Program areas at New American Pathways
The newly-arrived refugees we serve, who represent a wide range of cultures and languages, are under tremendous pressure to adapt quickly to American life and culture. Within a few short months, they are expected to speak english, find sustainable employment, enroll their children in school, and understand the complexities of the American health care system, government programs, the school system, and social services.
Refugee youth face specific challenges to success including education gaps, language barriers, and limited supplemental academic support. In addition, newly arriving refugee children exhibit a strong need for focused social and behavioral support as they acclimate to the united states education system and culture. Not addressing these needs may leave youth and their families a short window of opportunity to obtain literacy and core skills before graduating from high school.
Our mission is to help refugees and Georgia thrive. Our vision is to promote safety and stability, self-sufficiency, success, and service for individual refugees and refugee families in Georgia.
The concept of family empowerment varies in meaning in different parts of the world. Refugee parents want to lay a secure foundation for their childrens success, but they sometimes need additional support, skills, and education. We provide early intervention, family violence prevention, and targeted womens career development to support refugee parents and their children.
Our immigration services team provides low-cost high-quality immigration legal services to refugees, asylees, cuban entrants, survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and other crimes, and other immigrants who have low income. We are licensed through the department of justice to represent clients before uscis (immigration) and are working toward licensing to represent people in immigration court.
New American Pathways forward adult education program provides support to refugees and immigrants who are looking to improve their english fluency and grow in their careers. Our english at home program matches volunteers with New americans for one on one english tutoring. Our vocational counseling services help refugees and immigrants develop the skills they need to advance in their careers through one on one support and/or enrollment in our forward career Pathways cohort program.