IRIS-Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
Services for undocumented neighbors
SUN (Services for Undocumented Neighbors) includes services that IRIS offers to immigrants and displaced people in the community who do not have Refugee immigration status. Undocumented immigrants are facing grim realities; evictions, deportations, medical/health insecurity, lack of food, and lack of employment as the economic collapse due to COVID-19 hit undocumented residents hardest. The SUN program aims to help our clients become strong self-advocates with an awareness of how to access what they need.
Our basic services revolve around – health, education, and food access with limited assistance in legal services.
To be eligible for this program community members must have arrived into the country in the last 2 years and live in the city of New Haven or surrounding towns – including West Haven, East Haven, Hamden, and North Haven. Please fill out this form to receive a call from our intake specialist and determine eligibility.
To learn more about the program, view the Google form:
A Ray of Hope for Undocumented Neighbors
© Rachel Peet
Sophia* arrived from Guatemala to the States in 2018 with her young son, hoping to start fresh. As an undocumented immigrant, she gets help from IRIS’ Services for Undocumented Neighbors (SUN) program.
SUN launched in 2019 when co-manager Camille Kritzman was hired to support migrants without a “refugee” or “asylee” status. Having several years of experience working with CT Students 4 a Dream, Camille evolved from Case Manager to manager of the SUN program at IRIS.