Cabrini Immigrant Services of New York City

Legal services:cis provides low-cost, comprehensive, and competent immigration legal Services to the local Immigrant community. Cis-nyc's attorneys, doj accredited representatives, and social workers collaborate to provide holistic legal Services in spanish and english, with an emphasis on assisting with family-based applications to reunify or keep families together. We also make referrals to trusted community partners and provide extensive follow-up support. This immigration legal Services result in opportunities for our community members to finally reunify with family members after years of separation, find well-paying work to support their families, achieve their educational and financial goals, and live in the u.s. with a sense of dignity, safety, (see schedule o) and security. In 2022 the program provided 723 legal consultations and took on 309 New immigration legal cases. We estimate that the families served saved more than $536,000 in legal representation fees.

Social Services program:cis-nyc's social Services program includes case management, short-term crisis intervention counseling, and support groups. We support clients in identifying financial resources, feeding their families, securing safe housing, receiving medical care, and more. In 2022 we provided case management support to over 250 clients. Case manager made over 800 referralsa to vital resources and Services. We also provided short-term crisis counseling to 28 clients over the of more than 150 sessions, and 126 clients participated in our psychoeducational support groups for Immigrant women and parents. Cis-nyc's social Services program also includes a range of special initiatives for families and students, including family trips and a scholarship for (see schedule o) Immigrant students.after the end of summer, we quickly expanded our Services to meet the immediate neees of the asylum seekers arriving New York City. In this manner we provided clothing, personal hygine items, metro cards and gift cards to 179 individuals. We also offered basic immigration legal consultation and kyr educational sessions, and supported them in navigating and accessing essential Services and resources.

Food pantry:cis-nyc's food pantry provides healthy, well-balanced packages of food to clients from our local community. Upon our relocation to upper manhattan in may 2022, we distributed 12,398 packages containing food, ppe, and personal hygiene items to an average of 700 families in need each month. We estimate that we distributed over 265,000 meals worth of food. Throughout the year we also offered a range of additional Services and resources through our pantry, including: information about the child tax credit; referrals to free covid vaccines; nutritional workshops; and more.

Justice for immigrants:justice for immigrants (jfi) program aims to engage our multigenerational Immigrant membership in educating their communities, developing leadership skills, building community resilience, and advocating for a more humane immigration system. Jfi had 150 active members theoughout 2022 who participated in biweekly membership meetings, 10 virtual educational workshops, and 17 campaign and advocacy activities. 26 members also engaged in various leadership development activities, such as our 2-day intensive leadership training and "papeles" storytelling program. Three jfi leaders completed our jfi fellowship program where they had the opportunity to develop organizing and outreach skills.