09.25.2020
After successfully awarding $283,926 to 474 immigrant families during our first round of mutual aid, the MN Immigrant Family COVID-19 Fund announces the launch of our second round of online intake forms which will start on Sunday, September 27, 2020, at 10:00 AM Central Time.
Intake forms in English, Khmer, Lao, Spanish, Somali, Swahili, and Vietnamese can be found at this link: https://mnimmigrantfamilyfund.org/application
Rooted in our commitment to equity and access, Round 2 intakes and funds will focus on:
Asian Pacific Islander (API) immigrants – intakes open regardless of area of residence and/or work in the state of Minnesota.
Black immigrants – intakes open regardless of area of residence and/or work in the state of Minnesota.
Latinx immigrants – intakes open ONLY to those living in rural MN and involved in agricultural labor (fields, farms) and meatpacking in the state of Minnesota.
An alignment of several nonprofits/organizations locally and state-wide are fundraising for the MN Immigrant Family COVID-19 Fund and will be disbursing these emergency relief funds. This will provide immediate financial emergency support for immigrant families in the state of Minnesota who, due to immigration status, cannot access state or federal support and have a hard time accessing other resources because of lack of documentation, status, and/or fear of deportation.
While anti-immigrant deployment of persecution and systemic exclusion remains alive and well, we know we only have one another to care for each other. Our communities have historically done the caring and we will continue to do so from the grassroots until our communities’ humanities are legitimized and historically marginalized communities are at the center of decision making.
We will disburse grants of $599 on a first-come, first-serve basis to approximately 1,200 immigrant families in the state of Minnesota with a primary focus on rural areas.
We will close the fund on October 4, 2020, at 11:59 p.m., or when we overwhelmingly exceed our capacity to support folks.
Press contact: Dulce Monterrubio, applications@mnimmigrantfamilyfund.org
Call-in Intake and Support:
Karen: 612-567-6685
Hmong: 507-403-0320
As members of the coalition, we are humbled to be in a position to distribute needed resources to our community members, and we are pained at the extent of this material and economic crisis. Please share the link to our intake forms in your network.
If you are in a position to donate to the fund, we will be continuing to fundraise out of Navigate MN. Please send donations to Navigate, or donate at our GoFundMe page here: bit.ly/MN_Immigrant_Fund.