Immigration Services Bureau

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Mission

Provide immigrant Californians with high-quality immigration legal services and other supportive services to facilitate their integration into community.

About

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Immigration Services Bureau (ISB) develops, implements, and administers comprehensive programs that fund nonprofits across the State to provide pro bono immigration legal services, education and community outreach, and other essential immigrant inclusion and integration efforts. The Department also invests in immigrant equity initiatives and special capacity building programs to increase immigration legal services availability for the most underserved immigrant populations and historically underserved regions, including in the California State University (CSU) and California Community College (CCC) campuses. In addition to these programs, the CDSS administers funding to provide critical assistance to immigrants during emergency situations. Through these programs, the CDSS increases the capacity of legal service providers to support underserved immigrant populations.

Visit the ISB Program page for additional information on the programs developed through the ISB. 

Open Requests for Applications (RFA)

Detained Representation (DR) Project: authorized under Special Session Senate Bill, the DR Project is intended to respond to the evolving legal needs of vulnerable immigrant communities impacted by federal changes to immigration policy and regulations. The RFA period closes on June 4, 2025 at 11:59pm. For more information, visit the DR Project website. 

Questions

If you are seeking more information about legal services available to the public, visit the Public Legal Assistance Resources webpage for more information. 

For any of the questions, please use the ISB Contact Us page.