligibility: LGBTQ+ or HIV positve and seeking asylum.

RIF provides a virtual weekly support group to help asylum seekers share the unique challenges of seeking asylum, celebrate accomplishments, and support one another. Registration is not needed and the zoom link is on the website. The group is offered in English with French and Spanish interpretation. They do not provide psychological evaluations, however they list organizations that do.

Eligibility: Asylees/refugees and asylum seekers

Call this number for immediate crisis counseling if you are experiencing emotional distress related to a natural or human-caused disaster including: tornadoes, hurricanes, severe storms, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, drought, incidents of mass violence, anniversaries of trigger events.

Eligibility: Everyone anywhere in the U.S.

This is a student-run asylum clinic that works with licensed health professionals to provide medical and psychiatric evaluations to asylum seekers that can be presented in court.

Eligibility: All asylum seekers.

The EEP is a pioneering career readiness and technology training program that helps participants break the cycle of poverty, homelessness, and abuse. Career Readiness Workshop (CRW)Four-week program, 25 hours per week: Career development and planning Resume and cover letter writing Interview skills Job search process Office Operations Workshop (OOW): 14-week program, 25 hours per week Information technology training Microsoft Office Certification Reading and math literacy skills building Professional development Civic and community engagement Additional training and support Certificate programs: Adult education courses Internships Mentoring

Eligibility: Must be able to participate in a full-time program and work full-time. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

This hotline provides trained counselors who provide crisis intervention, counseling and referrals to services. The hotline operates 24/7 and is secure and private, so all information is kept confidential.

Eligibility: All survivors of domestic violence.

Hope's Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety, independence, and healing from the trauma of abuse.