Continuing news about the separation of immigrant children from their parents, and other children who arrive alone at the border seeking refuge in this county, is heartrending. No matter how one feels about immigration in general, we can only imagine the trauma these children are living through and feel for…Read More
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Grieving is learning to integrate loss in life.
Written in collaboration with Gina M Goth M. Ed CAC LPC We never “get over” the loss of our loved ones. There is no timeline, and no right way or wrong way to grieve. But in time we can learn to adjust and to grow forward through grief. We accept…Read More
JFCS Statement on refugee resettlement projections for 2020
JFCS Pittsburgh urges the Federal Government to reconsider cuts to the refugee resettlement program in 2020. On September 26, 2019, the federal government announced intentions to lower the refugee admissions ceiling for Fiscal Year 2020 to a mere 18,000 refugees. This number, lowered from the 2019 number of 30,000 is…Read More