GATEWAY TO A NEW LIFE
Below is a partial list of organizations that help refugees and immigrants in the St. Louis region.
Welcome Neighbor St. Louis fosters a community where refugees and immigrants are respected and flourish as our friends and neighbors.
Oasis International welcomes refugees from many nations to the United States who have experienced war in their home country. Oasis International helps them settle in St. Louis with furniture, household items, and clothes as well as English and citizenship classes.
The International Institute of St. Louis offers essential economic and cultural integration services, including English classes, employment, orientation and citizenship preparation. The Institute hosts events and makes presentations to build inclusive and mutually respectful relationships between foreign-born newcomers and all community members.
St. Louis Mosaic Project's goal is to transform St. Louis into the fastest growing major metropolitan area for immigration by 2025, to design and support regional attraction strategies and to promote regional prosperity through immigration and innovation.
Christian Friends of New Americans provides opportunities to connect with immigrants and refugees living in the St. Louis region. CFNA partners with local Lutheran congregations, schools, and individuals, NGOs, and various grant-giving foundations to offer a range of programs and services for New Americans.
Casa du Salud provides comprehensive medical services and referral services, primarily for adults, including preventive and immunizations.
FCLA (St. Louis Interfaith Committee on Latin America) welcomes undocumented people, advocating to help stop deportation, assisting with legal clinics, and physically sheltering immigrants in danger of immediate deportation.
International Language Center offers interpreter services primarily for businesses, institutions and individuals who need assistance with immigration paperwork and appointments, the Medical Review Board, MODOT (permit exams), and academic evaluation.
Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (M.I.C.A. Project) provides legal assistance, adjustment of status, asylum applications, consular processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), employment authorization, removal hearings and more. Provides sliding scale fees for individual legal services.
Catholic Charities of St. Louis provides humanitarian assistance to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers through legal aid services, youth programs, bilingual mental health counseling, case management and general support.
www.ccstl.org/services/services-for-immigrants
Monarch Immigrant Services provides mental health, social services, legal assistance, language support, and senior engagement to over 3,000 individuals in the St. Louis area annually.
www,monarchstl.org
Kindness Begins With Me connects refugee women and their families to each other and to the greater Saint Louis community through classes and activities.
All of these organizations welcome financial donations to continue to do this important work.