Community Resources

Local Immigration Legal Resources

Catholic Multicultural Center

Address: 1862 Beld St, Madison, WI 53713
Call: 608-441-0114

Centro Hispano – Madison

Address: 2403 Cypress Way, Madison, WI 53713
Call: 608-255-3018
Email: [email protected]

Community Immigration Law Center

If you have an immigration question or problem, call and leave a message if no one answers. Someone will return your call within 24 hours.
Address: 944 E Gorham St, Madison, WI 53703
Call: 608-640-4444
Website: https://cilcmadison.org

UW Immigrant Justice Clinic

To schedule an intake, call: 608-890-3753

Rise Law Center

Address: 1400 E Washington Ave #262, Madison, WI 53703
Call: 608-256-1015

Vera Court Neighborhood Center

A free family law clinic.
9:00 am – 1:00 pm every 2nd Wednesday of the month, by appointment only. Free 1 hour consults are available with attorneys practicing in family law. They do not offer legal representation, rather an opportunity to ask questions and fill out paperwork. Interpretation services available upon request.
Email: [email protected]
Call: 608-246-8372

Dane County Immigration Affairs

Fabiola Hamdan is the immigration affairs specialist for Dane County.
Call: (608) 242-6260 or (608) 262-6093
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://danecountyhumanservices.org/Children-Youth-and-Family/Immigration-Affairs

Voces De La Frontera

Hosts a weekly legal clinic, typically on Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30PM to 5PM.
Call: (470) 456-4508
ICE Hotline: (800) 427-0213 – To verify if ICE is or was present in an area. Please include the location and time of the incident.
Website: https://vdlf.org/legal-services/

Amigos en Azul (Friends in Blue)

The mission of Amigos en Azul is to dissolve cultural barriers, build partnerships and open lines of communication between the Latino community and the City of Madison Police Department, in partnership with Dane County-area law enforcement.
Call: (608) 228-4038
Website: https://www.cityofmadison.com/police/community/amigosenazul/

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

They work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector.
Website: http://ilrc.org/

National Immigrant Justice Center

NIJC represents and provides legal consultation for immigrants with low income.
Website: https://immigrantjustice.org/immigration-legal-services

Find Legal Resources – Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

This lists the Bureau of Refugee Programs’ contracted partners that provide legal services and related information.
Website: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/findlegalservices

Jobs

Job Search

Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC)

Employment search assistance.
Tuesday 10:00am to 3:00pm
Thursday 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Assistance is available in-person or by phone.
For assistance outside of these hours, please call Lilliam Post at 608-441-3257 to make an appointment. Office hours are Tuesday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Unemployment

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Apply for unemployment online.
Website: https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/apply

Rent / Billing Assistance

United Way Hotline

Help with food, rent, child care, or other needs.
Call: 211
Website: 211.org

Greater Madison Resource Center (GMRC)

They can help with a variety of needs including transportation and home supplies.
Call: (608) 770-1174

SAMHSA Disaster Distress Hotline

Provides multilingual crisis support service.
Call: 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746 to connect with a trained counselor.
Website: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline

Tenant Resource Center

For rental and housing questions or advice.
Call: 608-257-0006
Website: www.tenantresourcecenter.org.

Healthcare

Mercy Dental Missions

Non-profit on Madison’s north side. They will provide quality dental care to the uninsured and underinsured across Wisconsin. 8 treatment rooms; hopes to serve 5,000 patients/year.
Website: https://www.mercydentalmissions.org/services
Address: 1709 Aberg Ave, Suite A, Madison, WI 53704
Call: (608) 622-4002
Email: [email protected] (Areli Estrada, MS, Exec Dir.)

GoodRX

They can help find a pharmacy with the lowest price on prescription medicines.
Website: https://www.goodrx.com/

Wisconsin Association of Free & Charitable Clinics

Provides a list of clinics offering free or low cost health services.
Website: http://www.wafcclinics.org/find-a-clinic.html

Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS)

Call: (608) 251-4445
Website: https://abuseintervention.org/

Food

Pantries have varied eligibility and some require household IDs.

Allied Food Pantry

They are providing prepackaged bags of food out of their backdoor.
Address: 4619 Jenewein Road. 
Website: https://alliedfoodpantry.wixsite.com/allied-food-pantry

Bridge Lake Point Neighborhood Center

Join for a delicious community meal every Friday from 12:00 – 1:00 PM. Meals are handed out on a first come, first served basis.

Vera Court Neighborhood Center

This is a fresh food and emergency pantry.
Register to pick up free produce, dairy items, canned goods, frozen meat and more on the second Wednesday of every month, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm. Occasional Saturdays from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
All are welcome, no ID or proof of address needed.
Address: 614 Vera Court Madison, WI​
Call: 608-246-8372
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.veracourt.org/

St Vincent Food Pantry

They are offering grocery/food box pick-up.
Address: 2033 Fish Hatchery Road
Phone: (608) 257-0919

River Food Pantry

They are offering curbside pick-up in the parking lot.
Address: 2201 Darwin Rd
Website: https://www.riverfoodpantry.org/

Arbor Good Neighbor House

AGNH is a welcome space where neighbors can gather to create a supportive community to foster a sense of belonging, facilitate the collective pursuit of community-initiated goals and to help everyone in the community become better neighbors.
Address: 2509 McDivitt Rd, Madison, WI 53713
Email: [email protected]
Website: agnh.org

Transportation

Madison Metro, Half Price

Madison metro buses are half-price under certain conditions.
Website: https://www.cityofmadison.com/metro/fares/half-price-fare
Email: [email protected]
Call: (608) 266-4466

Dane County Sanctuary Coalition

They work with with Voces de la Frontera and Centro Hispano to provide sanctuary and rides to government-appointed meetings.
Website: https://www.wifaithvoices.org/immigration

Internet

The following businesses offer free or reduced-price internet. Some of the offers only apply to households with students.

Student Internet Deals List

Website: https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/student-internet-deals-and-discounts/

Cox

Low-cost internet options.
Website: https://www.cox.com/residential/internet/low-cost-internet-plans.html

Diapers & Menstrual Care

St Vinny’s Food Pantry

They often have diapers. Folks that drive can go there themselves every 2 weeks. They need full name of one adult in the household and their birthdate. It would not be enough diapers for 2 weeks but it is helpful.
Address: 2033 Fish Hatchery Rd

BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid

They offer free adult diapers to enrolled members – must apply.
Website: https://www.forwardhealth.wi.gov/WIPortal/Subsystem/KW/Print.aspx?ia=1&p=1&sa=16&s=2&c=61&nt=Diapers+and+Underpads  

Grace Episcopal Church

They have a personal essential pantry that offers household items, including diapers. Individuals can pick up on the first and third Saturday of each month from 10am-12pm.
Website: http://www.gracechurchmadison.org/grace-food-pantry
Address: East Washington

River Food Pantry

Curbside Pick-Up: Tuesday–Friday, 10:00am–3:00pm. Clients can come once a week for groceries and on average they receive about 130 lbs each time. They get a sleeve of diapers which is about 30 diapers, there’s more in a sleeve of the smaller sizes.
Website: https://www.riverfoodpantry.org/  

Project Babies

They have diapers and other supplies available.
Call: 608-770-9588
Online form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYq9fTa9WzFIFPMrW4cTLyn9YAjyN0v2mLXGB8z2MgCxppKA/viewform

ESL

Literacy Network

Address: 701 Dane Street Madison, WI 53713
Call: (608) 244-3911

Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC)

Free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for beginner through advanced learners. Classes take place at the CMC’s main location at 1862 Beld St unless otherwise noted. Classes are all taught by experienced volunteer instructors. To participate, students may come during any weekday class period to register and take an assessment so they may be placed in the appropriate class. Childcare can be provided for children 3 and older during class upon prior request.
Call: 608-441-0117

Facts and Data

Our previous resources page, containing some useful facts and data, is here.