CASA Baltimore

Casa de Maryland Baltimore is a Latino and immigration advocacy-and-assistance organization. Programs include financial literacy, citizenship services, legal services, adult education/English as a second language, community organizing/advocacy, and after-school programming for youth.

• CASA provides tax preparation, individual counseling, and workshops on issues such as obtaining identification documents (Individual Tax Identification Number [ITIN], passport, consular identification, and driver’s license), opening a bank account, writing a check, using a debit card, debt analysis, financial planning, and creating a budget. Local banks also visit CASA’s Centers to help members open accounts.
• CASA provides a variety of legal services for low-income immigrants in housing, employment, and immigration matters. CASA provides its members free legal consults on these matters during weekly intake sessions. Assistance in defending the legal rights of our members is accomplished through mass education sessions, advocacy, individual representation, and impact litigation.
• Assistance in applying for a variety of immigration benefits before the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) where CASA has established itself as the number one non-profit provider in Maryland.