Refugees are individuals who are unable to return to their country of origin because of persecution or well-founded fear of persecution on the account of race, religion, and nationality, membership in a particular social group, political opinion, or displacement due to climate change.
The refugee program offers multiple services:
- Conducting family self-sufficiency plans/individual employment plans
- Training in ESL and VESL four days a week
- Weekly employment workshop training
- Being the go-to resource center
- Employment services, job counseling, job search assistance and employment support and retention
- Case management, home visits and identification of employment and social barriers
- Family mentoring
- Low-income program support services
- Elderly refugee services (non-employment) with ESL training, citizenship training, naturalization application assistance, and referrals for transportation and support services