* Offers assistance and support to help people acclimate and access resources and also to help to become citizens.

Assists foreign-born persons in dealing with technical, social and personal problems of moving from one culture to another. Recognized by Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to administer accurate and current immigration information and assistance.ACA provides help with the following: Petition for alien relatives Fiance petitions Permanent resident (Green Card) issues and re-entry permits Foreign pension assistance Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Asylum cases DACA Free citizenship classes Naturatlization assistance VAWA - Violence Against Women Act

* Provides initial refugee resettlement services that includes basic needs and support including:

• Securing and furnishing housing
• Food
• Clothing

Supports the employability of those with refugee, asylee, or temporary protected status. The program focuses on employability and transitional support to life in the U.S.

Provides the following services to refugees in cooperation with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Federal Office Of Refugee Resettlement: airport greeting, finding housing and furnishings, orientation to new communities, seeking employment, referrals to job trainings and ESL programs.

* Offers resettlement services under the United States Refugee Admissions Program.

Provides access to individuals and families who are new to this country through a network of education, advocacy and referral services to language skills, business planning, loan information, community engagement, and more.

Provides housing counseling assistance in resolving housing issues and locating affordable housing for individuals and families. Offers assistance with landlord/tenant crises, evictions, foreclosure prevention services, mortgage default and homelessness. Provides advocacy, assistance with transition to permanent housing, legal advice and referrals to appropriate federal housing programs.

Provides free citizenship legal services, credentialing of foreign-earned degrees and free financial counseling for lawful permanent residents.

Provides resettlement and post-resettlement services that help refugee and immigrant families integrate into their new communities. Offers citizenship classes, ESL classes, relocation moving assistance, employment placement services for newly arriving refugees, and case management to assist with obtaining immigration documents. Also provides a support group for refugees who are victims of domestic violence.

Provides evaluation, psychotherapy and counseling for diverse populations. This includes group/individual/marital/family therapy, acculturation and counseling for the new immigrant, multicultural workshops, multicultural support groups, and psuciatric examinations and psychotropic medication, anger management, confilct resolution and workshop series.

Program is 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. Provides mentoring, advocacy, counseling, tutoring, problem solving, school orientation, mediation, in class support assistance, parent/teacher conferences, homework assistance, crisis intervention, translation and interpretation.

Refugee Resettlement Services provides the following for agency sponsored refugees: housing, food, interpretation, translation, assessment, referral, social adjustment, transportation, cultural transition facilitation, and employment services. Also offers English as a Second Language instruction and employment services for refugees. Immigration Services provides photos, assistance with USCIS applications, and naturalization classes.

Provides free citizenship legal services, credentialing of foreign-earned degrees and free financial counseling for lawful permanent residents.

Provides access to individuals and families who are new to this country through a network of education, advocacy and referral services to language skills, business planning, loan information, community engagement, and more.

Program combines case management and career counseling to ensure that refugee households struggling to achieve economic self-sufficiency during their first six months in the US do not succumb to homelessness, hunger, and/or long-term poverty. Connects refugees to basic needs service providers and employers in order to minimize income vulnerability and attain economic self-sufficiency at the end of the federally mandated resettlement period. Works with the Adult Education Division of Buffalo Public Schools to provide free ESL (English as a Second Language) classes to refugees ages 21 and older. Incorporates financial literacy coaching and training into our career services to provide clients with the tools they need for economic advancement and a bright future.

Provides assistance to refugees and their families in achieving economic and social self-sufficiency. Helps repatriated citizens arrive safely at home. Also provides assistance to victims of human trafficking, and assures proper foster care for unaccompanied refugee and entrant minors.

Assists Hispanic youth and their families in the acculturation process. Addresses problems associated with scholastic underachievement, family dysfunction, domestic violence, child abuse, and neglect. Provides individual and group counseling, family mediation, parent education series, crisis intervention, and school intervention to assist Hispanic youth and their families. Offers after school homework help/tutoring and six week summer camp.

Provides resettlement services for those forced to leave their countries due to unsafe conditions, including help with registering for English language classes, locating translators, finding housing, securing medical care, and applying for jobs. Also offers citizenship and ESOL classes. Legal immigration consultations and application assistance are available by appointment.

Designed to rebuild, empower, and transition refugees by providing caring and compassionate services. Volunteers are available to assist in the transitioning of refugees in American society.

Services for immigrants in need of assistance: FREE Citizenship Applications; Family Petitions; Green Card Applications; Work Authorization Applications; Applications for immigrant victims of domestic violence or other crimes. FREE ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) and volunteers assist with language practice and civics lessons to prepare students for citizenship. Many workshops for non-citizens are held quarterly and a few are: Naturalization & Citizenship and Entrepreneurism Support.We offer a support group for Latino mothers in the Northeast Communities of Dutchess to learn about the New York State school system, nutrition and ways to integrate into our society.