RFS Programs

During the past year, RFS served approximately 2,500 refugee/immigrant women and children in the metro-Atlanta area. RFS provides critical human services, youth programs, health services, education programs and domestic violence prevention programs. This work furthers our mission to support the efforts of refugee women and children to achieve self-sufficiency in the United States by providing education and economic opportunity.

During the past ten years of service, programs designed to achieve self-sufficiency have worked.  In the past year, successes with the women and youth clients we serve include:

• 109 refugee women received job readiness training and jobs placements. RFS caseworkers performed 90-day and one year follow-up reviews to ensure their clients’ continued success at work.

• 240 refugee and immigrant women and children took steps toward violence free lives. RFS provided crisis intervention services and shelter placements to ensure a safe and healthy future for
themselves and their families.

• 107 refugee youth participated in the RFS After-school Program. These youngsters developed academic skills in a safe and welcoming environment.

• Parents were connected to nearly 75 schools and eight Head Start/Pre-K centers to improve their children’s education. Our caseworkers also performed 3,321 advocacy and interpretation services
ensured that school-family communication lines remained open.

• 45 refugee families currently have a volunteer match for the three month Family Literacy tutoring program. Volunteers not only instruct their families on the English language, they impart valuable
insight into American culture.

Please click on the tabs above to learn more about the RFS Women’s Program, Youth and School Services Program, and Strengthening Families.