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Naturalization Application Workshop Project
a CLINIC project
a CLINIC project
NOTE: This webpage
was launched in
January 2007 and
continues to be updated.
Please check the
webpage often for new
information.
was launched in
January 2007 and
continues to be updated.
Please check the
webpage often for new
information.
CLINIC is calling on lawful permanent residents to obtain citizenship. To assist, CLINIC is funding
eighteen organizations to conduct naturalization group application workshops. The project is
supported with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
CLINIC selected the eighteen organizations based on their capacity building needs to serve large
numbers of lawful permanent residents currently eligible for U.S. citizenship and an equal or larger
number of undocumented immigrants who might be receive charitable legal immigration services
using the workshop model.
A workshop is a one-day community event that brings together professionals and trained
volunteers to assist lawful permanent residents in completing the Application for Naturalization (N-
400). The workshop model helped to raise the naturalization rate after Congress passed welfare
reform legislation in 1996 and is being revisited now to increase the naturalization rate, to promote
voter registration, and to prepare for legalization.
CLINIC hopes that the naturalization workshop project will generate strong support from local
charitable immigration programs, pro bono attorneys, ethnic-based service and civic organizations,
English teachers and other volunteers. In addition, CLINIC hopes this project will spur similar groups
and individuals to provide workshops in additional cities to build capacity to serve would-be citizens
and immigrants seeking to legalize their status if and when Congress passes comprehensive
immigration reform.
For additional information, please contact Jeff Chenoweth at 202-635-5826 or
jchenoweth@cliniclegal.org
Organizations participating in CLINIC’s Naturalization Workshop Project
West Coast
Archdiocesan Housing Authority Refugee Assistance Program
4250 South Mead Street
Seattle, WA 98118
Attn: Terra Nevitt
206-725-2090 x 13 or terran@ccsww.org
Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services
231 S.E. 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
Attn: Siovhan Sheridan-Ayala
503-542-2855 x 30 or ssheridan@catholiccharitiesoregon.org
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa
2325 Montgomery Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95405-5001
Attn: Vicki Mayster
707-528-8712 or vmayster@srcharities.org
Catholic Charities of Sacramento, Inc.
2110 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818
Attn: Adela Avila
916-443-5367 or aavila@diocese-sacramento.org
Mountain
Catholic Charities Immigration Services
2525 W. Alameda Avenue
Denver, CO 80219
Attn: Penny Gonzalez-Soto
970-353-6433 x 31 or pgonzalez@ccdenver.org
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
1511 Las Vegas Boulevard, North
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Attn: Jasmine Coca
702-383-2239 or jcoca@catholiccharities.com
Central
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc.
2903 W. Salinas Street
San Antonio, TX 78207
Attn: Linda A. Brandmiller
210-433-3256
lbrandmiller@ccaosa.org
Catholic Charities of Central Texas, Diocese of Austin
1817 East 6th Street
Austin, TX 78702
Attn: Leslie Helmcamp
512-651-6110 or leslie-helmpcamp@austindiocese.org
Catholic Charities Immigration Services, Little Rock
2500 N. Tyler St.
Little Rock, AR 72207
Attn: Patricia S. Houlihan
501-664-0340 x396 or phoulihan@dolr.org
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Inc.
3501 South Lake Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53207-0912
Attn: Barbara Graham
414-643-8570 x 14 or bgraham@ccmke.org
Southeast
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc.
1000 Pinebrook Road
Venice, FL 34285-6426
Attn: Iraida Contreras
941-714-7829 or imcath@verizon.net
Catholic Charities
Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Inc.
1213 16th Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Attn: Jose L. Fernandez
727-893-1311 x 223 or jfernandez@ccdosp.org
Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services
1771 North Semoran Blvd., Suite C
Orlando, FL 32807
Attn: Richard Logue
407-658-0110 x 311
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
442 Metroplex Drive, Building D, Suite 118
Nashville, TN 37211
Attn: David Lubell
615-833-0384 or david@tnimmigrant.org
Catholic Charities, Inc., Diocese of Jackson
200 North Congress Street, Ste. 100
Jackson, MS 39201
Attn: Michael Ann Galliano Oropeza
601-948-2635 or mike.oropeza@catholiccharitiesjackson.org
Casa Guadalupe of Catholic Social Services
603 Peters Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Attn: Lisa Reyna
336-727-4745 or casag@casaguadalupe.org
East Coast
Refugee and Immigration Services
Diocese of Richmond
811 Cathedral Place
Richmond, VA 23220-4801
Attn: Marilyn Breslow
804-355-4559 x 318 or mbreslow@richmonddiocese.org
Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Springfield (MA)
254 Bridge Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Attn: Vicki Riddle
413-452-0606 or v.riddle@diospringfield.org
eighteen organizations to conduct naturalization group application workshops. The project is
supported with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
CLINIC selected the eighteen organizations based on their capacity building needs to serve large
numbers of lawful permanent residents currently eligible for U.S. citizenship and an equal or larger
number of undocumented immigrants who might be receive charitable legal immigration services
using the workshop model.
A workshop is a one-day community event that brings together professionals and trained
volunteers to assist lawful permanent residents in completing the Application for Naturalization (N-
400). The workshop model helped to raise the naturalization rate after Congress passed welfare
reform legislation in 1996 and is being revisited now to increase the naturalization rate, to promote
voter registration, and to prepare for legalization.
CLINIC hopes that the naturalization workshop project will generate strong support from local
charitable immigration programs, pro bono attorneys, ethnic-based service and civic organizations,
English teachers and other volunteers. In addition, CLINIC hopes this project will spur similar groups
and individuals to provide workshops in additional cities to build capacity to serve would-be citizens
and immigrants seeking to legalize their status if and when Congress passes comprehensive
immigration reform.
For additional information, please contact Jeff Chenoweth at 202-635-5826 or
jchenoweth@cliniclegal.org
Organizations participating in CLINIC’s Naturalization Workshop Project
West Coast
Archdiocesan Housing Authority Refugee Assistance Program
4250 South Mead Street
Seattle, WA 98118
Attn: Terra Nevitt
206-725-2090 x 13 or terran@ccsww.org
Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services
231 S.E. 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
Attn: Siovhan Sheridan-Ayala
503-542-2855 x 30 or ssheridan@catholiccharitiesoregon.org
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa
2325 Montgomery Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95405-5001
Attn: Vicki Mayster
707-528-8712 or vmayster@srcharities.org
Catholic Charities of Sacramento, Inc.
2110 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818
Attn: Adela Avila
916-443-5367 or aavila@diocese-sacramento.org
Mountain
Catholic Charities Immigration Services
2525 W. Alameda Avenue
Denver, CO 80219
Attn: Penny Gonzalez-Soto
970-353-6433 x 31 or pgonzalez@ccdenver.org
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
1511 Las Vegas Boulevard, North
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Attn: Jasmine Coca
702-383-2239 or jcoca@catholiccharities.com
Central
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc.
2903 W. Salinas Street
San Antonio, TX 78207
Attn: Linda A. Brandmiller
210-433-3256
lbrandmiller@ccaosa.org
Catholic Charities of Central Texas, Diocese of Austin
1817 East 6th Street
Austin, TX 78702
Attn: Leslie Helmcamp
512-651-6110 or leslie-helmpcamp@austindiocese.org
Catholic Charities Immigration Services, Little Rock
2500 N. Tyler St.
Little Rock, AR 72207
Attn: Patricia S. Houlihan
501-664-0340 x396 or phoulihan@dolr.org
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Inc.
3501 South Lake Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53207-0912
Attn: Barbara Graham
414-643-8570 x 14 or bgraham@ccmke.org
Southeast
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc.
1000 Pinebrook Road
Venice, FL 34285-6426
Attn: Iraida Contreras
941-714-7829 or imcath@verizon.net
Catholic Charities
Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Inc.
1213 16th Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Attn: Jose L. Fernandez
727-893-1311 x 223 or jfernandez@ccdosp.org
Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services
1771 North Semoran Blvd., Suite C
Orlando, FL 32807
Attn: Richard Logue
407-658-0110 x 311
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
442 Metroplex Drive, Building D, Suite 118
Nashville, TN 37211
Attn: David Lubell
615-833-0384 or david@tnimmigrant.org
Catholic Charities, Inc., Diocese of Jackson
200 North Congress Street, Ste. 100
Jackson, MS 39201
Attn: Michael Ann Galliano Oropeza
601-948-2635 or mike.oropeza@catholiccharitiesjackson.org
Casa Guadalupe of Catholic Social Services
603 Peters Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Attn: Lisa Reyna
336-727-4745 or casag@casaguadalupe.org
East Coast
Refugee and Immigration Services
Diocese of Richmond
811 Cathedral Place
Richmond, VA 23220-4801
Attn: Marilyn Breslow
804-355-4559 x 318 or mbreslow@richmonddiocese.org
Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Springfield (MA)
254 Bridge Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Attn: Vicki Riddle
413-452-0606 or v.riddle@diospringfield.org
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