It can be hard and confusing to figure out where you can go for the things you need in a new place. But there are a lot of local resources available!

Food and Clothes

All of the resources here are "status agnostic": that means they serve everyone and do not ask about immigration status.
Food

• Berkshire County (e.g. Pittsfield, Adams, Great Barrington)
• Franklin County (e.g. Ashfield, Greenfield, Turner's Falls)
• Hampshire County (e.g. Amherst, Northampton, Easthampton)
• Holyoke
• Springfield
• Other Hampden County (e.g. Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Westfield)
• Mobile Food Bank

Clothes
(If you're not familiar with what you need to be safe in the winter, you can also ask for help getting winter clothes at these places!)

• Village Closet Huntington
• Community Clothes Closet Shelburne Falls
• Amherst Survival Center
• Cancer Connection Thrift Shop Northampton
• St Jude's Clothing Center Holyoke
• Wildflower Alliance Clothing Center Springfield
  

Housing

Help finding housing

• Amherst Community Connections
• Northampton Division of Community Care
  

Help paying rent

• Family Outreach of Amherst
  
• Jewish Family Services (only for people who already have asylum status, refugee status, or TPS)
  

Shelters

• Craigs Doors in Amherst
  
• Center for Human Development Amherst
  
• Valley Opportunity Council Chicopee
• YW Western Mass in Springfield
• ServiceNet shelters in Greenfield, Northampton and Pittsfield

English classes

• Jones Library ESL Tutoring Amherst
  
• Center for New Americans in Greenfield, Amherst, and Northampton
  
• International Language Institute Northampton
• Community Education Project Holyoke
• Holyoke Community College
• Valley Opportunity Council Chicopee
• The Gray House Springfield
• Springfield Technical Community College

Jobs

• MassHire Greenfield
  
• MassHire Holyoke
  
• MassHire Springfield
  
• Springfield Works
  
• YouthWorks Springfield
• MassHire Pittsfield

Advocacy

These groups bring immigrant communities together to fight for their rights.

• The Pioneer Valley Workers Center
• Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
• MIRA Coalition
  
• Springfield No One Leaves
  

Other Support Networks

• The Trans Asylum Seekers Support Network
  
• Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)
  

LUCE

LUCE is the Massachusetts statewide ICEwatch hotline. Think You SEE I.C.E. in your area?
CALL: 617-370-5023
The LUCE hotline operates from 6am - 8pm every day of the week across multiple languages: Spanish (ext 1), English (ext 2), Portuguese (ext 3), French (ext 4), Haitian Creole (ext 5), Mandarin (ext 6), and more to be added!