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MEMBER BENEFITS
CLINIC offers a yearly membership to Catholic
Charities, Catholic Diocesan programs, and
Religious Orders. An agency's membership
includes
• access to CLINIC's 800 number. CLINIC's
legal staff answer the 800 line five days
a week to assist partner agencies with legal
immigration questions.
• a one-year subscription to "CLINIC News."
The newsletter provides updates in CLINIC
Board decisions, new program initiatives,
legislative and administrative advocacy, news
from the Catholic network, trainings, and much
more.
• participation in consortia and fundraising
projects.
• discounted access to trainings, publications, &
CLINIC events, such as the Annual Convening.
MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES
1. Catholic Character
CLINIC's mission is to extend and improve the legal immigration work of the Catholic Church in the
United States. Furthermore, its federal tax-exempt status turns, in part, on its religious identity and
affiliation. Thus, as a rule, CLINIC cannot have non-Catholic members or enter service contracts
with non-Catholic entities. Exceptions to this rule require the approval of its Executive Director
and, occasionally, its Board of Directors.
In September 1999, CLINIC's Board of Directors recognized a refinement to this general rule in the
case of dioceses or Catholic Charities who have developed referral, funding or programmatic
relationships with non-Catholic charitable immigration programs in their area. At the request of the
diocese or Catholic Charities, CLINIC's Board determined that CLINIC could provide membership
services to such non-Catholic programs, although at a charge beyond the normal membership
fee. In addition, the Catholic Charities or diocese would remain the CLINIC member agency. CLINIC
memberships are available to Catholic agencies that are authorized to practice law, or working
towards becoming authorized accredited.
This policy does not apply to individual low-income newcomers. CLINIC and its partner agencies
provide legal services to low-income newcomers without reference to their religion, race,
ethnicity, gender or country of origin
2. Billing
Member agencies are billed every January for their dues for that year. The fees are based on the
size of the immigration program budget.
Membership payments are due by the end of February of the new year. This fee schedule was
approved by the advisory committee, and selected as one that would not unduly burden
programs or dissuade them from remaining CLINIC members.
3. Charging for Trainings, Publications & Events
Apart from this general rule, many of the services CLINIC provides to its Catholic partner agencies
like its trainings, newsletter and publications, can also be extended on a fee basis to non-Catholic
entities, particularly charitable organizations. This is in keeping with CLINIC's charitable mission,
and has the added benefit of helping to expand CLINIC's work to its Catholic member agencies.
However, CLINIC's member agencies must first be served --and served well-- before other
entities can access CLINIC's services.
For more information on CLINIC Membership, contact
E-mail Dinah Suncin
If you do not have a password for member sign-in, send an email to Melissa Williams.
SIGN IN
or JOIN TODAY (e-mail Dinah Suncin)
MEMBER BENEFITS
CLINIC offers a yearly membership to Catholic
Charities, Catholic Diocesan programs, and
Religious Orders. An agency's membership
includes
• access to CLINIC's 800 number. CLINIC's
legal staff answer the 800 line five days
a week to assist partner agencies with legal
immigration questions.
• a one-year subscription to "CLINIC News."
The newsletter provides updates in CLINIC
Board decisions, new program initiatives,
legislative and administrative advocacy, news
from the Catholic network, trainings, and much
more.
• participation in consortia and fundraising
projects.
• discounted access to trainings, publications, &
CLINIC events, such as the Annual Convening.
MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES
1. Catholic Character
CLINIC's mission is to extend and improve the legal immigration work of the Catholic Church in the
United States. Furthermore, its federal tax-exempt status turns, in part, on its religious identity and
affiliation. Thus, as a rule, CLINIC cannot have non-Catholic members or enter service contracts
with non-Catholic entities. Exceptions to this rule require the approval of its Executive Director
and, occasionally, its Board of Directors.
In September 1999, CLINIC's Board of Directors recognized a refinement to this general rule in the
case of dioceses or Catholic Charities who have developed referral, funding or programmatic
relationships with non-Catholic charitable immigration programs in their area. At the request of the
diocese or Catholic Charities, CLINIC's Board determined that CLINIC could provide membership
services to such non-Catholic programs, although at a charge beyond the normal membership
fee. In addition, the Catholic Charities or diocese would remain the CLINIC member agency. CLINIC
memberships are available to Catholic agencies that are authorized to practice law, or working
towards becoming authorized accredited.
This policy does not apply to individual low-income newcomers. CLINIC and its partner agencies
provide legal services to low-income newcomers without reference to their religion, race,
ethnicity, gender or country of origin
2. Billing
Member agencies are billed every January for their dues for that year. The fees are based on the
size of the immigration program budget.
Membership payments are due by the end of February of the new year. This fee schedule was
approved by the advisory committee, and selected as one that would not unduly burden
programs or dissuade them from remaining CLINIC members.
3. Charging for Trainings, Publications & Events
Apart from this general rule, many of the services CLINIC provides to its Catholic partner agencies
like its trainings, newsletter and publications, can also be extended on a fee basis to non-Catholic
entities, particularly charitable organizations. This is in keeping with CLINIC's charitable mission,
and has the added benefit of helping to expand CLINIC's work to its Catholic member agencies.
However, CLINIC's member agencies must first be served --and served well-- before other
entities can access CLINIC's services.
For more information on CLINIC Membership, contact
E-mail Dinah Suncin
If you do not have a password for member sign-in, send an email to Melissa Williams.
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202.635.2556
202.635.2649 fax
media inquiries:
e-mail me
(202) 635-5810
CLINIC OFFERS NON-CATHOLIC
AGENCIES "SUBSCRIBER STATUS"
Subscriber status provides access to
CLINIC’s toll-free Immigration Information
Hotline, a sample Board of Immigration
Appeals (BIA) application for agency
recognition and staff accreditation, regular
e-mails on legal updates, and three copies
of CLINIC’s monthly newsletter.
Get more info & the Application Form (pdf).
AGENCIES "SUBSCRIBER STATUS"
Subscriber status provides access to
CLINIC’s toll-free Immigration Information
Hotline, a sample Board of Immigration
Appeals (BIA) application for agency
recognition and staff accreditation, regular
e-mails on legal updates, and three copies
of CLINIC’s monthly newsletter.
Get more info & the Application Form (pdf).
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