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

Employment & Economic Opportunity
Education
Refugee Resettlement

Types of immigration legal services provided:

• Help completing forms
• Filings with USCIS

Non-legal services:

• Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR)
• Referrals to other services

Websites:

• Main page - 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/

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Services investigate and work to resolve complaints made by, or on behalf of, individual residents in long-term care facilities such as:

• Nursing homes
• Residential care facilities for the elderly
• Assisted living facilities

All Ombudsman services are provided for free and all complaints are confidential. Long-Term Care Ombudsman representatives assist with issues related to day-to-day care, health, safety, and personal preferences. Problems can include, but are not limited to:

• Dietary concerns
• Improper transfer or discharge of a resident
• Inappropriate use of chemical or physical restraints
• Medicare and Medi-Cal benefit issues
• Medical care, therapy, and rehabilitation issues
• Physical, verbal, mental, or financial abuse
• Poor quality of care
• Violation of residents' rights or dignity

Contact the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program

• Business hours phone - 916-376-8910
• 24/7 emergency phone - State CRISIS line - 800-231-4024

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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

• 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/

California Department of Consumer Affairs offers Consumer Assistance by telephone for consumer and licensee questions. Consumer service representatives can answer consumer and licensee questions in over 140 different languages, assist in the filing of complaints, mail helpful publications, and refer callers to the appropriate government or private agency for more assistance. 

1-800-952-5210
TTY 1-800-326-2297

Web pages

• Home - https://www.dca.ca.gov/

The International Rescue Committee provides services for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants. Each year, thousands of people, forced to flee violence and persecution, are welcomed by the people of the United States into the safety and freedom of America. These individuals have survived against incredible odds. The IRC works with government bodies, civil society actors, and local volunteers to help them translate their past experiences into assets that are valuable to their new communities.

Areas of immigration legal assistance:
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, Filings with USCIS

Non-legal services:
Employment services, ESL, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services

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Cal Voices is dedicated to improving the lives of residents in the diverse communities of California through advocacy, education, research, and culturally relevant services. Some programs are offered in specific counties or regions, others are statewide.

Placer County

• Family Advocates with Placer County Parent Partners offer the following
  • Use creative, culturally sensitive, and strengths-based thinking to support families in achieving their goals.
  • Provide support to families receiving services from Placer County’s Children’s System of Care, including:
    • Behavioral Health
    • Drug Court
    • Child Welfare
    • Juvenile Probation Services
  • Create connections between teachers, juvenile probation officers, mental health workers, and social workers.
  • Support families where applicable
    • Court proceedings
    • Treatment team meetings
    • School meetings
  • Assist families in being equal partners with professionals assisting them.
  • Provide an opportunity for parents to bene…

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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 in California in all aspects of their dependency court cases. CLCC’s advocacy model centers on individualized, independent investigation and critical analysis of each case. The attorneys work with CLCC social work investigators and peer advocates.

https://www.clccal.org/our-work/legal-representation/

 

The California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) is a constituent-based statewide immigrant rights organization with offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and Oakland. It is the premiere immigrant rights institution in the state that promotes and protects safety, health, and public benefits and integration programs for immigrants, and one of the few organizations that effectively combines legislative and policy advocacy, strategic communications, organizing, and capacity building to pursue its mission. It is powered by a staff of policy experts and advocates; a Steering Committee composed of 14 statewide organizations; 85 member organizations; and nine regional coalition partners spanning Southern and Northern California, the Central Coast, and the Central Valley. Web pages Home - https://caimmigrant.org/

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

Web pages

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

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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 counseling 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...