Topic: HIAS Partners
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Aug 30, 2021
Schlepping to Help Arriving Refugees Feels Good in Charlotte
Aug 30, 2021
Betsy Jenkins was watching her foster sons playing with each other in the yard when she saw the email, “Extra help needed for new refugee apartment move-in, can you help?”
Aug 23, 2021
HIAS Resettlement Partners Preparing to Greet Afghans
Aug 23, 2021
In the San Francisco Bay Area, HIAS resettlement affiliates JFCS East Bay and JFS of Silicon Valley are getting ready to welcome more Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders in one month than they usually do in half a year.
Jan 26, 2021
Resettlement Agencies Across the U.S. Are Ready to Rebuild
Jan 26, 2021
As the Trump administration shrank refugee admissions to a trickle, many refugee resettlement organizations shrank as well. Now those groups must repair their ability to welcome new arrivals.
Dec 22, 2020
HIAS and UNHCR Strengthen Long-Standing Partnership
Dec 22, 2020
The leaders of HIAS and UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency, signed a memorandum of understanding that will strengthen the decades-long cooperation between the two organizations.
Dec 16, 2020
HIAS Puts Chromebooks and Computer Education In The Hands of Clients
Dec 16, 2020
COVID-19 has made computers a greater necessity for newcomers than ever before. HIAS and its local affiliates are stepping in to teach clients how to use them.
Aug 11, 2020
Camp-in-a-Box Gives Fun Back to Kids During Pandemic
Aug 11, 2020
JFS of Western Mass. gave refugee families "camp-in-a-box" so kids could still have fun this summer.
Feb 11, 2020
Lawsuit Settlement Will Help Reunite Refugee Families
Feb 11, 2020
This week the U.S. government entered into a major settlement with plaintiffs in Jewish Family Service v. Trump, which challenged in 2017 the third version of an executive order attempting to ban certain refugees from entering the United States.
Nov 18, 2019
HIAS Hosts Awards Dinner
Nov 18, 2019
On November 14, more than 300 guests gathered at Manhattan's Prince George Ballroom for the HIAS Awards, the organization's first major celebration dinner since 2001.
Oct 27, 2019
The Pittsburgh Attack: One Year Later
Oct 27, 2019
HIAS remembers the attack on the Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people on Oct 27, 2018.
Jun 20, 2019
Rosetta Stone and HIAS Partner to Provide Refugees with Language Learning Software
Jun 20, 2019
Rosetta Stone and HIAS Partner to Provide Refugees with Language Learning Software Jun 20, 2019 Partnership will also benefit Airbnb’s Open Homes program Rosetta Stone and HIAS today announced a new partnership that will make language learning software available to help in the refugee resettlement process and to encourage cross cultural exchanges between refugee populations […]