Legal & Social Resources

Below are some free legal resources WCCHR has compiled. Our thanks to Weill Cornell Social Work for helping compile this list!

• Criminal Defense Practice - The Bronx Defenders
• Home - Legal Services NYC
• Homepage - VOLS - Volunteers of Legal Service
• Legal Services | The Door
• African Services Committee
• ActionNYC | Queens Public Library
• Immigration Legal Services - Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens
• Immigrant Services | Queens Community House
• Immigration and Asylum Seeker Services - Mercy Center
• USC law students have also started a hotline for clients to call if they have an immigration-related court hearing but do not want to appear in-person. Students will help submit a "Motion to Change Hearing Format" to move to a remote/online hearing instead. Call (888) 462-5211 (English and Spanish available).

• Help with SNAP - Hunger Solutions New York
• Help with WIC - Hunger Solutions New York
• Ryan Health | WIC
• Diapers – The HopeLine (free diapers)
• Queens Diaper Bank - Public Health Solutions
• Receive Support — Her Village Inc.
• Find a Partner Organization - HRA (search engine that allows folx to search for agencies that help you apply for various programs (ex. SNAP, WIC, SSI, Housing etc) in-person and can filter by language and borough)

• Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
• Adult and Family Homeless Services - BronxWorks
• Citywide Housing Practice - The Legal Aid Society
• Home - Met Council on Housing
• TakeRoot Justice provides legal, participatory research, and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City to dismantle racial, economic, and social oppression. | TakeRoot Justice Home
• African Services Committee

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