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Volunteering with Refugee Students This month’s JFCS Refugee & Immigrant Services Volunteer Spotlight features Amy! Amy has been volunteering with the After School Club for over a year, helping refugee kids with their homework and other activities. She first learned about the After School Club when her church contacted JFCS…Read More
Coming to America On January 21, 2020, smiling faces, warm food from their neighbors, and a household of donations from welcoming community members greeted Pittsburgh’s first refugee family of the new year. The family of seven--father, mother, four sons, and grandmother--arrived on a long flight from Tanzania to New York…Read More
JFCS Refugee & Immigrant Services was pleased to receive NAP tax credits to expand services in the newest refugee community in the City’s West End. NAP (Neighborhood Assistance Program) is a tax credit program in Pennsylvania that encourages business to invest in projects which improve distressed areas or support neighborhood…Read More
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs The New York Times, Oct. 30, 2019 [caption id="attachment_6734" align="alignleft" width="300"] Funugo Nsanzinfura and a friend’s daughter during a video call with his wife and daughter. The Trump refugee rules are stacked against the Congolese in ways large and small. Credit...Louise Johns for The New York Times[/caption]…Read More