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Hand In Hand Multicultural Center

  • Location:
    1436 W Hovey
    Springfield, MO 65802
  • Phone:
    (417) 865-4673
  • Fax:
    (417) 865-4677
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, Website: submit a "contact" form
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Hand In Hand Multicultural Center (HIHMC) provides legal assistance: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS. Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) HIHMC licensed clinical psychologists can provide the Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (Form N-648), and psychological evaluations to prove extreme hardship for the I-601 and I-601A Waiver.

State served: Missouri

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, P1 or P2 for Afghans, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Other areas of legal assistance: Civil Rights, Community Development, Education, Employment, Health, Nonprofit Organizations
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Employment services, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
Languages spoken: Burmese, Cambodian, Cebuano, Chinese, English, Farsi, Filipino, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Judith R Gonzalez
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