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
PACDA begins in PA with JFCS Counselor as founding member
JFCS CDC Counselor Pamela Harris is a founding member and treasurer of the new NCDA State Division in Pennsylvania! The PACDA (Pennsylvania Career Development Association) was chartered on June 28, 2019 at the NCDA Global Conference! This new organization will offer opportunities for continuing education for career service providers across…Read More
World Refugee Day 2019 in Pictures
Relive World Refugee Day 2019 in downtown Pittsburgh with JFCS! Attached are pictures taking you through our day, including the following: A citizen oath ceremony welcoming 15 new US citizens. Lawrence (Larry) Bartlett, Director of the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (that oversees the US government’s refugees…Read More