Resources for Human Services Organizations Serving People Seeking Asylum and Other Refuge

Advocacy

Human Services Council

• Partnerships Report: “Welcoming Our Newest Neighbors”
• City Council Hearing Testimony
  • Oversight on City Services to Asylum Seekers, December 2022
  • Hearing on Contracting for Services to Asylum Seekers, March 2023
  • Hearing to Meet Needs of People Seeking Asylum, April 2023
  • Revisiting City Contracts Serving Asylum Seekers, September 2023

New York Immigration Coalition

• Welcoming NY Campaign
  • A campaign to ensure every asylum seeker who makes it to New York has the services, shelter, and care that they need to not only survive but thrive. A policy agenda for federal, state, and city government to ensure asylum seekers have the resources and supports they need to feel welcome and thrive in their new homes.

You can find more resources referenced in our advocacy in these compilations:

• NYC Office of Asylum Seekers Operations – Navigation Resources
• NYC 311 – Asylum Seeker Resources
• New York Immigration Coalition – Community Resources
• Her Migrant Hub
• Migration Policy Institute – Language Portal Digital Library