Important Announcement: We are relaunching our ReUnite Project!
If you are a sister organization, please keep your eyes peeled for announcements about client referrals. If you are a community member or family looking for support, we will be updating our website soon with further information about services and intake. We will also be looking for dedicated volunteers to support ReUnite moving forward and look forward to connecting with our network!
To those of you who have supported or collaborated with ReUnite in the past, we look forward to continued collaboration. We are deeply grateful to the hundreds of dedicated ReUnite volunteers, partners, donors, and supporters who have made this work possible over the last five years. Thank you for standing with us and with immigrant families.
Breaking Barriers, Reuniting Families, Restoring Hope
VECINA’s ReUnite Project provides pro bono legal assistance to sponsors of detained unaccompanied immigrant children in order to help them navigate the complexities of the reunification process. Since ReUnite launched in March of 2021, we have provided reunification and post-release support to over 1,400 unaccompanied children. ReUnite is the only program in the United States that provides pro bono legal assistance to sponsors to help them secure the release of detained unaccompanied minors.
We recognize the critical role our referring partners play in connecting us with sponsors in need of reunification assistance. We happily accept referrals from UC legal service providers in the Acacia network, the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, UC care providers, and other community service providers working with unaccompanied minors or their loved ones. If you would like to refer a case for assistance through the ReUnite Project, please review the information below. You can also click here to learn more about the ReUnite Project.
ReUnite Project Referral Status
Referral Acceptance Status: REOPENING SOON
Last updated on 3/18/25: We have paused our acceptance of new ReUnite referrals until further notice.
As you are likely aware, the recent chilling ORR policy updates have severely affected reunification options for many children in ORR custody, adding layers of complexity and heartache to an already difficult situation. This strategic pause on our referral acceptance is a necessary step as we address the cases in our pipeline and reflect on how best to continue supporting unaccompanied minors and immigrant families and explore how to reimagine our role in this evolving landscape as we evaluated where the needs are now.
We remain deeply committed to supporting immigrant children and their families, and we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing partnership. Your trust and collaboration are invaluable to us, and we are committed to keeping you informed of any updates as we gain more clarity on our next steps. Please feel free to reach out to our ReUnite Project team at ReUnite@vecina.org if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a call for further clarification or discussion.Â
We recognize that this is an incredibly challenging, confusing, and uncertain time for unaccompanied minors, their families, and the incredible advocates — like YOU — who work tirelessly to support them, no matter the turbulence they are confronting. We want you to know that we see you, we value you, and we stand in solidarity with you through these difficult times.
Referral Form
If the referral acceptance status above is listed as “OPEN,”, please complete this ReUnite Referral Form and email it to our ReUnite Project team at ReUnite@vecina.org, copying our Administrative coordinator at Admin@vecina.org. When we receive your referral, we will reply to you as quickly as possible.
Flyers for Sponsors
When you refer a case to VECINA’s ReUnite Project, we know that it may be helpful for you to be able to share a flyer with the sponsor regarding our work. You are welcome to share the flyers below with sponsors, which include our ReUnite hotline number where sponsors can reach us if they have any questions.
English
Spanish
Haitian Creole
French
Portuguese
Dari
Russian
Ukrainian
Arabic
Mam
Q’eqchi
Kaqchikel
K’iche
Chuj
We intend to have these flyers translated into more languages as time goes on. You may notice that the flyers in the indigenous languages look a slightly different from the rest of the flyers because we have not yet had a chance to get these flyers translated into the newest version. However, the phone number for our hotline and the explanation of what we do are still the same on every flyer.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the ReUnite Project, our current referral acceptance status, the process of referring a sponsor for reunification assistance, or you are unsure whether a case is appropriate to refer to ReUnite, please don’t hesitate to contact our ReUnite team at ReUnite@vecina.org.
We are grateful for your continued partnership and we look forward to helping reunite more families!