If anyone has any local resources that should be added, please let us know and we’ll do that. This came from our friends at the City of Tacoma so the local resources are all Tacoma centric.

Thanks for everyone for all of their work protecting and supporting our neighbors.

 

Best,

Robyn

 

 

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From: Robert Vollbracht <vollbm@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2025 12:42 PM
To: Esmeralda Saltos <esmeralda@svdptacoma.org>; Dionne Jacobson <djacobson@svdptacoma.org>; Becky Maffei <maffeir@psd401.net>; laurel@cisofpeninsula.org
Cc: quyen@cisofpeninsula.org; zaidaw@foodbackpacks4kids.org; Kate Landon <katel@foodbackpacks4kids.org>; Willow Eaton <willow@yourkpcs.org>; delci@yourkpcs.org; Sigurros Welborn <sigurrosw@ghpfish.org>; Pamela Leazer <pamelal@ghpfish.org>; Shealynn Smiley <ssmiley@gigharborwa.gov>; Nathan Betts <nathan.betts@piercecountywa.gov>; Ben and Susan Paganelli <director@kphealthycommunity.org>; Robyn Denson <robyn.denson@piercecountywa.gov>; nicole@harborcov.church; karenrottermanning@yahoo.com; MOLLY TOWSLEE <mollytowslee@gmail.com>; marae@ccsww.org; Gunda Meissner <gunda.meissner@gmail.com>; Lonna Calas <lonnacalas@gmail.com>; oinglebritson@tacomacc.edu; GHKP Housing & Homeless Coalition <ghkp@list.pchomeless.org>; Jessica Hall <jhall@ccsww.org>; Brett Higgins <kpcsfbmgr@keypeninsulacommunityservices.org>; Gail <kpbischoff2fb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GHKP PSD Hispanic Families needing services

 

Robyn Denson provided a link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g4zPMkA1o3g705Ttah6K4wvL251h2a3O/mobilebasic

and the text is printed below and attached to this email.

 

 

Immigration Resources

 

Updated: January 27, 2025

 

 

The goal of this list is to provide resources and information to constituents. This guide is informational and does not reflect or provide legal guidance or advice. If you are seeking immigration guidance and/or legal assistance, please explore the resources below or reach out to those agencies and organizations directly.

 

As of January 20th, 2025, there will be sweeping changes to immigration, migration, and deportation policies, as well as to the practices of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents within the scope of their duties. At the most current update of this guide, January 27, 2025, there are many questions that remain unanswered about the scope of the proposed changes. Most links to resources in this guide will lead to updated information, but you should always check when any resource has been last updated before accepting the information that you find there.

 

 

 

Know Your Rights

 

·       ACLU Know Your Rights Pamphlet: 

Website: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights 

The American Civil Liberties Union created a pamphlet that addresses what rights you have when you are stopped, questioned, arrested, or searched by law enforcement officers. The booklet is for citizens and non-citizens, with information for non-citizens in a separate section. Please note that while this booklet is informative and accurate, it is not a substitute for legal advice. We've included links to this downloadable pamphlet in several languages below: English | Arabic | Urdu | Farsi | Hindi | Español | Français

·       Immigrant Legal Resource Center Know Your Rights Pamphlet: 

Website: https://www.ilrc.org/resources/community/know-your-rights-toolkit

This resource provides practical tips for things immigrant families can do now to prepare as well as information on rights everyone has in the United States, regardless of immigration status. We’ve included links to the downloadable tips below: English |  Spanish | Chinese | Korean | Arabic | Russian | Tagalog | Vietnamese

Legal Assistance Resources

 

Local Tacoma Resources

Services: Family services, employment, education

 

Services: English lessons (ESL), Family services, healthcare, housing, information, job placement, legal aid, naturalization

 

Services: Behavioral health, child welfare programs, refugee and immigrant services, senior and disability serves, crime victims services

 

Services: Counseling, detention/deportation aid, family services, immigration law, immigration reform, information, legal aid, naturalization, refugee aid

 

Services: Education, employment, immigration, advocacy

 

Services: Education, integration, naturalization, refugee aid, youth

 

Northwest Justice Project (NJP) is Washington’s largest publicly funded legal aid program. Each year NJP provides critical civil legal assistance and representation to thousands of low-income people in cases affecting basic human needs such as family safety and security, housing preservation, protection of income, access to health care, education and other basic needs.

 

Find more information about how you can get free legal aid on the Tacoma Pro Bono website

 

Bob Vollbracht / Community Volunteer

Outreach Puts Us Within Reach

GHKP Housing and Homeless Coalition

206-930-7754 / vollbm@comcast.net

On 01/31/2025 6:24 AM PST Robert Vollbracht <vollbm@comcast.net> wrote:

 

 

Thank  you Esmeralda. 

 

Hi Mara,   

 

We have a strong commitment to our Hispanic/Latino community and PSD, Communities In Schools, our 4 food banks and a couple of churches really take the lead in supporting them locally.

 

Any information / ideas you can provide that would help us understand the growing fears/concerns from the confusing orders to ICE to increase arrests and how we can increase the level of community support would be appreciated.

 

I do believe there is much more we can do and we will start this conversation at our

Feb. 6th GHKP Housing & Homeless Coalition meeting, 10-11:00 a.m.  then set a follow up, broader zoom meeting before the end of Feb. 

Join Zoom Meeting

 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89793763452?pwd=vzanfoylFQzqm7fa8wCeqrvWFd9f5Q.1

 

Meeting ID: 897 9376 3452

Passcode: housing

 

Most of those copied on this email already receive our coalition meeting invites, but if you don't and would like to be on our coalition listserv, please let me know and I'll add you.

 

Thank you all,    Bob Vollbracht / 206-930-7754

Bob Vollbracht / Community Volunteer

Outreach Puts Us Within Reach

GHKP Housing and Homeless Coalition

206-930-7754 / vollbm@comcast.net

On 01/30/2025 3:24 PM PST Esmeralda Saltos <esmeralda@svdptacoma.org> wrote:

 

 

Hello Bob and everyone in this email,

 

I have included Mara Eaton with Catholic Community Services in this reply as she can be a huge help, she is already doing something to help the Hispanic Community and I will let her share what options we have to get something going so we can better assist our Hispanic neighbors.

 

Thank you all for your dedication and love for our neighbors.

 

Respectfully, 

 

Esmeralda Saltos

Case Manager

SVDP Tacoma

 

I'm very happy to share that Esmeralda has stepped into a position directly funded by Pierce County SVdP.  I have updated her email on this list as the one used in the original email no longer exists.  

 

I'm going to let Esmeralda lead in information sharing, as she is the expert, and one of only 3 people in Pierce County who can conduct a Coordinated Entry conversation in Spanish.

 

Dionne Jacobson (she/her)

Outreach Programs Director, St. Vincent de Paul Tacoma

 

SVdP Community Resource Center

4009 South 56th St, Tacoma WA 98409

Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am - 3pm

 

C: (253) 355-5868

 

For information on programs or volunteering, visit: https://www.svdptacoma.org/

Hi,

 

Our Hispanic community is now approx. 12% of our overall population and I'm asking what we as a community can do to help increase the level of contact and hopefully security many of our residents feel is being eroded by political changes.

 

Would a face/zoom meeting be of value to discuss/share what we could do as a community to proactively take this challenge and turn it into a way to increase our contact and build stronger ties with our Hispanic / Latino families?//

 

I'm not sure where to head with this, but would appreciate any input ...

 

Thx, Bob

Bob Vollbracht / Community Volunteer

Outreach Puts Us Within Reach

GHKP Housing and Homeless Coalition

206-930-7754 / vollbm@comcast.net