Cal­i­for­nia | Con­necti­cut | Florida | Mass­a­chu­setts | Michi­gan |
New Jer­sey | New York | Wash­ing­ton, DC

—-

Cal­i­for­nia

Click here for a list of ser­vice providers in the Bay Area.

back to top of page

—-

Con­necti­cut

See Con­necti­cut Lawyers for Haiti for up-to-date infor­ma­tion here.

back to top of page

—-

Florida

For addi­tional Florida infor­ma­tion and updates, please call the Florida Immi­grant Advo­cacy Cen­ter: 305–573-1106, ext. 1250.

Many free legal ser­vice agen­cies in Florida are pro­vid­ing ongo­ing assis­tance to Hait­ian TPS appli­cants. The fol­low­ing list was com­piled by the Florida Immi­grant Advo­cacy Cen­ter and is not meant to be exhaus­tive. Please click on the link below to down­load the list:
Free Legal Ser­vice Agen­cies in Florida Assist­ing Haitians to Apply for TPS (Microsoft Word document)

begin­ning March 8, 2010
Florida Equal Jus­tice
510 South US High­way 1
Suite 4
(green build­ing at US1 & Delaware, same build­ing that houses Florida Rural Legal Ser­vices)
Ft. Pierce, FL 34950
Free legal help to Haitians who want to apply for TPS. For more infor­ma­tion, please call 772–489-4660.

Fri­days (ongo­ing)
Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church
130 N. E. 62nd St., 110 NE 62nd St.
Miami, FL 33138
Free legal assis­tance for Haitians apply­ing for TPS. No appoint­ment required. For more infor­ma­tion, please call Catholic Char­i­ties Legal Ser­vices: 305–373-1073.

Feb­ru­ary 28, 2010
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Bethel Bap­tist Church
802 SW Eighth Ave
Del­ray Beach, FL 33444
U.S. Cit­i­zen­ship and Immi­gra­tion Ser­vices will offer Haitians seek­ing Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus infor­ma­tional ses­sions about the fed­eral pro­gram. Hait­ian nation­als who live in the United States can get tips on the fil­ing process, eli­gi­bil­ity, doc­u­men­ta­tion require­ments and fees.

March 2, 2010
9:30am to 5:00pm
Mail­man Cen­ter for Child Devel­op­ment, Room 3023
1601 NW 12th Ave
Miami, FL 33136
Apply for TPS — free legal ser­vice from the Uni­ver­sity Miami School of Law. For more infor­ma­tion and a list of required doc­u­ments, please see: UMi­ami TPS flyer

March 9, 2010
9:30am to 5:00pm
Mail­man Cen­ter for Child Devel­op­ment, Room 3023
1601 NW 12th Ave
Miami, FL 33136
Apply for TPS — free legal ser­vice from the Uni­ver­sity Miami School of Law. For more infor­ma­tion and a list of required doc­u­ments, please see: UMi­ami TPS flyer

March 16, 2010
9:30am to 5:00pm
Cen­ter of Aging — Men­tal Health
Hos­pi­tal Cen­ter, Room 3208
1695 NW 9th Ave
Miami, FL 33136
Apply for TPS — free legal ser­vice from the Uni­ver­sity Miami School of Law. For more infor­ma­tion and a list of required doc­u­ments, please see: UMi­ami TPS flyer

March 23, 2010
9:30am to 5:00pm
Mail­man Cen­ter for Child Devel­op­ment, Room 3023
1601 NW 12th Ave
Miami, FL 33136
Apply for TPS — free legal ser­vice from the Uni­ver­sity Miami School of Law. For more infor­ma­tion and a list of required doc­u­ments, please see: UMi­ami TPS flyer

back to top of page

—-

Mass­a­chu­setts

Mon­days (ongo­ing)
10:00am to 12:00pm
Aids Action Com­mit­tee office
75 Amory Street
Boston, MA 02119
Open to all Haitians, not just clients of AAC and not just those with HIV. Walk-in clinic to pro­vide infor­ma­tion about TPS and to assist in fill­ing out the nec­es­sary forms. Please direct ques­tions about the clinic to the Legal Line at 617–450-1317.

Fri­days (ongo­ing)
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Cam­bridge Cares About Aids office
17 Sell­ers Street
Cam­bridge, MA 02139
This clinic will only be for clients of CCAA at this time. Walk-in clinic to pro­vide infor­ma­tion about TPS and to assist in fill­ing out the nec­es­sary forms.  Please direct ques­tions about the clinic to the Legal Line at 617–450-1317.

Feb­ru­ary 23, 2010
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Greater Boston Legal Ser­vices
197 Friend St
Boston, MA 02114
Legal assis­tance for TPS appli­cants. Please call 617–371-1234 for more information.

Feb­ru­ary 27, 2010
10:00am to 4:00pm
Catholic Char­i­ties North
55 Lynn Shore Drive
Lynn, MA 01902
Free legal assis­tance to Hait­ian immi­grants seek­ing TPS. Please reg­is­ter in advance by call­ing: (617) 464‑8004. For more infor­ma­tion and a list of required doc­u­ments, see: Catholic Char­i­ties — Boston

March 6, 2010
10:00am to 3:00pm
Catholic Char­i­ties Hait­ian Multi Ser­vice Cen­ter
185 Colum­bia Rd.
Boston, MA 02121 (Dorch­ester)
Free legal assis­tance to Hait­ian immi­grants seek­ing TPS. Please reg­is­ter in advance by call­ing: (617) 464‑8004. For more infor­ma­tion and a list of required doc­u­ments, see: Catholic Char­i­ties — Boston

March 6, 2010
11:00am to 3:00pm
Hait­ian Coali­tion in West Somerville
Somerville, MA
Trained vol­un­teers will help peo­ple fill out appli­ca­tions for TPS and fee waivers. Please RSVP to Nic­hole Cir­illo at 617–301-4336 or ncirillo@uusc.org. Exact address and direc­tions will be pro­vided upon RSVP.
(If you would like to vol­un­teer at this clinic or oth­ers in the Boston area, dates for vol­un­teer train­ings are avail­able at the Uni­tar­ian Uni­ver­sal­ist Ser­vice Com­mit­tee web­site.)

March 7, 2010
Boston, MA area
loca­tion to be deter­mined
Trained vol­un­teers will help peo­ple fill out appli­ca­tions for TPS and fee waivers. Please RSVP to Nic­hole Cir­illo at 617–301-4336 or ncirillo@uusc.org. Exact address and direc­tions will be pro­vided upon RSVP.
(If you would like to vol­un­teer at this clinic or oth­ers in the Boston area, dates for vol­un­teer train­ings are avail­able at the Uni­tar­ian Uni­ver­sal­ist Ser­vice Com­mit­tee web­site.)

back to top of page

—-

Michi­gan

March 6, 2010
Hours to be announced
Grand Rapids, MI
Legal clinic to assist eli­gi­ble Haitians in fil­ing for TPS.  More infor­ma­tion about loca­tion and how to make an appoint­ment are com­ing soon.  Infor­ma­tion will be avail­able at: http://jfonwestmichigan.org/

A Detroit-area date will likely be announced soon.

back to top of page

—-

New Jer­sey

Legal Ser­vices of New Jer­sey has devel­oped new pro­grams to assist Haitians who may be eli­gi­ble for Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus. Legal Ser­vices will pro­vide free, direct rep­re­sen­ta­tion to eli­gi­ble indi­vid­u­als, and will also con­duct walk-in infor­ma­tion and appli­ca­tion ses­sions at its offices in Edi­son and other sites in the north­ern and south­ern parts of the state.
Fur­ther infor­ma­tion is avail­able by call­ing 888–894-0612; vis­it­ing LSNJ’s self-help Web site, www.LSNJLAW.org; or call­ing LSNJ’s toll-free legal hot­line, open Mon­day through Fri­day, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at 888-LSNJ-LAW (888–576-5529). The hot­line can also assist low-income New Jer­sey res­i­dents who have fam­ily in Haiti with immi­gra­tion issues. Inter­preters are avail­able for hot­line callers who are speak­ers of Cre­ole, French and other languages.

back to top of page

—-

New York

For addi­tional New York infor­ma­tion and updates, please see the New York Immi­gra­tion Coali­tion.

Wednes­days (ongo­ing)
3:00pm to 6:00pm
Catholic Char­i­ties Com­mu­nity Ser­vices for the Arch­dio­cese of New York
1011 First Avenue, 12th Floor
New York City, NY 10022
(between 55th and 56th Streets)
Ongo­ing con­sul­ta­tions for Hait­ian TPS Appli­ca­tions every Wednes­day from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Con­tact: (212) 419‑3700 (intake number).

Thurs­days (ongo­ing)
9:00am to 5:00pm
Office of Rep. Gre­gory Meeks
153–01 Jamaica Avenue, 2nd Floor
Queens, NY 11432 (Jamaica)
Free legal assis­tance with TPS appli­ca­tions every Thurs­day. Staff will be on hand to speak Cre­ole, French and Span­ish with those who do not speak Eng­lish. All appli­cants should be pre­pared to spend at least one hour at the office. You must make an appoint­ment. For more infor­ma­tion, please call Rep. Meeks’ office at: (718) 725‑6000.

Thurs­days (ongo­ing)
2:00pm to 6:00pm
Hait­ian Fam­ily Sup­port Cen­ter
1783 Flat­bush Ave (between Ave J & K)
Brook­lyn, NY 11210
Ongo­ing assis­tance for TPS appli­cants, every Thurs­day. You must call to make an appoint­ment: (917) 284‑7938. Hosted by Lutheran Social Ser­vices, NYDIS, and Amer­i­can Red Cross.

Fri­days (ongo­ing)
9:30am to 1:00pm
Kings County Hos­pi­tal Cen­ter
E build­ing, Adult Walk-in Clinic on the first floor
541 Clark­son Avenue (between East 38 and East 39 Streets)
Brook­lyn, NY 11203
Ongo­ing free assis­tance for TPS appli­cants, every Fri­day until the end of the TPS appli­ca­tion period (July 20). Walk-ins accepted — no appoint­ment nec­es­sary. For more infor­ma­tion, call: 718–245-2281.

Feb­ru­ary 23, 2010
5:00pm to 8:00pm
777 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Free TPS assis­tance, by appoint­ment only. Lim­ited to res­i­dents on the west side of Man­hat­tan between Canal Street and 110th Street and must be income eli­gi­ble for Hous­ing Con­ser­va­tion Coor­di­na­tors (HCC) ser­vices. You must bring a Haitian-Creole inter­preter if you do not speak Eng­lish. You must call to make an appoint­ment: (212) 541‑5996.

Feb­ru­ary 24, 2010
2:00pm to 6:00pm
The Legal Aid Soci­ety
111 Liv­ingston Street, 7th Floor
Brook­lyn, NY 11201
(By sub­way: A, C, F trains to Jay Street/Borough Hall)
Free TPS legal clinic. Con­tact: Alli­son Baker, Esq., AMBaker@legal-aid.org.

Feb­ru­ary 26, 2010
6:00pm to 9:00pm
St. Jerome’s Roman Catholic Church
2900 Newkirk Ave. (at E. 29th Street)
Brook­lyn, NY 11226
TPS Appli­ca­tion Assis­tance Event. To make a spe­cific appoint­ment for this clinic, Haitians should call Sofia Pezua at 212–987-9705 or 646–575-7983.
Attor­ney vol­un­teers are also needed. If you would like to vol­un­teer, please con­tact Tara A. Pinkham, Esq., at 212–870-2811 or via email: tpinkham@churchworldservice.org.

March 4, 2010
6:00pm to 9:00pm
St. Marks United Methodist Church
2017 Bev­erly Road
Brook­lyn, NY 11226
TPS Appli­ca­tion Assis­tance Event. To make a spe­cific appoint­ment for this clinic, Haitians should call Sofia Pezua at 212–987-9705 or 646–575-7983.
Attor­ney vol­un­teers are also needed. If you would like to vol­un­teer, please con­tact Tara A. Pinkham, Esq., at 212–870-2811 or via email: tpinkham@churchworldservice.org.

back to top of page

—-

Wash­ing­ton, DC

back to top of page