Freedom House
2630 W. Lafayette
Detroit MI 48216
Phone: 313-964-4320
Email: freedomhousemi@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.freedomhousedetroit.org
Freedom House is a shelter for refugees seeking political asylum in the United States. The refugees live at Freedom House while their asylum cases are pending before the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Freedom House is an interdenominational, non-profit charity that provides food, clothing, shelter and social and legal services to people of all races and creeds. Its mission is to extend love and human dignity to people who have been devastated by torture and the denial of human rights. Freedom House works to legally resettle refugees into Canada or the United States, speaks out against injustice and educates for systemic change. All Freedom House residents are indigent. The purpose of Freedom House is to provide legal representation to indigent refugees seeking political asylum in the U.S.
The Legal Department provides services in the following areas:
1. Prepares asylum applications for residents
2. Represents residents before the U.S. Immigration Court, the Board of
Immigration Appeals and the Federal Courts.
Immigration Legal Services Strategic Partnership
Archdiocese of Detroit
305 Michigan Ave. 5th Floor
Detroit MI 48226
Phone:
English/Spanish 313-237-4646
Arabic/Chaldean 313-237-4699
Other languages 313-237-4694
Provides services in the following areas:
General consultations
Family petitions
Adjustments of status
Asylum and refugee applications
Deportation/removal proceedings
Citizen and nationality law
Non-immigrant visas and work authorizations.
The International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit, Inc.
111 E. Kirby St.
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-871-8600
Website: www.iimd.org
Provides services in the following areas:
Immigration/Social Services
Refugee Resettlement
Ethnic Enrichment
Languages/ESL Education
The Salvation Army William Booth Legal Aid Clinic
The Salvation Army
Harbor Light Center
2643 Park Ave.
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-961-2201
Provides FREE legal services to people who are pre-screened and referred to them by the Eastern Michigan Division of The Salvation Army in the following areas:
Immigration
Divorce/Family Law
Landlord/Tenant
Public Benefits and Entitlements
Juvenile/Guardianships
Child/Souse Abuse
Traffic Offense
Criminal
The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Phone: 313-596-0262
Website: www.law.udmercy.edu
Offers the following Clinics:
The Immigration Law Clinic
The Urban Law Clinic
The Mobile Law Office
The Appellate Advocacy Clinic
The Criminal Law Clinic
The Veterans Clinic
The Environmental Law Clinic (coming this fall)
ACCESS
2651 Saulino Court
Dearborn, MI 48120
Phone: 313-842-7010
Website: www.accesscommunity.org
Citizenship classes, E.S. L. classes, social services referrals, translation of documents, interpretation, emergency services program (rent/mortgage assistance, utility shut-off, THAW and MI CAFE programs), emergency food assistance, legal assistance, family reunification, National Visa Center Processing, Swear-in ceremonies, Refugee Medical Assessment Program in partnership with F.I.A.
Mihtar Institute of Technology
19307 W. Warren
Detroit MI 48228
Phone: 313-982-1648
ESL 1 & 2 classes as well as Citizenship classes.
Latin American for Social and Economic Development (LASED)
4138 W. Vernor
Detroit MI 48209
Phone: 313-554-2025
Piast Institute
2926 Caniff
Hamtramck MI 48212
Phone: 313-664-0321
Website: http://fear.piastinstitute.org
Social service, research and census information center that focuses on the Hamtramck and Detroit areas with emphasis on immigrant populations. Programs offered are on financial literacy, English-language training, housing development, outreach to older adults and coordination of local resources and services to populations with limited English skills.
Interpreter Services
University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, employs interpreters for non-English speaking immigrants who may need medical care. Please inquire when checking into the hospital.
English Language Institute
Wayne State University
351 Manoogian Hall
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-577-2729
Email: eliwsu@wayne.edu
Website: www.cla.wayne.edu/eliweb
The only intensive English language program in the metro-Detroit area. Specializes exclusively in teaching English communication, cultural orientation and academic preparation skills to non-native speakers of English from all over the world.
Children's Resource Network
21021 Huron River Drive
New Boston MI 48164
Phone: 734-753-0543
Email: crnc@wideopenwest.com
Bilingual assistance, migrant children program, parenting seminars, specialized support to foster care children and their foster parents.
Latino Family Services
3815 W. Fort Street
Detroit MI 48216
Phone: 313-841-7380
Website: www.mhweb.org/wayne/latino.htm
Southwest Counseling Solutions
1700 Waterman Avenue
Detroit MI 48209
Phone: 313-896-2800
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
15000 W. 10 Mile Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48337
Phone: 248-592-1102
Website: www.jewishdetroit.org
Offers New American Services Program for Jewish refugees.
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County
625 State Circle
Ann Arbor MI 48108
Phone: 734-769-0209
Email: info@jfs.org
Website: www.jfsannarbor.org
Arab American and Chaldean Council
28551 Southfield Road, Suite 204
Lathrup Village, MI 48076
Phone: 248-559-1990
AND
111 W. Seven Mile Road
Detroit MI 48203
Phone: 313-893-5269
Email: NTAdmin@arabacc.org
Website: www.arabacc.org
Meets the needs of the newly arrived and under-served segments of the Arab American and Chaldean community and others. Twenty five outreach centers serve the tri-county offering a full spectrum of health, education, employment and human services.
Association of Chinese Americans
420 Peterboro
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-831-1790
AND
Community Center
32585 Concord Drive
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: 248-585-9343
Email: acacenterdir@ameritech.net
Website: www.acadetroit.org
North American Indian Association of Detroit
22720 Plymouth Road
Detroit MI 48239
Phone: 313-535-2966
Email: info@NAIADetroit.org
Website: www.NAIADetroit.org
Centro Multicultural La Familia
35 W. Huron Suite #500
Pontiac MI 48342
Phone: 248-858-7800
Email: info@centromulticultural.org
Website: www.centromulticultral.org
This program is funded by Job Link through Oakland Schools, provides ESL classes with the goal of
increasing employment opportunities.
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency
Central Office:
196 Cesar Chavez Ave.
PO Box 430598
Pontiac MI 48343
Phone: 248-209-2600
Email: info@olhsa.org
Website: www.olhsa.org
Translation services for older adults.
NOTE:
Migrant Hospitalization
Migrant families with children may have the cost of hospitalization covered, within certain limits, for up to 30 days in a one-year period thru Emergency Medicaid.
The Federal government now has a Website offering English classes online.
The site targets new U.S. Citizens and Spanish speakers. www.USALEARNS.org
HOTLINES:
American Indian Service
Phone: 313-388-4100
Arab-American and Chaldean Community Social Services Council
Phone: 313-893-6172
Korean Hotline
Phone: 313-856-4488
