Unfortunately, no first-time DACA applications will be processed at this time. If you have DACA right now, or have had it in the past, you can still renew. 

Coping with DACA-related stress

What is DACA?

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) gives eligible immigrants who came to the US when they were children protection from deportation. DACA gives certain undocumented immigrants 1) Protection from deportation and 2) a work permit. 

Resources for DACA recipients:

DACA FAQ's

Steps to renew DACA

This toolkit aims to help families create a strategy plan to navigate the future. Each section outlines concrete steps for families to protect themselves, provides a guide to seeking legal advice and describes different immigration options available. 

Preparedness Toolkit 

Preparedness Toolkit - Spanish

Immigrants Rising provides support and resources to undocumented youth to achieve educational and career goals.

Services include:

• Mental Health 

• Legal Help  (DACA)

• Going to College in CA 

• Supporting Students in CA 

Informed Immigrant 

• Guides for Undocumented immigrants on rights, family preparedness and more. 

• DACA help

• Legal Help

Pars Equality Center - (510) 894 - 3161

• • Helps families that have been separated by the migration experience to reunify through family visa petitions, helps legal residents gain citizenship, assists undocumented battered immigrant women and children gain legal status, helps with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), DACA. 

Bay Area Legal Aid - (800) 551 - 5554

• • Assists with Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs), divorce, legal separation or annulments, child or spousal support, custody and visitation orders, battered spouse waivers, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) enforcement, immigration issues faced by domestic violence survivors. 

  • Free legal help in housing, landlord-tenant issues, foreclosures, unlawful evictions, housing discrimination, domestic violence, public benefits, health care access. 

Catholic Charities of the East Bay - (510) 768 - 3100

• • Professional attorneys and staff offer legal counseling. 

  • Immigration and refugee services/programs include: family literacy program, housing counseling, immigration and citizenship, project ACCESS, refugee employment services, refugee resettlement, strengthening refugee families and marriages. 

Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (Fremont Office) - (510) 894 - 3639

• Provides immigration legal services, immigration workshops and citizenship classes for the Bay Area community. 

Visit Law Help CA or Immigration Law Help to find additional immigration assistance near you. 

Centro Legal de la Raza- (510) 437-1554 - Oakland

• Provide legal advocacy/ Agencia de servicios legales 

1/23/25 - Immigrant families need to know that the Biden administration's public charge policy is still in place and has not changed. 

What is Public Charge?

Public charge refers to an assessment immigration officers will make as part of deciding certain immigration applications. The applicant's age, health, income, etc is used to determine whether the applicant seems likely to use certain public benefits (health care, housing, food, or cash) in the future.  If the officer decides that the applicant will need to rely on government support in the future, their immigration application can be denied for public charge. 

Public charge does NOT apply to: 

● Lawful permanent residents (LPRs) with green cards when they apply for U.S. citizenship or renew their green cards. 

● Refugees, Asylees, Temporary Protected Status applicants, DACA applicants or recipients seeking renewal, Special Immigrant Juveniles, asylum applicants, and certain victims of crime, including domestic violence and human trafficking. 

Public Charge Community Resources 

Immediate Help

National Hotlines and Crisis Support

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call or Text 988. Also available in Spanish.

• National Alliance on Mental Health: Call 1-800-950-6264 or Text NAMI to 741741

• Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

• LGBT National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

• The Trevor Lifeline: 1-800-565-8860. Also available in Spanish.

• Trans Lifeline: 1-888-843-4564

• BIPOC Blackline: Call or Text 1-800-604-5841

• National DV Hotline: Call 1-800-799-7233 or Text LOVEIS to 22522

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673

• National Child Abuse Hotline: Call or Text 1-800-422-4453

• The Eldercare Locator: 1-800-677-1116

Free Mental Health Services

• The Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants

• USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

• Palo Alto University E-clinic

• Regional Center of the East Bay 

Having enough food is a basic human right and millions of families get help through programs that can prevent hunger. 

Many programs look at your household income to see if you are eligible. Most don't ask about anyone's immigration status. 

Even if you are not eligible because of your immigration status, others in your family may be. 

View the flier for more information: 

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