Immigrant Resettlement For Asylum Seekers | Americans Making Immigrants Safe (AMIS)

Provides assistance to immigrants who are seeking asylum in Cleveland. Helps with the transition from dependency to self-sufficiency by assisting with housing, food, and transportation needs. Some services include delivering meals, providing bus passes and bicycles for transportation, coordinating English lessons, and linking newcomers to the large immigrant community already in Cleveland. Also tries to help families with children get registered for school.

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211 Cleveland

Physical Address

Hours

No office hours.

Application process

Complete application on website. Check website for information.

Fee

None.

Eligibility

Immigrants who are seeking asylum in Northeast Ohio, including Cuyahoga and Geauga counties. If eligible, expenses that could be covered include legal fees, education, medical and living expenses. Recipients must have no criminal record outside of the immigration process.

Service area

Ashtabula County, Ohio
Trumbull County, Ohio
Geauga County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Portage County, Ohio
Medina County, Ohio
Lake County, Ohio
Summit County, Ohio
Lorain County, Ohio

Agency info

Americans Making Immigrants Safe (AMIS)

Provides assistance to immigrants who are seeking asylum in Cleveland. Helps with the transition from dependency to self-sufficiency.