Jan 24, 2025 | Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, Resettlement, We are JFS!
Representatives from JFS, Manager of Immigrant Services Maggie Kenney and Case Manager Amira Elamri, recently had the privilege of presenting to a unique group of students at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill. These students, who have chosen to study Arabic...
Dec 31, 2024 | Business, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
JFS of Metrowest is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a generous $5,000 donation from Needham Bank to help support its Refugee Rental Subsidy Program. This funding will provide critically needed rental subsidies for low-income refugee families in Needham,...
Nov 7, 2024 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
JFS of Metrowest provides emergency support to refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants that have recently arrived to the Metrowest area. Many of these families have traveled from warm, tropical climates and have never experienced a New England winter before. As the...
Sep 11, 2024 | Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
The Framingham Red Roof Inn has been a partner of JFS since the fall of 2020, when we started to see a number of clients living in their cars as a result of pandemic-related housing crises. The Red Roof Inn staff readily worked with JFS to provide safe shelter to...
Aug 8, 2024 | Business, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
HomeBASE is a state-funded program to help families in the EA Emergency Family Shelter system secure safe, long-term housing. It provides up to $30,000 over a two-year period, with the possibility of up to an additional $15,000 for a third year of help. JFS has been...
Jul 24, 2024 | Community Partners, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Since 1979, JFS has been instrumental in resettling hundreds of refugee families in the Metrowest Greater Boston area. Key to our success has been the involvement of our organizational partners and volunteers who have joined with us to surround these newcomers with...
