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:
  • We Care
  • Early Childhood Mental Health Program
  • Lynn Center
• 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.
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • Hmong
  • Korean
  • Spanish
• Know Your Rights: English and Spanish
  • Printable know-your-rights cards: English and Spanish
• Find immigration law help
• Bay Area immigration resources:
  • EHSD
  • Catholic Charities
  • Centro Legal de la Raza
  • Jewish Family & Children’s Services

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