Get Help Now – Up To Date Resources & Information
If you are in need of help or supporting someone in need of help with immigration services and supports:
Dial 2-1-1 or text 898-211* to reach the 211 Colorado Help Center to speak with a live navigator. Available Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm. For 24/7 information & resources, visit 211colorado.org.
- 211 Help Center Spanish-speaking navigators are on staff and able to provide free translation services, as well as direct services for free transportation through Lyft rides, and much more.
- City and County of Denver – Immigrant Support Toolkit
- Colorado Center for Law and Policy – Child Welfare FAQs Regarding Family Detention or Deportation. “This document is a comprehensive FAQ guide on child and youth welfare considerations for families affected by detention or deportation in Colorado. It outlines the state’s role in child/youth welfare, the importance of a family protection plan, and options for kinship care. It also addresses what happens if a parent is detained, including the involvement of county human services, foster care, and potential reunification efforts. The document provides resources for emergency planning, legal rights, and support services available to impacted families, emphasizing the need for preparation and community support.”
- Rocky Mountain Welcome Center – For Parents and Caregivers: How to talk with children ages 3-6 years old about ICE
- Colorado Rapid Response Network (CRRN) (1-844-864-8341) – An excerpt from their webpage: “Our Colorado Rapid Response Network can activate over 350 volunteers around Colorado and in southern Wyoming. Allies and bystanders can be critical in observing/documenting abuse, stopping mistreatment and helping dispel fear. Join the Colorado Rapid Response Network and get trained on how to be a confirmer and a legal observer. If you are bilingual consider becoming part of our dispatch team. If there are not many network members in your area, help us build by bringing our training team.”
- ACLU’s We Have Rights Campaign – 3-minute videos describing “We Have Rights: When ICE Is Outside Our Doors; Inside Our Homes; In Our Communities, In Our Streets; and If ICE Arrests Us” in Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Russian and Mandarin.
- MountainGem Advocacy and Communications and Masa Group – Pro Bono Training and Resources for best practices in strategic communications on immigration, including rapid response, effective messaging, and media relations.
- Global Strategy Gropu, BSP Research and the Immigration Hub –Addressing the myth of mass deportation’s popularity
- Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE), through the Office of New Americans (ONA) – Through the Welcome, Reception, and Integration Grant Program, will fund Colorado community-based organizations to provide humanitarian relief to newly arrived immigrants to the U.S. who intend to call Colorado home.
- Resources for Churches – Kevin Vargas, community leader created this great landing page for Latino churches, available in Spanish and English. It can be useful to any denomination or congregation.
- ACLU and RMIAN letter to CO School Superintendents
- American Immigration Council – Debunking the Myth of Immigrants and Crime Fact Sheet
- Brennan Center – Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’
View and share the Migrant Welcome Guide, created and maintained by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employement, Office of New Americans:
Guía De Bienvenida (Spanish)
Welcome Guide (English)
Immigrant and Refugee Resource Guide available in various languages, created and maintained by the City and County of Denver’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.
Volunteer or Give Now
For the latest updates, needs, and supports for the City of Denver, click here.
The Newcomers Fund is currently accepting monetary donations from the general public. Donations will go directly to the city’s nonprofit partners who are supporting new immigrants with resource navigation, sheltering, and additional services. You can also provide vital help by volunteering to support new immigrants through various projects and opportunities in progress available here.
