Resettlement
Jewish Family Service’s Refugee & Immigrant Service Centers offer refugees and immigrants culturally sensitive employment programs, English as a Second Language instruction and related social services. Participants are supported and encouraged as they integrate successfully into their new environments.
The JFS Refugee & Immigrant Service Centers are staffed with professional case managers/job developers fluent in Cantonese, Hmong, Mandarin, Laotian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Somali, Arabic, Farsi and Lithuanian. The culturally diverse staff is recruited directly from the ethnic communities we serve. Our staff provides individualized and effective guidance to hundreds of clients each year.
The Centers serve individuals and families from King and Snohomish Counties. All programs are offered at no charge to participants and are made possible by generous funding from the following sources:
- State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Section
- United Way of King County
- City of Bellevue
- City of Redmond
- City of Kirkland
- City of Kent
- New Citizenship Initiative
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)


