Family Support Program

Refugee and immigrant women and their families have unique needs that require cultural and linguistic competency to ensure families are able to acquire skills and knowledge to navigate the system in their adoptive country.

The ReWA Family Support Program provides a holistic approach to assisting refugee and immigrant families to make the transition to self-sufficiency and integration into the American society while preserving their own culture. ReWA's Family Support Program offers services and resources that assist clients to overcome obstacles by providing the following services:

• Vocational ESL (English for employment)
• Job readiness/work behavior training
• Intensive job search
• Job placement, followed by job retention services
• Social services to help individuals with a wide array of services, such as access to housing, legal services, immigration, child care, obtaining divers' licenses, utility assistance, and information and referral to ReWA programs and other agencies
• Mental health counseling and workshops
• Mental health consultation and training to refugee and immigrant communities and service providers
• Refugees and immigrants utilizing the Family Support Program work with multilingual Social Service and Employment Specialists who create a comprehensive plan to help individuals toward self sufficiency.