City of Evanston provides arriving refugees in Evanston with basic needs, including assistance with food, clothing, furnishings, housing, transportation, and job training, as well as services such as social service referrals and child care referrals. The Refugee Resettlement Program is a four-month needs-based program. Extensions will be allowed beyond the four months if there is still a need upon evaluation of the current situation.

Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago (ECAC) provides reception and placement services for war-torn families with a chance to reunite and start a new life in America through reception at the airport, placement in affordable housing, cultural orientation, referrals, and general care during the initial 90-day period following a refugee's arrival. ECAC also provides financial assistance to immigrants who have been granted asylum status and to their family members with derivative asylum status. The goal of the program is to make refugees and asylees self-sufficient and become contributing members of society.

St. John XXIII Parish offers Pastoral Migratoria, an immigrant-to-immigrant ministry in which trained parish leaders help meet the needs of the immigrant community and give support through workshops and personal accompaniment.

Hanul Family Alliance offers Citizenship and adjustment of status applications assistance. Since 2011, Hanul has processed over 2,000 Citizenship applications from initial consultation, case management, and follow-up. Hanul provides DACA renewal application assistance to current DACA holders by providing consultation, filling out applications, and following up on cases.

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) uses grassroots and media outreach in 25 different languages to provide legal screening, application processing, and English and citizenship test preparation services to immigrants throughout Illinois.

ICNA Relief provides free Welcome Packages to new refugee families. The package usually contains home essentials such as bedding, appliances, cleaning supplies, grocery gift cards, kitchen essentials, and hygiene products.

Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) offers low-cost case assistance to individuals seeking to apply for citizenship, readjustment of status, or petition for family members to come to the United States. Counselors are able to assist clients through the whole application process and advocate on behalf of our clients. Further, CMAA is a leader in assisting low-income clients to apply for fee-waivers, in order to reduce the cost of the application paid to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Meets family or individual upon arrival, provides initial food and housing, assists with obtaining social security cards, enrolling children in school, provides English classes for adults, assists with finding a job, and health screening as well as physical exams.

Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Alliance (MIRA) offers a variety of social services to immigrants from the Middle East and Islamic cultures to help them acclimate to Chicago. They offer case management services, mental health training, and legal aid.

AFIRE partners at Erie House and Palenque LSNA to provide low-cost application assistance for low-income immigrants in the Illinois. Quarterly clinics are held throughout the Chicago area with the assistance of licensed attorneys and volunteers.

Aunt Martha's offers services for immigrants and new residents as part of the Illinois Welcoming Centers (IWC) program and is funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services.

St. John XXIII Parish offers Pastoral Migratoria, an immigrant-to-immigrant ministry in which trained parish leaders help meet the needs of the immigrant community and give support through workshops and personal accompaniment.

Hanul Family Alliance offers Citizenship and adjustment of status applications assistance. Since 2011, Hanul has processed over 2,000 Citizenship applications from initial consultation, case management, and follow-up. Hanul provides DACA renewal application assistance to current DACA holders by providing consultation, filling out applications, and following up on cases.

The Kovler Center Child Trauma Program (KCCTP) is a program of the Marjorie Kovler Center. KCCTP is dedicated to providing high-quality trauma-informed, culturally, and linguistically responsive treatment and services to immigrant and refugee youth and families who experienced trauma as a result of war, terrorism, forced migration, family separation, state-sponsored torture, and resettlement. Services include linguistically responsive (the preferred language of the client) outreach, case management, evidenced-based individual and group therapy interventions, and advocacy and social service support.

Services include assistance with securing permanent housing, new home furnishings like cleaning products and dishes, ensuring access to basic necessities such as food, clothing and transportation, applying for social security cards and many others.

Serves the cultural, psychological, and socio-economic needs of Ethiopians in the Chicago area. Also supports other African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European refugee populations who seek its services. Services include: - Refugee Reception and Placement. - Preferred Communities Program. - Illinois Welcoming Center Program. - Illinois Access to Justice (A2J) Program. - Southern Border Arrivals Program. - IFSP Cash Assistance Program. - Employment Training & Services. - Matching Grant Program. - Electromechanical Assembly Training Program. - English as a Second Language (ESL). - Citizenship and Immigration Services. - Ethiopian Cultural Museum and Education. - Children and Youth Services. - Open Computer Lab.

World Relief provides refugee resettlement and immigration and citizenship services including: - Refugee employment services. - English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. - Housing, Mediation, and Counseling. - Assistance with green cards, citizenship, counseling, legal services. - On-site therapy, counseling, group-based programming, and individual/family case management to improve lives of immigrants who have experienced severe loss and trauma. Also currently serving refugees from Ukraine.

Services include assistance with securing permanent housing, new home furnishings like cleaning products and dishes, ensuring access to basic necessities such as food, clothing and transportation, applying for social security cards and many others.

Assists with relocation to new homes, English language instruction, vocational training, and mental health support. Immigration services are available to immigrants and refugees already established in the U.S.

Support for newly arrived refugees including employment support, vocational training, and English language instruction. Additional help covers emergency financial aid, navigating public benefit applications (digital and traditional), job placement, weekly and monthly food aid, access to both clinical and religious counseling, translation assistance, mentoring programs and automobile donations.

World Relief provides refugee resettlement and immigration and citizenship services including: - Refugee employment services. - English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. - Housing, Mediation, and Counseling. - Assistance with green cards, citizenship, counseling, legal services. - On-site therapy, counseling, group-based programming, and individual/family case management to improve lives of immigrants who have experienced severe loss and trauma. Also currently serving refugees from Ukraine.

Educates and supports refugee, asylee, and immigrant families and helps them transition to a new culture. Services include: - Refugee/immigrant mutual support groups. - Linkage with mainstream providers regarding the mental health needs of clientele and the barriers encountered by them. Mediations and education related to cultural differences are provided. - One-on-one counseling at the Center, a neutral site, or in the homes of families in crisis. - Basic immigration applications and immigration legal referrals. - Cultural orientation counseling for refugee and other ORR eligible clients. - Culturally appropriate workshops dealing with money, public benefits and health issues. - Translation of documents and interpretation in community settings. - Advocate and liaison in clients' places of employment, schools, hospitals, courts, with landlords, etc. - Aid in completing paperwork for citizenship, residency, family reunification, etc. - Assistance with applying for government benefits for which an individual is eligible. - Referrals to community resources. - Citizenship and ESL class referrals.