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The Door, A Center of Alternatives, Inc. - Legal Services Center
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The Door - A Center of Alternatives, Inc. is a youth development organization offering a wide range of services. The Legal Services Center provides free legal assistance to young people ages 12 to 21, including help with immigration, housing, foster care, family law, and public benefits. We also provide consultations on criminal matters.
Counties served: | Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, NY (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Suffolk, Westchester |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Public Benefits, Taxes |
Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Employment services, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services |
Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
Nominal fee charged? | No |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 11 |
Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 1 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association |
Administrative Information
Contact Person: | |
Executive Director: |
Julie Shapiro
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Last contact date: | January 3, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 9/21/11: update request Aryah Somers, updated. 10/31/12: tickler 12/3/13: tickler 1/2/15: tickler 3/30/16: tickler IAN: Helen Pundurs 212-941-9090, ext. 3288 hpundurs@door.org 03 Jan 2018: tickler |
IAN Members? | Yes |