FAMILY SERVICES

IMAA is partnering with Catholic Charities of Southern Minnesota and Workforce Development to provide coordinated services along a continuum of care with a whole family approach.  Services provided assist refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, Cuban and Haitian entrants, Special Immigrant Visa holders, and individuals under humanitarian protection who have been in the U.S. for less than five years. Services include:

Community Workshops: Provide tiered educational workshops to new arrivals that help build familiarity with systems and integration into communities. Workshops include critical topics such as employment readiness, public transit, financial literacy, public education, healthcare, housing, public safety, and other relevant topics. 

Employment and Career Supports: Provides services for employment placement across a range of employment needs. Services include employment skills assessment and goal planning, initial employment placement, employment upgrades that increase economic stability, and bridges to career pathway programs and opportunities economic mobility.

Family Education Supports: Provide longer-term mentoring services related to educational engagement, transitions, and success. Services include support for parent/family engagement with early childhood and student education, K-12 students struggling in school, and youth (aged 15-24) planning for transitions beyond high school. Family Education Supports also include partnering with children’s mental health and cultural wellness programs to support new-to-country students.

Family Resource Connections: Provide critical assistance to families to resolve a wide array of immediate or short-term needs. Services focus on assisting households to access and navigate a wide array of community resources to resolve short and long term needs.