NAtions academy: life skills AND LITERACY

Nations Academy, our after-school and summer youth development and literacy program, serves refugee children by providing homework help, individualized internet-based reading tutoring, summer reading intensives, enrichment activities, and a positive, trauma-informed learning environment.

Click here to learn more about how we use Lexia. Read about our elementary program’s success in 2022-2023.

ELDERS

Our elders program currently serves Zomi and Mindat refugee elders. This year, the elders are spending time on enrichment events (visits to the Tennessee State Museum, the Governor’s Residence, BINGO at the YMCA), receiving assistance with needs they have, and participating in wellness cohorts to improve health outcomes. About 40 elders are served each year. Visit here to learn more about refugee elders. Here’s a success story.

ROAD TO CITIZENSHIP

Refugees are required to apply for green cards after being in the US for one year and then can apply for citizenship after five years.  We mainly help low-income refugees and asylees and file over 300 cases each year. We are recognized by the Department of Justice to provide legal immigration services. Learn more here.

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