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Utah Refugee Services Office
State refugee program whose walk-in Utah Refugee Center in Salt Lake City connects refugees to employment, integration services, and local resettlement providers. No appointment needed.
Refugee & Immigrant Center — Asian Association of Utah
Utah's primary human trafficking victim services provider, alongside refugee resettlement, trauma-informed behavioral health for refugees, trafficking and domestic violence survivors, housing help, financial coaching, English classes, parenting classes (STEP offered in Spanish), interpreting, and youth mentoring. Downtown Salt Lake City office open weekdays.
Refugee Programs Bureau
State office that coordinates resettlement support for refugees and other eligible newcomers through counties, resettlement agencies, and community organizations, and connects people to refugee health and regional immigrant legal hubs.
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Free civil legal help for low-income Los Angeles County residents, including record clearing, eviction defense, domestic violence and family law, immigration, and public benefits. Call the intake line weekday mornings or apply online.
GLIDE Daily Free Meals
Three free meals every day in San Francisco's Tenderloin with no eligibility requirements and no intake form. GLIDE also runs a Welcome Center, workforce development, a women's center, a transitional age youth program, and a legal clinic.
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes
Survival services campus for unhoused adults and children in Sacramento with a daily noon meal, showers and clothing, a women's daytime shelter, free mental health counseling, a legal clinic, and a jail visitation program that gives bus passes and toiletry kits after release.
Legal Services of Greater Miami
Free civil legal help for low-income residents of Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties on housing, benefits and other barriers to economic stability. Phone intake runs four afternoons a week; walk-in intake is Monday and Wednesday mornings.
New American Pathways
Atlanta resettlement agency offering case management, job placement, English and GED classes, immigration consultations and family violence prevention to refugees, asylees and trafficking survivors. Most services are by appointment, with walk-in hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
International Rescue Committee in Atlanta
Resettles refugees arriving in metro Atlanta and helps them find housing, enroll children in school, reach health care and start work. The office also offers low-cost immigration legal help, youth programs for ages 5 to 24, and career development for asylees and SIV holders.
The Shepherd's Inn
Shelter and residential program for up to 450 single men a day, with meals, counseling, recovery programming, job training and legal help. Arrive at the Mills Street gate early; pre-screening happens before the weekday morning intake window.
Georgia Legal Services Program
Nonprofit law firm handling civil cases for low-income Georgians in the 154 counties outside metro Atlanta, through regional offices around the state. Statewide intake runs through a toll-free line.
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Free civil legal help for people in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties who cannot afford a lawyer, with special projects for domestic violence survivors, veterans and people with disabilities. Online application is the fastest route; each county office also takes calls.
RefugeeOne
Chicago's largest resettlement agency, serving refugees, asylees, and immigrants with rent support, English classes, job coaching, mental health therapy, youth programs, and free citizenship help. Call or email to connect.
Legal Aid Chicago
Free civil legal help for low-income Cook County residents. All new clients register by phone with the Client Screening Unit, which checks eligibility before assigning a case.
Prairie State Legal Services
Free civil legal aid across 36 northern and central Illinois counties including Winnebago and Peoria, with a dedicated domestic violence line and an eviction help line. Apply through your local office or online via Illinois Legal Aid Online.
Samaritas New Americans
One of Michigan's largest refugee resettlement agencies, with offices in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Lansing. Provides arrival resettlement, employment and education support, low-fee immigration legal help, case management, and refugee foster care.
Lakeshore Legal Aid
Free civil legal aid for low-income people, older adults, and survivors of domestic and sexual violence in southeast Michigan. Handles protection orders, eviction and subsidized housing, public benefits denials, driver's license restoration, and setting aside adult and juvenile criminal records.
Michigan Legal Help
Statewide self-help website with plain-language guides and court forms for people handling their own legal problems, including clearing criminal records, eviction, family law, and personal protection orders. Its Guide to Legal Help points you to a legal aid office or lawyer.
North Carolina Refugee Assistance Program
Administers cash and medical assistance for the first 12 months after arrival plus employment services, case management, English classes, and immigration help for refugees, asylees, trafficking victims, and SIV and parolee populations. Applications are taken at county DSS offices rather than the state office.
Legal Aid of North Carolina Helpline
Free civil legal help for low-income North Carolinians with housing, benefits, family law, domestic violence protective orders, employment, and criminal record expunction. Apply by phone during weekday hours or online through JusticeHub at any time.
The Legal Aid Society
Free civil, criminal, and juvenile legal representation for low-income New York City residents, covering housing, public benefits, immigration, family matters, parole revocation, and more. Call the main line or browse topic pages at legalaidnyc.org/get-help.
International Institute of Buffalo
Resettlement and integration services for refugees and other newcomers in Western New York, with an in-house legal team for immigration matters. Call or visit the Delaware Avenue office on weekdays.
Ohio 211
Free information and referral line for housing, food, utilities, health care, recovery, and legal help across Ohio. Dial 211 from any phone or use the online chat; coverage is expanding to all 88 counties.
Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS)
Central Ohio's independent refugee resettlement agency since 1995. Offers immigration legal services, employment placement, ESL and citizenship classes, health and wellness programs, and case management for refugees and immigrants.
Migration and Refugee Services
Resettles refugees admitted through the federal Refugee Admissions Program in the Cleveland area and welcomes asylees. Provides initial resettlement, English classes, vocational training, mentoring, affordable immigration legal services, and access to the Ohio Center for Survivors of Torture.
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Free civil legal help for low-income residents of Northeast Ohio, with intake lines in eight languages and walk-in intake at the downtown Cleveland office. Apply by phone, online, or at neighborhood advice clinics in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Lorain counties.
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Civil legal assistance for low-income people in Southwest Ohio, covering housing, benefits, family, and consumer matters, plus a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. Start by calling the Legal Aid Line.
Ohio Legal Help
Statewide website with plain-language legal information, court forms, and a Find a Lawyer tool that points to legal aid by county. Covers housing, benefits, driver's license reinstatement, name changes, family safety, and immigration; no phone line, chat only.
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Free civil legal help for low-income Philadelphians with public benefits, housing, employment, debt, utilities, family matters and criminal record clearing including Clean Slate expungements. Two offices, Center City and North Philadelphia.
MidPenn Legal Services
Free civil legal aid for low-income residents and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault across 18 central Pennsylvania counties including Dauphin, Cumberland, York, Lancaster and Berks. Apply by phone through the intake unit.
The Beacon
Downtown Houston day center serving hundreds of homeless men and women daily with meals, housing case management, civil legal aid, counseling and mentoring.
Lone Star Legal Aid
Free civil legal aid for low-income residents of East and Southeast Texas including Houston, with units for crime victims, public benefits, eviction defense, employment and civil matters tied to the criminal justice system.
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas
Free civil legal services for low-income people across 114 counties in North and West Texas, including Dallas–Fort Worth. Handles eviction, family and domestic violence cases, public benefits, immigration, and removing barriers to employment and housing.
Utah Legal Services
Free civil legal help for Utahns at or below 125% of the federal poverty line with very limited assets, including domestic violence, housing, Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, and family cases. Offices in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, and St. George; apply online or call the Salt Lake intake line. Free interpreters.
Volunteers of America, Utah
Runs Salt Lake County's 24/7 social detox for men (Recovery on Redwood) and women (Center for Women and Children in Murray, children 10 and under may stay), the Youth Resource Center for ages 15–22 with a 50-bed overnight shelter and free legal clinic, the Geraldine E. King Women's Resource Center, a street outreach team, and Cornerstone Counseling.
International Rescue Committee — Salt Lake City
Resettles refugees arriving in Utah and also serves asylees, trafficking survivors, torture survivors, and other immigrants from its West Valley office. New arrivals get a furnished home, temporary rent help, school enrollment, health care access, and English classes; longer-term programs cover job placement, financial coaching, small business support, and immigration services.