JFS News
A CITY OF GOOD NEIGHBORS IS HELPING AFGHAN EVACUEES
Saving Afghan Evacuees BUAE Needs Your Help to Meet the Challenge Imagine being uprooted from your homeland, and the only place you’ve ever known. Imagine being thrust into a new culture with minimal understanding of its language and customs, without an income, a...
WNY Refugee and Asylee Consortium Launches Unprecedented Campaign, Buffalo United for Afghan Evacuees, to Serve Hundreds Coming to Buffalo
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, September 2, 2021 – The five local organizations which comprise the Western New York Refugee and Asylee Consortium (WNYRAC) – Catholic Charities of Buffalo, International Institute of Buffalo, Jericho Road Community Health Center, Jewish Family...
JFS OF WESTERN NEW YORK: CREATING PATHWAYS OF SUPPORT FOR COMPLEX NEEDS
BUFFALO, NY (August 26, 2021) – Jewish Family Services of Western New York (JFS) today officially rebranded itself, shared a new strategic direction for the 160-year-old agency, and began a conversation about Afghani refugee resettlement. At a press event this...
JFS AWARDED $2 MILLION TO SUPPORT REFUGEE YOUTH
Award will enable expansion of the agency’s Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugee Youth initiative, support multiple refugee communities, and add jobs. BUFFALO, NY (July 15, 2021) – Jewish Family Services of Western New York (JFS) is announcing that it is the recipient...