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JFS offers low-cost assistance with a wide range of Immigration Services including Green Card and
citizenship applications, preparation of affidavits of invitation, relationship and support for individuals interested in bringing relatives to the U.S., adoption-related legal paperwork, translation of legal paperwork, translations of legal documents, as well as inquiry.
Resettlement Client Career Services
To accommodate the special needs of our resettlement clients, JFS has career services designed
specifically for refugee/immigrant groups. The program offers a unique approach to pre-employment training and job development of participants and policies of the American labor market.
New Americans Community Club:
The JFS New Americans Community Club (NACC) combines social support with practical assistance for
foreign-born older adults. We help these new neighbors access social and medical services, plus direct psychological support, so that the members can successfully integrate into the greater Ann Arbor comm- unity. We offer services in English and Russian and include translation, English as a Second Language
classes, emergency financial assistance, resource advocacy, case management, and cultural programs.
Intake services are offered in English and in Russian on an on-going basis and additional translating
services are available, as needed. During the intake process, clients are presented with options avail-
able from an array programs and services.
NACC currently provides assistance in the following areas:
1. Case Management / Social Services
2. Housing Referrals /Discounts
3 Emergency Financial Assistance
4. Burial Services Assistance
5. Referrals/ Resource Advocacy
6. Transportation
7. Interpretation/Translation Services
8. Assistance with issues related to immigration and naturalization
9. English as a Second Language Program
10. Language Partnership Program
11. Vocational Services (working in partnership with the Senior Aide program in Washtenaw County)
12. Meals-On-Wheels referrals and arrangements
13. Friendly Home Visits
14. The Professional Clothes Closet
15. Food Pantry Program
16. Therapeutic and mutual help group participation
17. Short and long-term counseling
18. Health education
19. Cultural and other educational program
20. Field trips