SUPPORT SERVICEs
Cultural and Ethnic Specific Supports
(scroll down for non-specific support services)
Chaldean-Middle Eastern Social Services
343 E. Main Street, Suite #201, El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 631-7400
Services for Chaldean and Middle Eastern communities in San Diego. Their programs are focused on Behavioral Health, Immigration Services, Cultural Sensitivity, Parenting, and Anti-Stigma.
(619) 631-7400
Services for Chaldean and Middle Eastern communities in San Diego. Their programs are focused on Behavioral Health, Immigration Services, Cultural Sensitivity, Parenting, and Anti-Stigma.
Episcopal Refugee Network
4305 University Avenue #630, San Diego, CA 92105
(619) 283-1337
Services for Sudanese and Burmese refugees throughout San Diego County. Programs focus on supportive services, help with documentation, translation, employment assistance and tutoring.
(619) 283-1337
Services for Sudanese and Burmese refugees throughout San Diego County. Programs focus on supportive services, help with documentation, translation, employment assistance and tutoring.
Horn of Africa
5296 University Avenue, Suite F, San Diego, CA 92105
619-583-0532
Services for East African refugees and immigrants with a focus on the Somali refugee community. Their programs are focused on family health, economic development and gang prevention.
619-583-0532
Services for East African refugees and immigrants with a focus on the Somali refugee community. Their programs are focused on family health, economic development and gang prevention.
Islamic Speakers Bureau
P.O. Box 12551, La Jolla, CA 92039-2551
(858) 752-8788
Islamic Speakers Bureau of San Diego provides interactive presentations about Islam and Muslims.
(858) 752-8788
Islamic Speakers Bureau of San Diego provides interactive presentations about Islam and Muslims.
Kurdish Human Rights Watch
1109 East Washington Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92019
(619)447-9933
Services for Kurdish and Middle Eastern communities in San Diego. Their programs focus on employment, translation and interpretation, orientation and cross-cultural training, ethnic organizing, health education and immigration.
(619)447-9933
Services for Kurdish and Middle Eastern communities in San Diego. Their programs focus on employment, translation and interpretation, orientation and cross-cultural training, ethnic organizing, health education and immigration.
License to Freedom (L2F)
Little House- 131 Avocado Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 401-2800
Arabic and Kurdish Language Help-Line: (619) 813-7415
www.licensetofreedom.org
Advocacy for Middle Eastern battered immigrant and refugee women. Programs include domestic violence advocacy, faith-based dialogue, and driver's license instruction. License to Freedom offers counseling services to individuals, couples, families and groups. We offer a unique approach to therapy that is based on client's strengths and pays close attention to the effects of culture. We look at problems in their contexts rather than locating problems within the individual. We are interested in the political, gendered, linguistic, social and economic climates that produce problems and cultivate resiliencies. License to Freedom (L2F) exists primarily to address the needs of domestic violence victims among San Diego County’s large refugee and immigrant community. L2F is the only program offering culturally and linguistically appropriate services in this context to populations in the San Diego area, including Iraqi, Iranian, Burmese, Afghani, Kurdish, Turkish, and African populations. In recent years, L2F has greatly increased its value both to these populations and the broader community by developing a palette of mental health and supportive services provided with sensitivity to the histories, experiences, and challenges of these populations. These services include individual and family therapy, domestic violence group treatment, expressive art therapy and music therapy. Many of those served have experienced tremendous trauma prior to arriving here, including life in war zones, loss of family and friends, and/or torture. L2F provides services that address these realities, including home therapy visits if appropriate.
(619) 401-2800
Arabic and Kurdish Language Help-Line: (619) 813-7415
www.licensetofreedom.org
Advocacy for Middle Eastern battered immigrant and refugee women. Programs include domestic violence advocacy, faith-based dialogue, and driver's license instruction. License to Freedom offers counseling services to individuals, couples, families and groups. We offer a unique approach to therapy that is based on client's strengths and pays close attention to the effects of culture. We look at problems in their contexts rather than locating problems within the individual. We are interested in the political, gendered, linguistic, social and economic climates that produce problems and cultivate resiliencies. License to Freedom (L2F) exists primarily to address the needs of domestic violence victims among San Diego County’s large refugee and immigrant community. L2F is the only program offering culturally and linguistically appropriate services in this context to populations in the San Diego area, including Iraqi, Iranian, Burmese, Afghani, Kurdish, Turkish, and African populations. In recent years, L2F has greatly increased its value both to these populations and the broader community by developing a palette of mental health and supportive services provided with sensitivity to the histories, experiences, and challenges of these populations. These services include individual and family therapy, domestic violence group treatment, expressive art therapy and music therapy. Many of those served have experienced tremendous trauma prior to arriving here, including life in war zones, loss of family and friends, and/or torture. L2F provides services that address these realities, including home therapy visits if appropriate.
Muslim Women in Action
P.O. Box 740462 San Diego, CA 92174
(619) 933-6886
Services for Muslim women and families in San Diego County and to education for the public about the Islamic way of life. Programs focus on Women & Families in Crisis, Emergency Food, Clothing Assistance, Emergency Housing Assistance, and in case of death – Janazah Assistance for women & children.
(619) 933-6886
Services for Muslim women and families in San Diego County and to education for the public about the Islamic way of life. Programs focus on Women & Families in Crisis, Emergency Food, Clothing Assistance, Emergency Housing Assistance, and in case of death – Janazah Assistance for women & children.
Other Support Services
(Not specific to ethnicity or culture)
Domestic Violence Wraparound Services:
Center for Community Solutions
Center for Community Solutions: (888) 385-4657
Health and Development Services for Families with Children under age 5:
Family Health Centers of San Diego
1234 Broadway, El Cajon, 92021 (Between 1st and 2nd Avenue)
(619) 515-2463
Health Development Services for families with children under age 5, including case management and parenting classes.
(619) 515-2463
Health Development Services for families with children under age 5, including case management and parenting classes.
Landlord/Tenants Rights, Hate Crime Prevention and Immigration Advocacy:
Center for Social Advocacy
(619) 444-5700
Advocates for fair housing and mediated tenant/landlord issues, as well as hate crime prevention, civil rights for immigrants, human trafficking, and youth and voter education.
Advocates for fair housing and mediated tenant/landlord issues, as well as hate crime prevention, civil rights for immigrants, human trafficking, and youth and voter education.
Mental Health Counseling and Case Management:
Survivors of Torture, International
P.O. Box 151240, San Diego, CA 92175-1240
(619) 278-2400
Survivors of Torture, International (SURVIVORS) offers a holistic program of mental health, medical case management, psychiatry, and social services. These services are offered to survivors of any immigration status, including refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers. SURVIVORS empowers torture survivors to reclaim the strength and vitality that were stolen from them by brutal dictators and governments. The specialized care SURVIVORS provides these vulnerable individuals helps them to become self-sufficient and healthy members of their families and of our community.
SURVIVORS offers educational tours of our office in Old Town, San Diego to learn how we are creating a safe haven for torture survivors, helping them to rebuild their lives, and building a welcoming community for all survivors. Please call 619.278.2421 or email survivors@notorture.org to R.S.V.P. We keep our address confidential for our clients. We will provide directions upon your R.S.V.P.
(619) 278-2400
Survivors of Torture, International (SURVIVORS) offers a holistic program of mental health, medical case management, psychiatry, and social services. These services are offered to survivors of any immigration status, including refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers. SURVIVORS empowers torture survivors to reclaim the strength and vitality that were stolen from them by brutal dictators and governments. The specialized care SURVIVORS provides these vulnerable individuals helps them to become self-sufficient and healthy members of their families and of our community.
SURVIVORS offers educational tours of our office in Old Town, San Diego to learn how we are creating a safe haven for torture survivors, helping them to rebuild their lives, and building a welcoming community for all survivors. Please call 619.278.2421 or email survivors@notorture.org to R.S.V.P. We keep our address confidential for our clients. We will provide directions upon your R.S.V.P.
East County Lawyer Referral Service
(619) 588-1936
Free consultation with a lawyer and referrals to lawyers with expertise in a variety of legal matters.
Free consultation with a lawyer and referrals to lawyers with expertise in a variety of legal matters.
From Harm to Home
131 E Main Street Suite 202, El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 440-6208
IRC Immigration services also available at our El Cajon office, Arabic language available
Click HERE for IRC Legal Services.
(619) 440-6208
IRC Immigration services also available at our El Cajon office, Arabic language available
Click HERE for IRC Legal Services.