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COVID-19 Community Resource Guide

We hope you all are staying well and safe during this time. In order to help our community members find and access resources available to them, we have created a Google Document with resources for those in Gwinnett county, although it could help to those residing in the rest of Metro Atlanta. We also have this document translated in different languages!

English: Gwinnett County COVID-19 Community Resource Guide

Korean: 메트로 애틀랜타 한인 지역 코로나19 지역사회자원 가이드

Traditional Chinese: 格溫內特縣COVID-19社區資源指南

Simplified Chinese: 格温内特县COVID-19社区资源指南

Vietnamese: Thông tin Covid-19 cho Quận Gwinnett

Read the rest of their resources here

Know Your Rights Resources

Know Your Rights Resources and mini cards/infographics in various languages. Topics include what your rights are when ICE comes to your door and when encountering ICE agents.

Know Your Rights When ICE comes to your door – YOU HAVE RIGHTS IF IMMIGRATION KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR!

Amharic
Arabic
Chinese
English
Hindi
Khmer
Korean
Spanish
Tigrinya
Urdu
Vietnamese

Advancing Justice-Atlanta has developed in-language Know Your Rights mini cards for when ICE comes to your door. To obtain a physical copy of the KYR mini cards, contact us at 404-585-8446.

Amharic
Arabic
Burmese
Chinese
Creo (Haitian)
Dar/Farsi
English
French
Gujarati
Hindi
Karen
Khemer
Kinyarwanda (Congolese)
Korean
Nepali
Pashto
Punjabi
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Urdu
Vietnamese

When encountering ICE agents/law enforcement

English
Spanish

 

 

Free Virtual Citizenship Clinic

Apply for United States Citizenship before the fee increases! USCIS finalized a rule change regarding immigration fees that will go into effect on October 2. The naturalization application fee will increase to $1,170. In addition, USCIS also announced that it will eliminate the Reduced Fee option for naturalization applicants while also limiting applicants’ eligibility for the full fee waiver.

Get your application in before the fee increases! Advancing Justice – Atlanta will host a free virtual citizenship clinic on September 26. Find out more at advancingjustice-atlanta.org or call 404-890-5655. Appointments Required.

Visit the event website here

 

CPACS Food Pantry

CPACS has expanded our food pantry program to provide produce and pantry staples to the community! Our CPACS team is passing out food at the CPACS Main Office Parking Lot on Monday – Friday from 11 AM – 4 PM. Please practice social distancing guidelines when picking up food. Please call 770-936-0969 if you have any questions or in need of other assistance.

CPACS Main Office – 3510 Shallowford Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30341

Visit their website for more information and updates: https://cpacs.org/

CPACS | COVID Multilingual Community Resources

This resource was created to provide information about COVID-19 (coronavirus) to Georgia’s AAPI and immigrant communities. Resources have been collected from various national, state, and local agencies and organizations and reviewed by CPACS staff to provide in-language and culturally competent information. 

Check out the resources Google Drive here

If there are any issues and concerns, please contact [email protected]. We thank you for your support during this time.

CPACS is a nonprofit located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our mission is to promote self-sufficiency and equity for immigrants, refugees, and the underprivileged through comprehensive health and social services, capacity building, and advocacy.