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TODEC Legal Center

  • Location:
    234 South D. St.
    mail: PO Box 1733 Perris CA 92570
    Perris, CA 92570
  • Phone:
    (951) 943-1955
  • Toll-free:
    1-888-863-3291
  • Fax:
    (951) 943-2395
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

TODEC (Training Occupational Development Educating Communities) Legal Center mission is to empower disenfranchised immigrant communities to become economically, socially, educationally, and civically self-sufficient while enhancing individual self-esteem and community health. The overall purpose of TODEC is to ensure equitable access to information, immigration legal services, community education, advocacy, and civic engagement for limited and non-English speaking people including immigrants and migrant workers throughout Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo, and Imperial counties.

Counties served: Imperial, Inyo, Riverside, San Bernardino
Detention Facilities Served: Adelanto Detention Center (CA)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, U visas
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Other areas of legal assistance: Civil Rights, Community Development, Education, Health, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations, Taxes
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
Languages spoken: English, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish, Purepecha
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Mailing address: PO Box 1733 Perris, CA 92570Coachella Valley Region Office: 1560 Sixth St Coachella CA 92236 (760) 698-8787San Bernardino County High Desert Office: 14335 Hesperia Rd #116 Victorville CA 92395 (442) 327- 9117

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 12
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 4

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, National Immigration Project, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, United Farm Workers

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Ivette Andrade
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