FOR EMERGENCIES
Call or Text 1-800-674-9217
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Due to an unusually high number of people calling for help, CRCKY will not be accepting new clients until January 28, 2025, unless it is an immigration emergency.
OUR MISSION
CRCKY provides wraparound care to immigrants in Kentucky as they work their way through the complicated US immigration system. Support services include legal assistance to stabilize immigration status, food, clothing, referrals to medical and mental health treatment, access to furniture and household goods, and bus training referrals. Whenever possible, direct assistance is provided to clients, and when that is not possible, clients are referred to other agencies which can assist them.
As a Department of Justice Recognized site, CRCKY's Partially Accredited Representatives can represent clients in USCIS proceedings.
CRCKY also conducts workshops and shares factual information with clients and the general public about local resources and US immigration. Our multilingual website offers clients a free, frequently updated resource center. Immigration related workshops and presentations are available to community members upon request.
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There's a lot of information on the internet right now concerning President Trump's Executive Orders. Click here to read what the orders actually say. Click here to read our latest newsletter summarizing recent events.
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Safety planning is important. To find out how to best protect yourself and your family, click here.
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For a list of immigration lawyers - click here. Please know that many of them have a lot of people asking for their help right now. Leave a message and don't be surprised if it takes a while for them to get back to you.
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For a full list of the services offered by CRCKY, click here.
CRCKY can help you get a passport for your US citizen child/children, free to you. We will be holding another workshop in early March 2025. Check back here to see when our next workshop will be.
For CRCKY's guide of free Kentucky resources available to immigrants in Kentucky, click here to access the guide in English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, or Ukrainian.
Click here for a list of other languages our resource packet is available in. Please email dominiqueolbert@crcky.org for a Google translated copy in your preferred language.
NEWSFLASH
HEALTH INSURANCE
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If you are an asylum seeker, filing for TPS, or on Humanitarian Parole you may in some cases qualify for free health insurance through Medicaid, and food assistance through a program called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.). Receiving help from these programs will NOT affect your real status and asylum/TPS application. For more information, click here. (Multilingual support is available.)
USING CBP ONE TO ENTER THE US FROM ABROAD
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As of January 20th, 2025, all CBP One appointments have been cancelled and the program is suspended. If you made an appointment through CBPOne, your appointment has been cancelled.
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​Fact sheets for CBP One and available from CBP in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and Russian.
HEALTH INSURANCE IF YOU HAVE DACA​
DACA recipients can sign up for Health Insurance, as of November 1st, 2024.
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DACA recipients can access health coverage through the ACA (Affordable Care Act), also known as Obamacare, thanks to a new administration policy.
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From now until January 15, 2025 DACA recipients can easily enroll in coverage online at www.healthcare.gov, or through their state’s health insurance marketplace, by phone, or by mailing in a paper application.
PASSPORT PROGRAM
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If you are an immigrant and your US citizen child needs a passport, sign up to participate in our next Passport Workshop (the next one is on January 14th, 2025). We can help you get a passport for your child, at no fee to you. Please sign up here and someone from CRCKY will call you back.