Program areas at KACS
Immigration & legal services immigration & legal services support community members to access critical protections and build their legal capacity through completion of citizenship and daca applications, participation in civic classes, pro bono legal consultation, know your rights training, and legal representation for a wide range of immigration cases.
Housing services housing services provide outreach, intake, and application assistance for rental and mortgage payment programs to support immigrant community members experiencing financial hardship. Hana also provides housing counseling to low income community members and is certified by The u.s. department of housing and urban development (hud).
Organizing & youth empowerment Hana's community organizing and advocacy programs mobilize korean american, asian american, and multiethnic immigrant communities through education, leadership development, and collective action to advance immigrant justice. The youth empowerment program provides a safe after-school space for multiethnic high school and college-aged youth from predominantly low-income chicago immigrant communities to grow together as critically engaged leaders taking collective action toward social change.
Community education & workforce: Hana provides adult community education and workforce development services to support low-income immigrant community members to build economically thriving lives. Through these services immigrants receive support to develop english language and job readiness skills.senior services and public benefits: senior services and public benefits programs assist low-income and limited english-speaking community members to navigate and enroll in social security, medicare, medicaid, liheap, snap, and public benefits, also providing hepatitis b education and facilitating Hana's annual health fair.illinois welcoming Center: as an Illinois welcoming Center, Hana provides comprehensive and holistic case management, interpretation and translation, service coordination, and critical supports for asylum seeking recent arrivals from The southern border. Community wellness: community wellness programs support immigrant community members through individual and group counseling, education, advocacy and referrals, equipping them with tools to address and heal from mental health crises, interpersonal violence or crime, substance dependence, and other life stressors and trauma.