Volunteer Guide
Chicagoland Immigrant Welcome Network
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We partner with area churches to follow Christ’s call to Welcome the Stranger by providing key resettlement resources for immigrants & refugees in South Chicago & Northwest Indiana.
Together, we advocate for migrant newcomers by providing legal & resettlement services, volunteer mobilization, & spiritual guidance so that they can build lives of grace & self-sufficiency.
You can help!
| State served: | Indiana |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, Humanitarian Parole, NACARA, 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: | Family & Juvenile |
| Non-legal services: | Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR) |
| Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender |
| Languages spoken: | Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
| Other information: | Our offices are open from Monday through Wednesday |
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: | 2 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 2 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Friends Service Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Asista, Boat People SOS, CARE, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Central American Resource Center, Church World Service, Detention Watch Network, Episcopal Migration Ministies, Episcopal Migration Ministries, Ethiopian Community Development Council, Freedom Network, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Immigrant Children's Lawyers, Immigration Advocates Network, International Rescue Committee, Justice for our Neighbors/United Methodist Committee on Relief, Kids In Need of Defense, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization, National Immigration Project, San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, United Farm Workers, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), World Relief, YMCA, YWCA, The Immigration Alliance, CLINIC |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Jared Alleman
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| Other Information | Resettlement Coordinator |