Get Help at the Kindness Center

We offer free resources and services for immigrants designed to meet your immediate needs and connect you with ongoing support.

When: Tuesdays, 10-3 pm
Where: St. George Church, 307 West 54th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues), lower level

What to Expect

  • You’ll be welcomed and offered refreshments. You’ll receive a card with a number on it, and when your number is called, we’ll help check you in.

  • We’ll help you with the services you have come in for, and offer you additional resources you might not have known about!

  • If we can’t provide something on-site, we’ll help connect you to partners who might be better able to help you.

What to bring (if you can)

  • Any ID you have

  • Letters/notices you’ve received

  • Forms or documents related to what you need help with

    If you don’t have documents, still come, we’ll do our best to help.

    We support our new neighbors in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French.

Services we provide

Legal Services

We provide legal information at our “legal triage” table at the Kindness Center, as well assisting recent immigrants in the completion of their asylum, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and work authorization applications in our pro se (self-representation) legal clinics.

Learn English

We help you enroll in English classes and build confidence through lessons and conversation practice groups.

Job Readiness

We help you prepare for work with resume support, job-search guidance, interview practice, and referrals to local employment resources.

Reduced Fare OMNY Cards

We assist you in obtaining a reduced-fare OMNY card.

Health Insurance

Our partner, FidelisCare, will help you enroll in health insurance.

School Enrollment

Our partner, Inside Schools, supports families with school enrollment guidance

Stress Management

We help you learn how to handle stress through breathing exercises, meditation, and other strategies taught on-site. Referrals to free mental health care assistance are available.

Know Your Rights

We provide know-your-rights information to prepare you for potential interactions with immigration authorities.

Our networks include our parent organization, Grannies Respond/Abuelas Responden Inc., Artists Athletes Activists (https://artists-athletes-activists.org/), Afrikana, Inc. (https://www.afri-kana.org/home), ROCC (https://roccnyc.org/), Metro Baptist Church (https://.org/), Congregation Rodeph Shalom (https://rodephsholom.org/), and Plymouth Church (https://www.plymouthchurch.org/).