Dominican Development Center
The Dominican Development Center (DDC) works to improve the quality of life of immigrant communities residing in the Boston area. They provide immigration services and referrals, citizenship clinics, and advocate for immigrant workers rights. They achieve their mission by allowing members to participate in the decision-making process and by allowing them to have direct participation in designing and organizing all grassroots programs.
| Counties served: |
Essex, Suffolk |
Services Provided
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Other areas of legal assistance: |
Consumer |
| Non-legal services: |
Citizenship / Civics classes |
| Populations served: |
Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender |
| Languages spoken: |
English, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
| Other information: |
Work with National Alliance of Domestic Workers to address issues with worker rights and Wome's rights. |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Magalis Troncoso Lama
(857) 719-9055
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| Other Information |
Work in collaboration with the City of Boston & MIRA, coordinating Immigrant Clinic and workers rights to greater levels. |
