LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM FUND
Double Your Impact. Defend Their Rights.
Help Unlock the Full $200,000 Match
Every dollar donated to CWS Lancaster will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $200,000, doubling the impact of your gift.
$75,000 raised toward our $200,000 goal
37.5% fundedWhen the full match is met: $400,000 will help our legal staff and partners represent more than 200 unaccompanied children as they navigate a complex immigration system.
An Invitation to Double Your Impact and Defend the Right to Seek Safety
On July 31, the administration ended a critical federal contract supporting a nationwide network of nearly 100 experienced nonprofit legal providers, including CWS Lancaster.
This is not an abstract policy change. This creates real danger for the children we have promised to protect.
We have made a promise to the children and families we serve: that they will not have to navigate the immigration system alone.
We intend to keep that promise.
but we cannot do it without your help.
For a limited time, every gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $200,000 to help sustain CWS Lancaster's Legal Services Program as we continue to represent more than 200 unaccompanied children as they navigate a complex immigration system.
What Your Gift Supports
While we have persevered through some difficult times over our almost 40-year history, we have never before witnessed such aggressive actions against our clients and our mission. Your gift today helps provide emergency assistance for stabilization, integration programs for long-term success and belonging, and trusted legal services to ensure human rights that guide refugees and immigrants toward lawful status and long‑term security.
Emergency Assistance for Stabilization
Provides for an individual or family needing support understanding local resources
Integration for Long-Term Success
Provides ESL instruction and job orientation for the workplace
Legal Services to Ensure Rights
Supports naturalization services for qualifying legal permanent residents.
Joseph's Story
Fueled by his own unwavering determination and guided by his mentors’ encouragement, Joseph forged a path from a refugee camp to Penn State University.
new neighbors got their first job
neighbors received wellness support
legal consultations
applications filed
Maximize Your Impact
Monthly Giving
Increase your impact and become a sustaining partner of our support of refugees and immigrants in central Pennsylvania.
Tap "
Monthly" in the give box or learn more using the button below.
Non-cash Assets
Use this easy, secure tool through FreeWill to initiate non-cash gifts, like stocks, IRA distributions, and donor-advised fund donations. Make sure to designate for the local Lancaster office and alert Rachel Helwig at rhelwig@cwsglobal.org.
