Leslie Aizenman, Director of JFCS Refugee and Immigrant Services, was a featured speaker at the recent Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Immigrant and Refugee Health Conference. This year’s conference focused on mental health issues. Leslie spoke about JFCS’s community support groups, which are peer-led by members of each newcomer community. JFCS…Read More
Category: JFCS Refugee & Immigrant Services
Immigrant Services and Connections (ISAC) Annual Report
Immigrant Services and Connections (ISAC), a five-agency collaboration that refers refugees and immigrants to local services, just released its annual report for 2018-2019. As the leading community partner in ISAC. we are proud to share that during that fiscal year, ISAC completed 7,106 referrals to 1,087 different programs and providers,…Read More
Learn and Earn 2019 – another great year!
Learn and Earn 2019 has wrapped up with the annual pizza and cake celebration! Learn and Earn helps Allegheny County youth find summer jobs where they can gain work experience and responsibility, explore different career paths, and make some spending money. JFCS runs several refugee youth programs year round, among…Read More
JFCS in the News: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
‘They’re human beings’: Peduto, community leaders react to ICE’s nationwide raid by Lauren Lee, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 11, 2019 After the New York Times reported that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is to start nationwide raids on Sunday, community leaders and immigration organizations in Pittsburgh expressed their concerns and…Read More