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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Civil Rights, Minority Rights
Mission: Justice for our neighbors east texas(jfon-et) is a faith-driven ministry of hospitality that welcomes immigrants by providing affordable, high-quality immigration legal services to low-income immigrants, engaging in advocacy for immigrant rights, and offering related education to communities of faith and the public. Jfon-et is a part of a national network of immigration legal clinics. Jfon at the national level grew out of the united methodist committee on relief's(umcor) long committment to refugees and immigrants. Umcor established jfon in 1999. Since that time, jfon has grown to a network of 18 sites that support nearly 50 clinics to serve more than 5,000 clients annually.
Programs: Conducted 12 legal clinics serving a total of 69 individual clients. Services provided included immigration consultation, daca renewals, power-of-attorney, family petitions and freedom of information act requests. Held a total of 40 client/public seminars attended by a total of 4,389 individuals on subjects ranging from jfon services, know your rights, us citizenship, family preparedness, voter education, and daca. Provided exhibit booths at an additional 20 public and faith-based events, distributing over 2,000 educational brochures and packets with information on jfon services and topics of concern to the immigrant community.