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16 resources in Legal Aid
Immigration legal services including green card applications, family petitions, citizenship, U-visas, VAWA cases for domestic violence survivors, and asylum assistance. Fees start at $40.
Immigration consults: 2nd & 4th Monday starting 9am
Before you go: Immigration consults happen only on the 2nd and 4th Monday, starting 9am at 115 Blatchley Ave. Fees start at $40, so come ready to ask about cost.
Statewide Legal Services
Help with criminal record expungement and pardons to remove barriers to employment and housing.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: There's no office to visit. Reach them by phone or online, weekdays 9am-5pm. Open to anyone in CT wanting to clear a record or seek a pardon.
CIRI
Affordable immigration legal services, citizenship prep, and support for refugees and immigrants since 1918.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: Call first to set up an appointment. Legal staff are in weekdays 9-5 only, so plan around the workweek and bring any immigration papers you already have.
Connecticut Legal Services
Free civil legal help for low-income residents. Housing, family, benefits, immigration for DV survivors.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: Bring court papers, notices, letters, leases, IDs, and deadlines related to the legal issue.
BHcare
24-hour hotline and emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence.
24/7
Before you go: Bring photo ID and any eviction, shelter, lease, or income paperwork you have.
BHcare
24-hour hotline and emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence.
24/7
Before you go: Bring photo ID and any eviction, shelter, lease, or income paperwork you have.
Connecticut Fair Housing Center
Legal assistance for tenants facing eviction, including court representation and negotiations with landlords.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: For tenants only. Call the day you get court papers, not after: eviction deadlines are short and they're only open weekdays 9-5, so a weekend notice can't wait.
IRIS
Legal services, resettlement support, employment, and ESL classes for refugees and immigrants.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: Bring immigration notices, identity documents, court papers, and any prior applications if you have them.
Junta
Immigration legal services, community organizing, and advocacy for the Latino community.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: Bring immigration notices, identity documents, court papers, and any prior applications if you have them.
NHLAA
Free civil legal services for low-income New Haven residents, including housing, benefits, and family law.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: Bring court papers, notices, letters, leases, IDs, and deadlines related to the legal issue.
Yale Law School / NHLAA
Free immigration legal services for low-income immigrants. Removal defense, asylum, VAWA, U-Visas.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Before you go: Bring immigration notices, identity documents, court papers, and any prior applications if you have them.
CVLC
Free civil legal services for veterans including housing, family law, record expungement, bankruptcy, consumer debt, VA benefits, employment law, and military discharge upgrades.
Mon-Fri by appointment only
Before you go: For veterans only, and only by appointment, no walk-ins at 114 Boston Post Road. Call first to set up your visit for housing, benefits, or discharge-upgrade help.
BHcare
Free wraparound services for domestic violence victims and survivors under one roof, including advocacy, legal services, housing assistance, on-site childcare, bilingual services, accessibility accommodations, and connections to clinical and sexual assault services.
Call for appointment hours; for 24/7 domestic violence support call CT Safe Connect at (888) 774-2900
Before you go: Se habla Espanol.
BHcare
Comprehensive domestic violence services including 24/7 crisis hotline, emergency shelter, individual counseling, support groups, safety planning, restraining order assistance, and children's services. All services are free and confidential.
24/7 crisis hotline; Office: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Before you go: Bring court papers, notices, letters, leases, IDs, and deadlines related to the legal issue.
Grassroots organization defending the rights of immigrants and workers in New Haven since 2002. Offers crisis support for immigrant families, help for victims of wage theft and labor abuse, support for survivors of gender-based violence, legal referrals and court accompaniment, and know-your-rights organizing. Coordinates a statewide Rapid Response Network that responds to ICE activity.
Community meetings Mon 7:00pm-9:00pm; rapid-response emergency line available 24/7; call before visiting.
Before you go: Weekly community meetings are Mondays, 7-9pm, at 37 Howe Street. All are welcome, including children.
Women & Families Center
Free and confidential sexual assault crisis services for survivors age 5 through adulthood and their loved ones. Provides a 24-hour hotline, hospital/police/court advocacy, short-term counseling, support groups, bilingual counselors, interpreters, and referrals.
24/7 hotline; office support by appointment
Before you go: Services are free and confidential.
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