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Asian Family Support Services of Austin
Services are offered to Asian and other immigrant families dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking, and include: hospital accompaniment, crisis intervention, and advocacy 24 hours, 7 days a week via hotline and in-person. Staff members are available to provide clients accompaniment to hospitals, law enforcement offices, prosecutors’ offices and courts. Additionally, clients can receive assistance with applying for protective orders, reporting the crime, access therapeutic counseling, receive safety planning and assistance with basic needs such as food and shelter. Located in the Austin area.
Contact information: 877-281-8371
Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance
Center activities include outreach, legal assessment and counseling, citizen application assistance, legal representation and advocacy.
Accepts cases involving Family Petitions, Naturalization, Cuban Adjustment, Refugee and Asylee Adjustment, T Visa, U Visa, & VAWA, Asylum, Unaccompanied Minors, and Deferred Action. Located in the Houston area.
Contact information: 713-874-6570 or 713-526-4611 (main line)
Email: Citizenship@CatholicCharities.org
Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.
Services include family visa petitions, adjustment of status applications, consular visa processing, representation of survivors of sexual assault, naturalization/citizenship applications, applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), permanent resident applications for refugees and asylees, document renewals and replacements, education and outreach about immigration law, legal orientations for custodians of unaccompanied children, representation of certain unaccompanied minors in removal proceedings. Located in Dallas.
Contact information: 214-634-7182
The EJC helps survivors of sexual assault recover compensation and gain security in the workplace, holds employers accountable when the company’s employment practices have allowed sexual assault to occur within their business, and helps survivors secure the compensation and legal remedies they need for their recovery. Offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
Contact information: 800-853-4028
Provides legal advice, counsel and full representation to survivors in the areas of housing, family, education, safety and privacy, employment, public benefits, consumer law, barrier removal, immigration, probate, guardianship, taxes and bankruptcy throughout LANWT’s service area.
Contact information: 877-807-7294
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Provides assistance with family law and elder law. Located in Lubbock.
Contact information: 806-762-2325
Legal services include assistance with obtaining protective orders, divorce and custody, lease terminations, help with benefits, CVC, debt problems and identity theft. Many offices throughout North and East Texas.
Contact Information: 844-575-2472
Provides legal advocacy services, court accompaniment, assistance in obtaining protective orders and referrals to attorneys.
Offices in McAllen and Weslaco.
Contact information: 956-630-4878 (McAllen), or 956-854-4369 (Weslaco)
SAFE offers legal support to survivors of domestic abuse, child abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. Services include legal representation and advice on family law, immigration, protective orders, lease terminations, name changes, wills, subpoena defense and limited criminal defense. Located in the Austin area.
Contact information: 512-267-7233
Contact by Text: 737.888.7233
Online chat: safeaustin.org/chat
Provides immigration law assistance with asylum, VAWA Petitions, T and U Visas, and special immigrant juvenile status. Located in the Houston area.
Contact information: 713-496-0100
Email: houston@tahirih.org
Provides assistance statewide with family law and obtaining protective orders.
Make an application for legal services online.
Contact information: 800-374-HOPE
Offers legal advice, safety planning, pro se (self-representation) assistance, and legal representation to survivors of sexual assault statewide.
Make an application for legal services online.
Contact information: 844-303-SAFE
Advice and legal representation in the following types of cases: protective orders, divorce, child custody, obtaining unpaid wages, maintaining benefits, fighting workplace discrimination, and obtaining work permits and immigration status for immigrant victims of violence. Services can also include assistance with school and work safety, and with ongoing privacy concerns.
Contact information: 800-991-5153