Get commissary funding for LGBTQIA+ and HIV+ detainees

Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP)

Information Status

The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP) provides support for LGBTQIA+ and HIV+ immigrants in detention centers in the U.S. This includes support in the form of commissary funding, legal referrals, and visitations.

Immigration detentionDeportationEmergency financial assistance

What to do next

Ways to connect

Email info@qdep.org

Email for more information.

Call 347-645-9339

Call the hotline for assistance. Clients making contact from detention centers should call the hotline or write a letter to QDEP's office. Clients who are no longer detained should call the hotline or email.

Details

Schedule

Mon - Fri	10 am - 5 pm
Sat - Sun	Closed

ADA Accessible

Yes

Free

Yes

Available Languages

French, Spanish

Safe Spaces

LGBTQ Friendly, Transgender, Nonbinary & Gender Nonconforming Friendly

National

United States

States

Connecticut, New Jersey, New York

Eligibility requirements

Eligibility Requirements

Immigrant/Refugee, Services for LGBTQIA*, GNC, TS (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two Spirit, Gender Non Conforming, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) and HIV+ individuals. You must be or have been detained in immigration detention.

Citizenship Requirements

No citizenship requirements

External Link:http://www.qdep.org/our-work/