Safety & Legal

The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) helps immigrants, refugees, and their families join and contribute to the community. IIBA provides high-quality, affordable immigration legal services, education, and civic engagement opportunities

ImmigrationLawHelp.org is a searchable online directory of over 1,000 free or low-cost nonprofit immigration legal services providers in all 50 states. Only nonprofits that are BIA recognized or have attorneys on staff are included in the directory.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Oakland's programs are designed to ensure that you, as a refugee, thrive in America--whether ensuring your children are enrolled in school, you as an adult is become self-reliant through employment or starting businesses, or families are receiving acute medical care you need to recover from trauma or illness. If you are in need, the IRC will help you to rebuild your life and regain control of your future in your new home community.

Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay (JFCS East Bay) is a community-based, direct social and human services organization that serves and supports Alameda and Contra Costa County residents of all ages, races, and religions.

KCCEB’s mission is to empower immigrants in the Bay Area through access to education, services, resources and advocacy. We help individuals get needed resources at critical moments in their lives and offer opportunities to empower themselves, their families and community for health and wellness.

Hatixhe B. Grbeshi is an attorney who can help you obtain your Social Security Disability benefits.

Legal Access Alameda provides virtual and in-person free legal services in partnership with the Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA).

Legal Assistance for Seniors provides free legal advice and information to seniors throughout Alameda County. Our free services include: representation in court and administrative hearings, referrals to other community resources, and community education and training on legal issues.

Engages a statewide network of community-based organizations, tribal governments, and community emergency response teams across the state to boost resiliency, provide accessible in-language information and advance a new culture of disaster preparedness.

Organizations and agencies across Marin County provide programs and services that support immigrants to feel a sense of belonging and thrive.

Narika's mission is to promote women's independence, economic empowerment, and well-being by providing survivors of domestic violence with confidential support, education, and advocacy, including a confidential helpline for survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

Every month the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' San Francisco Asylum Office partners with the California Department of Public Health's Office of Refugee Health and the San Francisco Department of Public Health's Newcomer's Health Program to conduct an orientation on benefits and services for newly granted asylees in California.

The monthly session covers topics that pertain to asylees in California such as: important documents, safety net benefits, and health care.

Provides legal assistance with asylum, residency, naturalization, VAWA, and family petitions for LGBTQIA+ immigrant communities.

Provides ESL, home-based tutoring, immigration services, social services, interpretation services, employment assistance services.

As the world’s largest humanitarian network, Red Cross and Red Crescent teams help reconnect families separated by international crises.

San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network (SFILEN) provides free immigration legal services and comprehensive legal assistance, promoting community education, and organizing to empower the immigrant community.

Provides one-time assistance to help people experiencing an unexpected crisis.

A domestic violence service provider in Contra Costa County providing prevention, intervention, and treatment programs in community partnership to stop domestic violence and child abuse.

Street Level Health Project (SLHP) is an Oakland-based community center dedicated to improving the wellbeing of underinsured, uninsured, and recently arrived immigrants in Alameda County.

Provides free psychosocial and psychological support to adult survivors of persecution and torture who reside in San Francisco.