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412 Futures, formerly known as the Refugee Youth Employment Program, helps refugee and immigrant high school students in Allegheny County navigate and plan for life after graduation. The challenges that high school students already face are often compounded by language and cultural barriers for immigrant students. JFCS works with ARYSE,…Read More
When she was a young woman in the former Soviet Union, Svetlana Geguzina followed in the footsteps of her physicist father and earned a Ph.D. in physics. For 26 years she put those skills to work for a government physics institute. “I liked it, but I did not see why…Read More
For the last 17 years, when seniors or their family members contacted AgeWell Pittsburgh for assistance, the first person they typically spoke to was Maxine Horn. As the AgeWell Pittsburgh Information and Referral Specialist, it was Maxine’s job to talk to callers about their problems or concerns, let them know…Read More
From JFCS CEO and President, Dr. Jordan Golin: "Pittsburgh benefits from the cultural richness, diversity and energy refugees bring to our region. It is also our obligation and an American value to provide humanitarian assistance to some of the world's most vulnerable people. We should not forget how many of…Read More