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Olga Ngalula was a financial officer and local seamstress in the Democratic Republic of Congo before being forced to flee her country. Olga and her family were resettled in the United States in August of 2015 and began rebuilding their lives in the greater Atlanta area.

As a way of tackling the ongoing displacement crisis, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ is focusing on community engagement to help with the integration of resettled refugees into our local communities, through a new Community Sponsorship model called the HOME (Housing, Orientation, Mentoring, Education) program.

Brittney Cooper decided to start Shyne Auto Detail LLC in December 2018. Her passion for auto detailing grew after managing detailing for more than 20 dealerships around the metro Atlanta area. Opportunities for new accounts developed fairly quickly and today, Brittney is proud to be one of the best female auto detailers in Atlanta. 

Hetal Soni, originally from India, is the owner of Yogi Elixir ATL and one of over 2,300 entrepreneurs served by the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP).

Starting this month, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ offices in San Jose and Turlock/Modesto have teamed up with the federal government to provide virtual orientation services for asylees, replacing in-person orientation services formerly provided at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum office in San Francisco.

Spreading the word and spreading resources: volunteers at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) in Salt Lake City call refugees to provide more information about Census 2020.