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Services Journey's End offers an array of services to refugees resettled into Western New York. These include resettlement services, education services, employment services, immigration and citizenship services, and interpreting and translation services. Resettlement Services
For more information about resettlement services, contact Maria Del Carmen Rodriguez, Program Manager, Resettlement (716) 856-2632 x18 mrodriguez@jerswny.org. Refugee School Impact Program The Refugee School Impact Program is a grant-funded program through te New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) designed to ease the transition of refugee children into the Buffalo Public School system and to empower parents to be effective partners in the education of their children. Who is eligible? Services: Translation and Interpretation: Our academic coaches can meet your translation needs for various languages, including Arabic, Burmese, Dinka, Karen, Mai-Mai, Somali, Swahili, and Thai. Orientation Services:
A monthly meeting aimed at parents whose children have just entered school (Grades K-12), to learn about the American school system and to have their questions answered by our academic coaches and program staff.
A free training session provided to Buffalo Public Schools that desire to learn more about refugee issues and how to better accommodate their needs. Refugee Academics Let's Go to the Library Intercultural Competency Training In 2002, The University at Buffalo’s School of Family Medicine forged a collaborative with Journey's End Refugee Services to help in preparing its medical students to work with individuals from a variety of cultures. Intercultural competency training was added to the school’s curriculum and, as a result, dozens of medical students have become immersed in the cultures of incoming refugee groups. Since then, Journey’s End has offered cultural competency training to a range of organizations to provide individuals with tools for effective cross-cultural interaction. Journey’s End provides customized training to groups of individuals wishing to expand knowledge and effectiveness at working in a culturally diverse world. Educators, law enforcement agencies, clergy, childcare workers, and other service providers are encouraged to participate. Skilled presenters help develop self-awareness regarding ethnicity and culture, expand understanding of and appreciation for the growing cultural diversity of our country, and enhance communication skills of individuals from different cultures. Training sessions can be arranged to meet your group’s needs and budget. If you wish to explore this, or to suggest other ways to share creative alliances, please contact the Executive Director at 882-4963 ext. 15. Since 1999, Journey's End Refugee Services has been offering employment services. Launched through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), the original program set an ambitious goal of placing all employable refugee clients into full-time positions by their fourth month in the U.S. – a goal that still remains. By the end of the first year of this program, 95% of all employable clients had been placed in gainful employment and were moving their families toward economic self-reliance. Building on this success, Journey's End Refugee Services has expanded employment services, and now offers comprehensive job preparation and placement services to any refugee, asylee, or victim of human trafficking that resides in the Buffalo area. Services include:
If you are interested in our employment services or have a job opening, please contact our Employment Specialist at 882-4963 ext. 16. Immigration and Citizenship Services Started in 2002 with funding from the New York State Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance and Erie County, The Western New York Citizenship Express reaches out to permanent residents of Erie and Niagara Counties to educate and encourage them to become U.S. citizens. The WNY Citizenship Express offers a full range of naturalization services including:
For more information about this program, call (716) 882-4963 x 14. Interpreting & Translation Services Our interpretation staff is able to fluently translate both written and oral communications in languages needed to do business in a global society. These services are ideal for hospitals, schools, courts, insurance companies, and other businesses. (Robert—do you offer personal interpreters for individuals or is this only for businesses?) Our goal is to assist you and your company to bridge language barriers and facilitate your ability to provide the best services for your clients. Our interpreters are available for face-to face oral interpreting during meetings, presentations, seminars, conferences, or other professional settings. We will also accurately translate written documents. Our interpreters and translators offer services in over 30 languages including:
For more information about these services, please contact the Executive Director at 882-4963 ext. 15 or mshort@jerswny.org.
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Nuradin Muradov proudly holds grandson, Suleyman, as his wife, Zukhrakhan, and granddaughter Aygul look on. The family arrived in Richmond, Virginia, in 2005, to start a new life after fleeing their home in Uzbekistan, barefoot and without any possessions, to escape ethnic fighting. Since then, their two grown sons have gotten good jobs as cabinetmakers.
Photo: Annie Griffiths Belt for Church World Service
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