The following is a list of organizations that work with immigrants free of charge, providing their services in different languages and in different counties of New York State. Each listing has the contact of the organizations, along with a brief summary of the services they offer.
African Services Committee
http://www.africanservices.org/
African Services is a multiservice agency based in Harlem and dedicated to assisting immigrants, refugees and asylees from across the African Diaspora. Programs address the needs of newcomers affected by war, persecution, poverty, and global health inequalities by providing health, housing, legal, educational, and social services in over 25 languages.
Phone: 212-222-3882 | Fax: 212-222-7067 | Address: 429 West 127th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10027
African Communities Together (ACT)
ACT helps African immigrants find free or low-cost assistance with immigration, jobs, and other needs. They provide free referrals to trustworthy nonprofit and government agency partners in multiple languages. ACT provides African immigrants leadership training to encourage civic engagement.
Telephone: (347) 746-2281
Address: 127 West 127th Street, Suite 221, New York, NY 10027 |
Alliance for Asian American Justice
https://www.allianceaajustice.com/
The Alliance for Asian American Justice, composed of Asian American Fortune 1000 General Counsel and law firm partners, is a pro bono initiative for victims of anti-Asian hate.
Arab-American Association of New York
http://www.arabamericanny.org/
AAANY provides a wide range of services and other support to the Arab American community, including advocacy, adult education, social services, civic engagement, and youth development programming.
Telephone: (718) 745-3523 | Address: 7111 5th AvenueBrooklyn, NY, 11209 | Email: info@arabamericanny.org
Brooklyn Community Services (BCS)
BCS offers a variety of services to people residing in Brooklyn, primarily focusing on shelters, supportive housing, education, workforce development, mental health services, and more.
Phone: 718-360-8186 | Address: 151 Lawrence Street, Floor 4. Brooklyn, NY 11201 | info@wearebcs.org
CAIR – New York (Council on American-Islamic Relations)
CAIR-NY serves Muslim New Yorkers through legal advocacy, education, media relations, civic engagement, and community mobilization. As the first line of defense, CAIR-NY protects New Yorkers who have experienced discrimination (Islamophobia and systemic discrimination in all its forms), harassment, hate crimes, and more.
Address: 80 Broad Street, 5th floor. New York, NY 10004 | (646) 665-7599 | info@NY.CAIR.COM
CAMBA
Provides a wide range of services, including healthcare, housing, education, family support, and many immigrant services in multiple languages. Includes free legal counsel to low-income residents. Address: 1720 Church Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11226 | Telephone: 718-287-2600 | Email: info@CAMBA.org
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York
https://catholiccharitiesny.org/
The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York collaborate with parishes, as well as non-Catholic and Catholic partners, to provide services to almost every human need.
Address: 1011 First Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY 10022 | Phone: (888) 744-7900
CUNY Citizenship Now!
https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/communications-marketing/citizenship-now/
CUNY Citizenship Now! It is a university-based legal aid program that has provided free and confidential citizenship and immigration to all New Yorkers, regardless of income. The program assists with Citizenship, family petitions, DACA, TPS, and more.
Phone: 646-664-9400 | Email: citizenshipnowinfo@cuny.edu | locations
Community Organization for Parents and Youth (COPAY)
https://nassaualliance.org/copay-inc-community-organization-for-parents-and-youth-inc
COPAY is an out-patient non-profit agency that provides services for outpatient substance abuse counseling, family therapy, marital counseling, vocational assessment and training, academic tutoring, HIV supportive services, substance abuse education, psychiatric evaluation, parenting skills training, information and referrals. Everyone in need is welcome regardless of ability to pay.
Address: 21 North Station Plaza Great Neck, NY 11020 | Phone: (516) 466-2509 | Fax: (516) 482-3146 | Email: copayincgn@aol.com
Diaspora Community Services
Diaspora Community Services is a social support service agency that empowers families and individuals to maximize their abilities to succeed through culturally sensitive health promotion, family support services and advocacy.
Phone: 718-399-020 | Address: 921 B East new York Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203
Drug Rehab Services
https://www.addicted.org/new-york-long-term-drug-rehab.html
This site has a directory of services that help with substance abuse. There are free and immigrant-friendly options, including faith-based and more.
Phone: 1-877-208-7211
El Centro del Inmigrante
The Center provides opportunities for economic support, community building, and organizing through immigrant and worker advocates, educational workshops, workforce leadership training, and emergency intervention for hunger, homelessness, and health/safety needs. Services include: English as a Second Language, G.E.D. and Literacy classes, labor organizing, health education and screenings, family and immigrant rights services, immigration counseling, legal assistance, social activities, food and clothing distribution, and community service.
Phone: 347-825-2086 | Address: 221 Heberton Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302
First Friends of New York and New Jersey
First Friends of NJ and NY provide bond assistance to detained immigrants and asylum seekers. They offer help with immigration bonds, and resources to find a loved one in ICE custody.
Address: 53 So. Hackensack Ave., Kearny, NJ 07032 | Number: (908) 965-0455 | Email: contact@firstfriendsnjny.org
Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
GMHC is the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy. They offer services for: Advocacy, Health Benefits, HIV & STI, Testing Housing & Financial Management, Legal, Meals & Nutrition, Mental & Behavioral Health, Prevention & Community Health, Substance Use, Training, Education, Capacity-Building, Wellness, and Workforce.
Phone: 212-367-1000 | Address: 307 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018 | Email: info@gmhc.org
Haitian-American Community Coalition
The Haitian-American Community Coalition (HCC) provides services with Adult literacy, benefits linkage & support, community outreach, document translation, HIV/AIDS prevention & education, HIV testing & linkage to care, LGBTQ outreach, advocacy and support, and PrEP & PEP.
Phone: (718) 940-2200 | Address: 3807-3809 Church Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11203 | Email:
Immigrant Defense Project (IDP)
Immigrant Defense Project provides information about the rights of immigrants who interact with ICE, and also offer direct legal services, impact litigation, advocacy, training, and more.
Phone: (212) 725-6422 | Address: 40 W 39th Street, Fifth FloorNew York, NY 10018
Immigration Equality
https://www.immigrationequality.org/
Immigration Equality has been proud to advocate for and represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), and HIV-positive immigrants seeking safety, fair treatment, and freedom. They provide services for Asylum, people living with HIV, detention, couples and families, other paths to status, resources.
Phone: 212-714-2904 [Wed 1:00 – 4:00pm] | Email:
If you are in detention, call: (917) 654-9696 [Mon-Thurs 9:30 – 5:30pm]
The Institute for Community Living
Website: https://iclinc.org/
The Institute for Community Living (ICL) is a NYC nonprofit that helps people with housing, treatment services, coordinated care, services for children and families, the East New York Health HUB, intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
HQ address: 125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 | Phone: 844-425-4673 | Email: iclhope@iclinc.org
The Institute for Family Health
The Institute for Family Health is a mission-driven health organization providings comprehensive women’s health services, HIV care, mental health services, and more, and addresses racial/ethnic disparities in health care. Centers in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Hudson Valley.
Phone: 212-633-0800 | locations |
Hispanic Federation
https://hispanicfederation.org
The Hispanic Federation seeks to empower and advance the Hispanic community, by providing services related to civic engagement, education, health, immigration, Latinx LGBTQ+ advocacy and empowerment, economic empowerment, environmental initiatives, hunger relief, recovery and resiliency, nonprofit organizational development.
Address: 55 Exchange Place, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10005 | Email: info@hispanicfederation.org | Phone:: (866) 432-9832
La Colmena
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.
Phone: (718) 442-7700 |Address: 774 Port Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302
Legal Aid Society
The Legal Aid Society is a private, not-for-profit legal services organization that provides legal assistance for all New Yorkers. Their services assist with arrests & policing, bail & incarceration, children in family court & foster care, consumer debt, tax & small business, employment, family, domestic violence & divorce, government benefits, health, disability & HIV/AIDS, housing, foreclosure & homelessness, immigration & deportation, juvenile delinquency & detention, parole, school & student rights, wrongful convictions, and clemency & sealing.
Address: See all locations here | | Phone: 212-577-3300
Legal Services for NYC
http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/
Legal Services NYC fights poverty and seeks racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. Offices in all five boroughs provide services around foreclosure prevention, HIV advocacy, employment law, immigration/immigrant rights, LGBT advocacy, housing/tenants’ rights, reentry, domestic violence, language access, and more. Their services are available in 10 languages.
Phone: 917-661-4500 (Monday-Friday, 9:30– 4pm)
Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers
Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers serve’s new immigrant students or students who are English learners in grades 9 through 12. They are dedicated to educating students of diverse cultural and academic backgrounds, as they make the transition to the American educational system.
Address: 250 W 18th St New York, NY 10011 | Phone: (212) 691-0934
Make the Road New York
Make the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services. They offer services in adult literacy, civic engagement, community organizing, health access, legal development, leadership development, and youth programs.
Address: Multiple locations | Phone: 718-418-7690
Minkwon
http://minkwon.org
Minkwon assists Korean American, Asian American and immigrant communities through different programs, including public benefits, health insurance enrollment, housing services and representation, and legal immigration service.
Address: 133-29 41st Avenue, Suite 202 | Phone: 718-460-5600 | Email: minkwon@minkwon.org
Mixteca
Mixteca Organization Inc. is a community-based organization located in Sunset Park providing services to assist Latinx and indigenous immigrants with health, food access, IDNYC, consulate appointments, education, social and legal referrals.Address: 245 23rd Street, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, New York 11215 | Phone: (718) 965-4795 | Email: info@mixteca.org
Mobilization for Justice
https://mobilizationforjustice.org/
Mobilization for Justice serves people who are low-income, disenfranchised or have disabilities. They provide direct civil legal assistance services related to housing & foreclosure, health & disability rights, immigration & asylum, government benefits, veterans & military, family law, consumer rights, education rights, employment law, criminal justice reform
Phone: 212-417-3700 (M-F 9am – 5pm) | Address: 100 William Street, 6th Floor. New York, NY 10038
New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation’s foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. They provide information about your rights as a voter, free speech, mask mandates, and more.
Address: 125 Broad Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10004 | Phone: 212-607-3300
New York Immigration Coalition
The NYIC boasts nearly 200 member organizations, helps foster immigrant community leadership and civic engagement, and puts immigrants at the table in the major public policy debates of the day. Can direct people to a variety of organizations around the city.
Address: 131 W 33rd St, Ste 610 New York, NY 10001 | Phone: 212 627 2227 | Email: info@nyic.org
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR)
The Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR), is a non-profit organization that provides ESOL classes, civic classes, workcenter, legal assistance services related to adjustment of legal status, filing for citizenship and naturalization and family-based petitions.
Legal: info@nmcir.org // Phone Number: (212) 781-0355 ext. 101
Education: education@nmcir.org // Phone Number: (212) 781-0355 ext.107
Worker Center: hireaworker@nmcir.org // Phone Number: (917) 605-2702
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC)
NMIC staff provides services to New Yorkers relating to housing, immigration, benefits & finance, health, education & career, and holistic services.
Main Address: 45 Wadsworth Ave, New York, NY 10033 | Phone: (212) 822-8300 | 929 415 8745 (9am – 5pm) | Email: info@nmic.org | Contact Form | all locations
Planned Parenthood of NYC
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-new-york-city
Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) has been a beacon of hope for the thousands of individuals and families who rely on us for essential reproductive health care, innovative educational programs, and effective advocacy. They provide services relating to abortion, birth control, cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing and prevention, pregnancy testing and options counseling, men’s health services, sexual health education, LGBTQ+ services, and general health care services.
Address: 26 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012 | Phone: 1-212-274-7200 |
Project Rousseau
http://www.projectrousseau.org/
Project Rousseau is non-profit organization that seeks to empower young people from communities in the greatest need to reach their full potential and excel in higher education. The organization welcomes families from across boroughs, and currently offer legal screenings carried out by volunteer lawyers, support determining next steps in your immigration case, English classes for kids and youth, daily warm lunch, and toiletries depending on availability.
Fill in the needs assessment form and join their Whatsapp group to stay informed.
Rochester Rapid Response Network
https://rocrapidresponse.wordpress.com/
RRRN is a Rochester-area ally group formed to support immigrants facing detention or deportation.
Phone: (585) 420-6471 | Email: rocrapidresponse@gmail.com |
Safe Horizon
Works with individuals that have been victims of domestic violence, abuse, rape/sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, and other crimes. They offer services relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, child and youth, human trafficking, crime victim, mental health, emergency and transitional housing, legal, advocacy and support services, community education and outreach.
Victims of crime: 1-866-689-4357 | Domestic violence: 1-800-621-4673 | Rape and sexual assault: 1-212-227-3000 | Child abuse and maltreatment: 1-800-342-3720
TDD machine for hearing impaired clients for all hotlines: 1-866-604-5350 .
Chat with an advocate: link | 24/7 Hotline: 1-800-621-4673
Sanctuary for Families
https://www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org/
Sanctuary for Families provides survivors a range of direct services to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of abuse. Focused on domestic violence, trafficking, and other gender violence. Their services include: legal, emergency shelter, counseling and support groups, economic empowerment programs, youth services, housing assistance, advocacy and case management, community education and outreach, crisis intervention.
Phone: (212) 349–6009 | Email: info@sffny.org
Saint Peter’s Church
Saint Peter’s Church provides legal and personal counseling, information sessions for immigration and labor rights, and food distribution.
Address: 619 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022 | Phone: (212) 935-2200 | Email: administrator@saintpeters.org
Sikh Coalition
The Sikh Coalition provides legal assistance for Sikh’s that have faced discrimination, alongside other resources to inform people of their rights in New York.
Telephone for legal help: 212-655-3095 | Legal Help Form
Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network
https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseIRDN
The Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network works for immigration justice in Central New York and beyond by providing services related to wage theft, health and safety in the workplace, and driver’s licenses.
Phone: (315) 218-5708 | Email: wccny@workerscentercny.org | Address: 2013 E. Genesee St. Syracuse NY, 13210
The Family Center
https://www.thefamilycenter.org/
The Family Center offers a unique program of social and legal services, including health care and wellness programs, to New Yorkers struggling with a family crisis or loss.
Email: info@thefamilycenter.org | Phone: 718-230-1379 |Address: 493 Nostrand Avenue 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11216
Tompkins County Workers Center (TCWC)
http://www.tcworkerscenter.org/
The Mission of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center informs people of their rights at work through their worker’s hotline, local community union organization, Living Wage Campaign and community outreach through their Occupation Safety and Health programs.
HOTLINE: (607) 269-0409 | Email: tcwrh@tcworkerscenter.org
Other organizations: USA hello lists a repertoire of organizations that help many immigrant communities. Their lists can be filtered by language, demographic, or more. http://usahello.org/
