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Immigration Services Fraud: Know Your Rights! (New York Publication)
Where immigrants can get help and how they can spot fraudulent services.
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Immigrant Advocates and Assistance Throughout New York State
Type in your Zip Code for help housing, legal  help, translations, health care, resettlement.

United Way Help Line  (For All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies specific to your problem. Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of.  For the best results,  type in words like  "Indian and Social Services" or "Refugee and (the name of your topic)".

Help For Immigrant & Refugees Throughout The US (Consumer-SOS)

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Multi-Ethnic Help Agencies

Immigrant Advocates and Assistance Throughout New York State
Type in your Zip Code for help housing, legal  help, translations, health care, resettlement.

United Way Help Line  (For All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies specific to your problem. Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of.  For the best results,  type in words like  "Immigrants and Social Services" or "Refugee and (the name of your topic)".

Help Agencies For Everybody (Consumer-SOS)
For assistance with problems such as Pregnancy, Child care, Child Abuse, Battered Women, Sudden Illness/Medical Care, Immigration, Refugee Resettlement, Landlord Tenant Problems, Translating Documents, Learning English Money/Credit Problems, Runaways, Finding A New Place To Live Or Starting Your Own Business.

World Relief (Refugee Resettlement)
With offices in CA, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, MN, MT, NC, NY, TN, TX, and WA. They settle refugees from around the world-people who are persecuted on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, or membership in a particular social or political group. 

Christian Refugee Organizations

Help For Immigrant & Refugees Throughout The US

The Internet/Altavista
http://altavista can translate to English those web pages written in French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese. It can also translate from English into any of these languages.  

REMEMBER: if a particular agency can't help you, they still may know of others that can.  Before hanging up, make sure you ask about the other groups that can assist you.

HELP AGENCIES FOR EVERYBODY
For assistance with problems such as Pregnancy, Child care, Child Abuse, Battered Women, Sudden Illness/Medical Care, Immigration, Refugee Resettlement, Landlord Tenant Problems, Translating Documents, Learning English Money/Credit Problems, Runaways, Finding A New Place To Live Or Starting Your Own Business.

United Way Help Line  (For All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of.  For the best results, type in the type of help you want ie. "housing" or "legal", etc.  

Human Resources Administration Social Service Directory (New York Human Resources Administration)
Emergency cash assistance, food stamps, public health insurance, housing and support for victims of domestic violence, energy assistance, long term care, and child support enforcement services

HITE (New York)
An online directory of health and social services specifically for low-income, uninsured and under-insured New Yorkers. With the click of a mouse, HITE connects you to a broad array of health and support services. Includes financial assistance and much more.
Click Here for types of services.

Public Benefits (From LawHelp.org/NY)
Subtopics Include
Medicare and Medigap
Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus & PCAP
Disaster Relief
Child Care
Food Stamps/Food Assistance
HIV/AIDS-Related Benefits
Jiggetts-FEPS/Rent Assistance
Medicare Part D and Prescription Drugs
Public Assistance for Immigrants
Social Security Disability
Social Security Retirement and Survivor's Benefits
SSI for Disabled Adults
SSI for Disabled Children
SSI for Seniors over 65
Unemployment Benefits
Veterans' Benefits
Welfare/Public Assistance

Where To File A Consumer Complaint (AG Locations Throughout NY)

AG Complaint Forms For All Occasions (New York)

The Medicaid Clearing House
Has links and immigration related issues on government benefits.

Contacts On Medicaid, Children's Health and Managed Care.
For state-by-state-information on the above, click on the state of your choice, or on the name of the state below the map.

Consumer-SOS/Lawyers/Free Lawyers

Consumer-SOS/Government/Government Assistance 
Find out what social services and benefits are available to those living in the US.

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