World Relief offers legal support to help immigrants through the immigration process.

Services include:

Immigration Legal Services

• Adjustment of Status
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Family-based petitions

Web pages

• Home - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/
• Immigration Legal Services - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/our-work/ils/
• Education - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/our-work/education/
• Refugee Resettlement - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/our-work/refugee-resettlement/

The Mexican Consulate, Sacramento Region focuses on providing services to its country’s citizens in the host country, such as issuing passports, providing help during emergencies, and helping with legal and administrative matters. Consulates may also promote trade and economic relations between the two countries.

Web pages

• Spanish Home Page - https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/sacramento/ - Select English from pop-up at top right of web page when it first loads (or reload page to see it again)
• FAQs - https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/sacramento/index.php/preguntas-frecuentes-documentacion
• Mexican Consulates in California - https://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/ea_MXConsulCal.pdf

Agency on Aging Area 4 (AAA4) provides planning, funding, and coordination of services for adults age 60 and older, individuals with disabilities, and caregivers in Yuba County through the Area 4 Agency on Aging (AAA). Oversees and supports a network of community-based programs that promote independence, health, and quality of life. Services include information and referral, nutrition programs, caregiver support, transportation assistance, legal services, and long-term care options counseling through the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC).

Aging & Disability Resource Connection (ADRC)

AAA4 is a partner in the Aging & Disability Resource Connection (ADRC). The Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) is a collaboration between government agencies and community organizations. Its purpose is to provide a single system for people seeking reliable information about and access to Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) for older adults, people with disabilities, car…

Capitol Pro Bono provides free legal advice and assistance to eligible, low-income people in Northern California through the use of volunteers donating pro bono assistance, and by educating clients about the law to increase their knowledge and self-sufficiency.

Services include:

• Debt Collection Defense & Bankruptcy
• Employment Law & Misdemeanor Expungement
• Guardianship & Conservatorship
• Family Law
• Employment Law & Misdemeanor Expungement

Coverage in Northern California:

• Sacramento, Yolo and Placer county provides all services.
• Other counties aside from Sacramento, Yolo and Placer provides limited services (expungement, debt and employment services).

Web pages

• Home - https://capitalprobono.org/
• Services - https://capitalprobono.org/our-services/

Opening Doors, Inc helps underserved members of the Greater Sacramento Area access opportunities within the US social and economic system. Their programs help those escaping human trafficking and newly arrived refugees to start safe and healthy lives. They provide low-cost immigration legal services, financial education classes, and small business support programs.

They do this with a multi-cultural staff and volunteers who respect the cultural identities and individual goals of their clients.

Web pages

• Home - http://www.openingdoorsinc.org/
• Immigration Legal Services - https://openingdoorsinc.org/programs/defending-immigrants/
• Mental Health Program - https://openingdoorsinc.org/programs/addressing-mental-health/
• Refugee Programs - https://openingdoorsinc.org/programs/welcoming-refugees/
• Support for Survivors of Trafficking - https://openingdoorsinc.org/programs/supporting-survivors/
• Economic Prosperity Program - https://openingdoorsinc.org/programs/expanding-economic-opportunity/

The International Rescue Committee provides services for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants.

Areas of immigration legal assistance include:

• Adjustment of status
• Consular processing
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Employment authorization
• Family-based petitions
• Naturalization/citizenship

Types of immigration legal services provided:

• Help completing forms
• Assistance in filing with USCIS

Non-legal services provided include:

• Employment services
• ESL
• Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims
• Referrals to other services

Web pages

• Home - https://www.rescue.org/
• Human-trafficking Outreach, Prevention and Education (H.O.P.E.) Program - https://www.rescue.org/announcement/hope-program-sacramento

Children's Law Center of California provides legal representation for children ages 0-21 in the foster care systems in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Placer counties.

Services include:

• Advocating for the safety and well-being of each child being represented
• Educating clients regarding their rights
• Independent investigation and critical analysis of each case
• Using trial and courtroom presentation skills, negotiating with other counsel, preparing witnesses, and applying evidentiary rules and objections

Web pages

• Home - https://www.clccal.org/
• Legal Representation - https://www.clccal.org/our-work/legal-representation/

Disability Rights California provides free legal and advocacy services to Californians with disabilities including individual advocacy, self advocacy, training, and class action litigation.

Augments trainings with hundreds of free publications, available via the website, written to help people learn how to obtain the services and support they need.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/
• Get help (what DRC can and cannot help with) - https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/get-help
• Self-advocacy resources - https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/publications

The Legal Services of Northern California Health Program assists clients with legal problems related to getting and keeping health-care services such as:

• Eligbility issues
• Access to healthcare
• Medical debt
• Quality of care

Web pages

• Legal Services of Northern California Health Program - https://lsnc.net/office/lsnc-health-program

This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

Legal Services of Northern California provides Pension Assistance at no cost to callers of all ages and income levels who live or have worked in California, Arizona, Nevada or Hawaii. There are no age or income requirements.

LSNC offers legal advice and assistance with:

• Employer-sponsored retirement plans
• Help with understanding rights under the plan
• Claiming benefits
• Locating lost benefits from previous employers
• Working through the claims and appeals process
• Understanding rights as a former or surviving spouse
• Correcting benefit calculations
• Addressing overpayment demands
• And more...
  
  

Web pages

• Home - https://lsnc.net/
• Pension Assistance - https://lsnc.net/office/western-states-pension-assistance-project