One component of JFS’ work within the Immigrant Services program is the collection and distribution of children’s clothing through the Framingham Public Schools’ Resource Room. When needs arise, JFS also works with volunteer groups and donors to collect...
POSITION: AmeriCorps Member – New American Integration Program HOST SITE: JFSMW – Jewish Family Service of Metrowest LOCATION: Framingham TERM: September 7, 2023 – July 31, 2024 ABOUT NAIP: As an AmeriCorps member...
If you live outside of the metro Boston area, you know that working, shopping, getting to appointments, and managing the demands of life can be very difficult if you don’t have a vehicle. For one client, who immigrated into the United States at the...
Recently JFS of Metrowest along with many other partners such as Bright Horizons, Alight, The Shapiro Foundation, Miles 4 Migrants, Talent Beyond Boundaries, and Social Finance have come together for The Job Sponsorship Pathway program. This program builds on the...
Fuller Middle School Students read a book during this school year, where they learned about what it is like for immigrants and refugees to come to the United States. The middle school students were tasked with creating questions to ask three wonderful guest speakers....
Since its inception, JFS of Metrowest in Framingham has been working with refugees, asylees and others fleeing violence in their home countries to help them build a new life in the Metrowest Greater Boston region of Massachusetts. Over the last year, with the...
