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Announcement: Opportunities to Partner with OIRA on Rapid Response Now Available

The City of Seattle will be launching Rapid Response efforts to address policy changes that could have significant negative impacts on immigrant and refugee communities.

 

We would like to share the following 3 opportunities for organizations to apply to partner with us in these efforts.

 

1. In-person DACA Legal Consultations
If you are a legal service provider with experience and interest in providing legal consultations and screenings for potential forms of relief for DACA-impacted families, please complete this Letter of Intent (LOI) application (Word document) by January 24, 2020. You will find more specific information about this opportunity in the Word document linked above.

 

2. Organizing and Outreach
If you are organizing within immigrant and refugee communities and have an interest in keeping these communities informed and directing them to needed services, please complete this LOI application (Word document) by January 24, 2020. You will find more specific information about this opportunity in the Word document linked above.

 

3. Public Charge Workshops
If you are interested in organizing community education workshops to explain rule changes related to public charge to community members, please complete this survey (Google Forms) by January 17, 2020. Please note the earlier deadline and different application format.

 

You may submit to as many of the opportunities listed above as are relevant to your work. However, each opportunity requires its own application.

 

If you have questions, please reach out to Oksana Bilobran at oksana.bilobran@seattle.gov.