It sounds like a dream come true. And in a way it is. Thanks to an anonymous donor the NYC DREAMer Loan Fund can help you pay the $465 fee for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA). The fund is administered through the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP), which is working with community groups.
The community groups will provide free screening assistance and help you fill out the application. Once that’s done, they’ll send you to NEDAP, which will connect you with either the Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union (BrooklynCoop), or the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union. The credit union will actually make the loan and you’ll have to repay it on a monthly basis for a year.
The video has all the details.
And these are the groups that are participating so far:
African Services Committee
429 West 127th Street, New York, NY 10027
Contact: Jessica Greenberg at 212-222-3882 x.134, or email immigration@africanservices.org.
Arab American Association of New York
7111 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Phone: 718-745-3523
DACA@ArabAmericanNY.org
DACA Legal Assistance Times: Every Wednesdays 2pm – 6pm
Languages: Arabic, Urdu, French, Spanish
Cabrini Immigrant Services
139 Henry Street, New York, NY
Closest subway: F train to East Broadway
Time: Wednesdays 9am – 7pm; Saturdays 12 – 6pm
By appointment only.
Contact: 212-791-4590 ext 100, or info@cis-nyc.org
Languages: English and Spanish
Chinese Progressive Association
83 Canal Street, Room 304 (near Eldridge Street), New York, NY
Contact 212-274-1891 or irp@cpanyc.org for appointment and information.
Languages: Chinese and English
EyeOpeners DREAMERS Project/El Centro del Inmigrante*
1546 Castleton Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302
Contact Reina Ubaldegaray 347-538-0935.
Queens Community House
74-09 37th Ave., Suite 400, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
By appointment only.
Contact: Carmen Gutierrez, 718-898-7461 ext. 13 , or cgutierrez@queenscommunityhouse.org
La Union
DACA Legal Assistance Times: Every Friday from 4pm-6pm
5406 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220
6025 6th Ave, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Contact: Leticia Alanis, 917 291-9408, or lalanis@la-union.org
or Isabel Herrera, 347 294-5958 or iherrera@la-union.org
Make the Road NY
92-10 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Contact: Natalia Lopez 347-845-6674 or 718-565-8500, ext. 4456, or natalia.lopez@maketheroadny.org
Languages: English and Spanish
MinKwon Center for Community Action
Contact: David Chung, 718-460-5600 x212, or david.chung@minkwon.org
136-19 41st Ave., #3FL, Flushing, NY 11355
Languages: Korean, English
By appointment only.
New York Immigration Coalition
www.thenyic.org/deferredaction/register
Contact: Silvia Gonzales, 212-627-2227, ext 239.
Languages: Spanish and English
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
665 West 182nd Street, Ground floor, New York, NY 10033
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. No appointment needed.
Contact: 212-781-0355
Languages: English, Spanish
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House
10-25 41st Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
By appointment only.
Contact Melissa Miranda at 718-784-7447 ext. 129, or mmiranda@riissettlement.org
Languages: English, Spanish
Volunteers of Legal Service
Note: Capacity is limited and VOLS is only able to provide legal services to students who attend partner schools at this time.
281 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010
Contact: Elizabeta Markuci 347-521-5707, or emarkuci@volsprobono.org
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice
1384 Stratford Avenue, Bronx, New York 10472
Contact: 718-328-5622
By appointment only.
Languages: English/Spanish
Watch our video How to Apply for Deferred Action
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