Refugee Services
The
Idaho Office for Refugees
has statewide
responsibility for administration of the state's federally-funded
refugee resettlement program.
Agency for New
Americans: ANA provides direct resettlement services to Boise
area refugees, including case management, employment development
and placement, support services, and community integration
services.
English Language Center
uses classroom and computer lab settings to
conduct English language instruction for newly arrived refugees
that will equip them to become self-sufficient in the future.
Community Gardens of Boise
seeks opportunities to create community gardens that are physically,
financially, and socially accessible and welcoming to low income and other
underserved populations, including refugees. Initially the project focused on
sites in neighborhoods where refugees reside.
META
(Micro
Enterprise Training and Assistance) provides
loans, one-on-one consulting, business plan training, and other resources to new
Americans, women, minorities, and other low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs
needing to start or expand their businesses in Idaho.
Achieving Self Sufficiency Through
Education, Training, and Saving (ASSETS) Individual Development
Accounts (IDA) is based on the
premise that assets help people get out of poverty. This program
provides a one to one dollar match for every dollar a refugee saves
for the purpose of purchasing a house, pursuing post-secondary
education or starting a small business.
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