Community Resources (WIP)

Find Pilsen & Local Community Resources.

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Rental assistance programs; income or social benefits required.

Alivio Medical Center

Counseling services with private waiting areas available. Staff trained to handle immigration enforcement interactions.

Blue Door Neighborhood Center

Offers free wellness classes, workshops, and community events.

CEDA

Utility Assistance and public housing assistance

CIMH - Center for Immigrant Mental Health

Comprehensive mental health resources specifically designed for families, parents, and caregivers in immigrant communities.

Chicago Rental Assistance Program (RAP)

Chicago Rental Assistance Program (RAP)

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS)

Pro bono legal help and family planning resources including guardianship assistance and safety planning for parents.

Cook County Public Defender

Public legal defense services for Cook County residents facing immigration and other legal matters.

EOIR - Automated Case Information

Official system to track immigration case status, hearing dates, and court information through automated phone service.

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For people who are uninsured. Register: https://communityhealth.org/

Erie Neighborhood House

Trusted neighborhood-based legal services and community support for immigrants and families.

Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)

First Defense

Provides public defenders in first 48 hours of arrest; provides lawyers for people whose civil rights have been violated by police.

Healthy Hood

Rent and utility assistance for people with chronic illnesses (includes undiagnosed mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety). Free mobile clinic. Email info@healthyhoodchi.org

ICDI Chicago

Emergency Family Plan- ICDIChicago

ICE Detainee Locator

Official U.S. government tool to locate someone in ICE custody and get detention facility information.

ICIRR Know Your Rights Cards

Lists basic rights if you or someone else is detained by ICE; Can be kept in your wallet

Illinois Breast & Cervical Cancer Program

Free breast and reproductive cancer screenings and treatment

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)

Statewide coalition proiding essential Know Your Rights informaion and resources for encounters with immigrrant enforcement.

Illinois Legal Aid

Comprehensive legal support for immigrants and new arrivals. Free resources and guidance for immigration matters.

Legal Aid Chicago

Specialized legal services for asylees and refugees seeking protection and legal status.

MiMedico

Health services for private, public, or uninsured people; pharmacy and emergency medication refill

Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

Helps pay immigration bond to help free individuals from ICE custody.

National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)

Free and low-cost legal services for immigrants. Dedicated advocacy and representation for immigration cases.

National Lawers Guild

Provides legal representation for people arrested during demonstrations/ direct actions

PUÑO

Community-based organizing and education. Mutual aid, KYR cards., trainings, more.

PUÑO Know Your Rights Pamphlets

KYR Literature

Pilsen Food Pantry

Community food pantry with volunteer-based grocery delivery service for residents in need. Mobile clinic for recent migrants and homeless individuals and families

Pilsen Free Store

Free market every other Saturday; Contact directly for times and location; part of Pilsen Solidarity Network

Pilsen South Ashland Health Hub

Offers Flu and COVID-19 vaccines for Chicago resident adults who are uninsured or underinsured.

Pilsen Wellness Center

Counseling and psychiatric services with staff specially trained to handle immigration enforcement interactions safely.

Pueblo Eats

Weekly free food pickup program

The HANA Center

Community-based organization providing legal services and immigrant support with cultural competency.

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army

ICIRR Know Your Rights Cards

Lists basic rights if you or someone else is detained by ICE; Can be kept in your wallet

PUÑO Know Your Rights Pamphlets

KYR Literature

Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)

ICE Detainee Locator

Official U.S. government tool to locate someone in ICE custody and get detention facility information.

Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

Helps pay immigration bond to help free individuals from ICE custody.

PUÑO

Community-based organizing and education. Mutual aid, KYR cards., trainings, more.

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS)

Pro bono legal help and family planning resources including guardianship assistance and safety planning for parents.

Cook County Public Defender

Public legal defense services for Cook County residents facing immigration and other legal matters.

Erie Neighborhood House

Trusted neighborhood-based legal services and community support for immigrants and families.

First Defense

Provides public defenders in first 48 hours of arrest; provides lawyers for people whose civil rights have been violated by police.

ICDI Chicago

Emergency Family Plan- ICDIChicago

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)

Statewide coalition proiding essential Know Your Rights informaion and resources for encounters with immigrrant enforcement.

Illinois Legal Aid

Comprehensive legal support for immigrants and new arrivals. Free resources and guidance for immigration matters.

Legal Aid Chicago

Specialized legal services for asylees and refugees seeking protection and legal status.

National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)

Free and low-cost legal services for immigrants. Dedicated advocacy and representation for immigration cases.

National Lawers Guild

Provides legal representation for people arrested during demonstrations/ direct actions

The HANA Center

Community-based organization providing legal services and immigrant support with cultural competency.

Pilsen Food Pantry

Community food pantry with volunteer-based grocery delivery service for residents in need. Mobile clinic for recent migrants and homeless individuals and families

Pilsen Free Store

Free market every other Saturday; Contact directly for times and location; part of Pilsen Solidarity Network

Pueblo Eats

Weekly free food pickup program

211

Rental assistance programs; income or social benefits required.

CEDA

Utility Assistance and public housing assistance

Chicago Rental Assistance Program (RAP)

Chicago Rental Assistance Program (RAP)

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army

Alivio Medical Center

Counseling services with private waiting areas available. Staff trained to handle immigration enforcement interactions.

Blue Door Neighborhood Center

Offers free wellness classes, workshops, and community events.

CIMH - Center for Immigrant Mental Health

Comprehensive mental health resources specifically designed for families, parents, and caregivers in immigrant communities.

EOIR - Automated Case Information

Official system to track immigration case status, hearing dates, and court information through automated phone service.

Enlace

For people who are uninsured. Register: https://communityhealth.org/

Healthy Hood

Rent and utility assistance for people with chronic illnesses (includes undiagnosed mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety). Free mobile clinic. Email info@healthyhoodchi.org

Illinois Breast & Cervical Cancer Program

Free breast and reproductive cancer screenings and treatment

MiMedico

Health services for private, public, or uninsured people; pharmacy and emergency medication refill

Pilsen South Ashland Health Hub

Offers Flu and COVID-19 vaccines for Chicago resident adults who are uninsured or underinsured.

Pilsen Wellness Center

Counseling and psychiatric services with staff specially trained to handle immigration enforcement interactions safely.