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Who Do We Serve?
YIIN is guided by requested needs of the immigrant communities based on what they deem essential necessities. While COVID-19 has affected everyone, it has most challenged those who do not have health insurance, unemployment insurance, and job security. When appropriate, we also advocate and support those who cannot speak for themselves including migrant workers, immigrant youth previously detained, and those displaced by major fires. We have also assisted those caught up in immigration procedures who needed financial and legal support while seeking citizenship.
YIIN's latest ongoing project is the Auto Brake Light Repair and free Community Food Pantry Table event held in various locations throughout Yolo County. Folks are welcome to drop in to have their brake lights, headlights and tail lights replaced or repaired free of charge. Yes free of charge! In providing the free vehicle light maintenance, YIIN provides a service to community members which lowers the risk of an individual being pulled over and stopped by law enforcement officials for minor motor vehicle infractions.
At the Community Food Pantry Table food and other supplies are offered gratis to our community members, since many in our communities continue to confront economic challenges and insecurities in the aftermath of the pandemic and the termination of programs conceived to render aid during the pandemic.
YIIN (Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network) strives to collaborate with, advocate for, and support our immigrant neighbors in Yolo County. We believe that by working together and learning from each other we can make our community a better place for all of us to live and thrive.
Monetary needs:
Ongoing need for cash donations to help our immigrant and migrant neighbors defray costs for shelter, food, clothing, health related concerns, education, transportation, etc.
Non-monetary needs:
Interested and motivated persons to join our Board or community advisory committee
Volunteers to help plan and coordinate annual fund raiser/community building events generating donations to respond to local migrant and immigrant basic needs (e.g. food, safety, shelter, money, transportation, etc.)
Collaborate with local agencies to connect immigrants with immigration legal services and filing fee services (e.g. DACA, SIJS, TPS, VAWA, etc.)
Volunteers to become members of our trained team offering quarterly automotive brake light repairs across the community in various locations, alongside other basic needs resources (e.g. food, diapers, essential basic need items, etc.)
Equity is the bedrock of our organization's mission and resource offerings. Since the founding in 2008, our organization has sought to advocate alongside immigrants at a variety of arenas across the region in support of basic needs resources and dignities many of us take for granted. Our primary services include financial support for immigrants experiencing food insecurity, housing insecurity, health challenges, and transportation concerns. Immigrants have continued to face legal, social and economic inequities in the USA, and YIIN is committed to continuing to center equity for all individuals- regardless of immigration status- across our organization's work as we move towards a just society.
Organization name
Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network
other names
YIIN
2008
Tax id (EIN)
27-0962697
Mission Category
Human Services
Operating Budget
$0-$50,000
Organization Need
Funding: Program
Demographics Served
Immigrants & refugees, Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx, Homeless/Underhoused/Unhoused
Local Counties Served
Yolo
Address
PO Box 74295Woodland, CA, US, 95695
Davis, CA, US, 95618
Winters, CA, US, 95694
Esparto, CA, US, 95627
Knights Landing, CA, US