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Since 2018, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Denver has offered financial capability services to refugee clients through the Financial Capability for New Americans program (FC4NA). Thanks to the generous support of Wells Fargo and other funders, this program has been invaluable to many families financially impacted by the pandemic.

Private donations contribute greatly to the success of the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡'s work. Although we receive state and federal funding for initial resettlement and employment services, the assistance we provide to refugee families beyond their first few months in the U.S. would not be possible without community support.

With the support of the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ piloted a new approach to increase access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care for adolescents in Goma, DRC. This report highlights the strategy developed to address foundational facility and community-level barriers that prevent adolescents from accessing and receiving quality SRH services. 

Five years after arriving in Baltimore from his native Afghanistan, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ client Mohammad is now working as an HVAC technician with the help of ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡'s career development services.

Private donations contribute greatly to the success of the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡'s work. Although we receive state and federal funding for initial resettlement and employment services, the assistance we provide to refugee families beyond their first few months in the U.S. would not be possible without community support.

̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Virginia has long sought and valued feedback about our services. Now, our new Client Voice Initiative (CVI) takes this commitment one important step further: The program strives to ensure that our refugee families have a voice in developing the resettlement support that they need.

More than a dozen Stanislaus County residents forged bonds with refugee clients from the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Turlock/Modesto on April 21, as they helped them with job interview practice during the 10th annual Love Modesto day of community service.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in LA booth included staff members from Resettlement, Early Employment, Citizenship and Immigration departments. Refugees, asylees and immigrants asked staff and volunteers about the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s mission, its office services and citizenship and financial literacy workshops. The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in LA is a founding member of the RFLA and helped to organize the World Refugee Day event.