Family Focus (Aurora Center)
The mission of Family Focus is to promote the well-being of children from birth by supporting and strengthening their families and communities.
| Counties served: |
Cook, De Kalb, Du Page, Kane, Kendall, Will |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? |
Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Other areas of legal assistance: |
Education, Family & Juvenile |
| Non-legal services: |
ESL, Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Populations served: |
Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: |
English, French, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
No |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
| Other information: |
Walk-ins accepted on Mondays from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Accepts clients from surrounding states and counties as long as they are able to travel to the office. |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: |
0 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? |
Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
0 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
3 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: |
0 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? |
Yes |
| Network affiliations: |
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Immigration Advocates Network |
