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Core programs of the Chaldean Community Foundation include:
Refugee Acculturation Sustainability and Training (RAST):
Helps refugees and others acculturate and become less dependent on federal and state subsidies
and services
Refugee Mental Health:
Supplies much-needed mental health referral services to refugees and others in SE MI
English as a Second Language (ESL):
Teaches individuals English through a partnership with Macomb Community College
Breaking Barriers:
Provides assistance and advocacy to the disabled and respite to caregivers.
Braille ESL Acculturation Mobility (B.E.A.M.) Program:
Helps better equip those with visual impairments to live independent lives
Hard of Hearing, ESL, American Sign Language, Life Skills (H.E.A.L.) Program:
Helps better equip those with hearing impairments to live independent lives
Immigration:
Helps individuals apply for lawful permanent resident status and to become naturalized citizens
U.S. Naturalization Courses:
Instruction and training for successful completion of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) Naturalization Examination
Career Services:
Provides job search, training and placement
Certified Healthcare Navigators:
On-site to enroll individuals in the Affordable Care Act and Healthy Michigan Plan (Funded entirely
through community donations)
Cultural Competency Training:
Provides education and information to community, health and government organizations on and
about the Chaldean community
Project Bismutha (the “act of healing”):
Provides free or reduced-cost healthcare to Iraqi Christian and Chaldean refugees without medical
insurance through the Chaldean American Association for Health Professionals. (Funded entirely
through community donations)
Loan Fund:
Provides low-interest loans to help refugees purchase a car (Funded entirely through community
donations)
Academic and Endowed Scholarship Programs:
Provides financial aid assistance for Chaldean students to help meet the escalating costs of education.
(Funded entirely through community donations)
Giving Hearts:
Philanthropic Chaldean women’s collaboration in memory of the late Vivian Esshaki Shouneyia.
Legacy project committed to alleviating the financial duress related to medical care expenses and
burdens of breast cancer. (Funded entirely through community donations)
Waad Murad Advocacy Fund:
Memorial fund that offers a reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the
assailant(s) of violent crimes perpetuated against Chaldean business people. (Funded entirely
through community donations).