The IRC in New York was awarded a New York Department of State Office for New Americans Opportunity Center grant that will allow it to file 300 free immigration applications over the next 3 years and offer free citizenship preparation classes through its partner New York Historical Society.  

The IRC’s POWERPLUS program, which is led by the IRC in NY’s Economic Empowerment program, prepares female-identifying participants to overcome barriers to upward economic mobility by offering intensive one-on-one technical assistance.   Participants receive support in the necessary training, licenses, credentials, and certificates in three tracks: childcare, case management, and individualized coaching.  

Returning back to in-person learning at the IRC in NY’s Newcomer Youth Summer Academy (NYSA) has been a highlight for the Education & Learning (E&L) team. NYSA is a five-week program that prepares newly arrived refugee children and youth for success at their grade level in the New York City public school system. The IRC in NY is thrilled about NYSA celebrating its 23rd year, bringing social-emotional learning, creative education, and a culturally responsive curriculum to each student. 

Families living in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are struggling to put food on the table as they experience severe drought combined with food shortages caused by ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Right now, 20 million people are at risk of going hungry.

Our 6,000 person staff—99 percent of them Afghans themselves—are working across 12 provinces to deliver programs in education, health and nutrition, women’s protection and empowerment, and more.

Some Afghans in the U.S. could soon lose their ability to work, find health care, reunite with family members and even their legal right to live in the country.