
Rapid Response
- Stand Together Contra Costa is a free rapid response, legal services, and community education project to support safety and justice for immigrant families in Contra Costa County.
- Call 925-900-5151 to report Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) action, or if you or someone you know has been detained by ICE
Support for Children and Families
- Community Flyer: Keep Your Family Healthy (Printable in English and Spanish)
- Family Preparedness Plan (Immigrant Legal Resource Center) in English, Spanish, and Chinese
- Talking with Young Children about Deportation Worries
- Services for children (and families) that need more help
- Supporting Young Children in Immigrant Families
- When to seek help: understand what is happening, evaluate your child’s needs, and come up with a treatment plan to support healthy development and well-being
- Services for children (and families) that need more help:
- Questions about young children’s development? Call 211 and ask for Help Me Grow
Legal Assistance
- Free immigration legal services in Contra Costa County: Stand Together Contra Costa
- A Know-Your-Rights handout in eight languages to help families prepare for a possible interaction with ICE
- Information around “Public Charge”
- Red Cards: the ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.
- Know Your Rights: English and Spanish
- Find immigration law help
- Bay Area immigration resources:
Sanctuary/Safe Place Policies in Contra Costa County
- Fact sheet about “sensitive locations”
- Sanctuary cities in Contra Costa: Richmond, San Pablo, El Cerrito and Martinez
- Safe Haven resolutions from Contra Costa County School Districts: Oakley, Pittsburg, Mt Diablo, West Contra Costa
- Richmond Community Foundation
- Sample policy for organizations to respond to ICE
Advocacy Tips for Nonprofits
- Ways to advocate
- What can a 501©3 legally do?
- Tips for talking to legislators and writing to legislators
- Tips for telling your story and giving public testimony
- Guide for Lobbying the California Legislature