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Help Support Newcomers

Catholic Charities is welcoming newly arrived Afghan families. We have received an overwhelming response from those who want to help. Refugees most urgent need is for permanent housing. Scroll below to how you can assist with this or other needs. Newcomer Services also needs volunteer English teachers, citizenship and workforce training teachers, mentors, office assistants, pro bono attorneys, legal office assistants, and interpreters. Training provided. No foreign language necessary. Contact volunteer.newcomer@ccda.net. For parish opportunities contact us at hogar@ccda.net or MRSdonations@ccda.net.

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Help Newcomers

There are several ways parishes, parishioners and members of the community can help us assist newcomers who continue to arrive.

  1. Pray. 

  2. Check out our Amazon Wishlist for our current urgent needs for new arrivals HERE.

  3. Provide permanent housing.

  4. Provide pro-bono professional counseling, health or legal services. Email: MRSDonations@ccda.net.
     
    • Become a Catholic Charities volunteer –Check out our volunteer page here and select “migrant and refugee services” or "education and workforce development" in the ministry drop down menu.

    • Learn about why and how the Church welcomes the newcomer through your parish, school or prayer group.
      • See USCCB resources about the Gospel mandate to Welcome the Stranger here.

     

    Quick Immigration Definitions

    This page offers some helpful definitions regarding immigration terms. 

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    Volunteer with Education and Workforce Development

    Volunteers play a critical role at Education and Workforce Development (EWD). We have more than 800 active volunteers across our program, and we could not serve thousands of students each year were it not for the generosity and dedication of our volunteers.

    Click through our different types of volunteer opportunities below to find out more details about where and when we need volunteers. 

    Volunteer Opportunities​

    Questions?

    Contact us at  EWD@ccda.net or (571) 208-1572

     

    Report Your Volunteer Hours

    Please enter your hours on a weekly basis. You may include training and travel time in addition to actual volunteer time. All of Hogar’s grants require us to collect information on how many hours are donated by volunteers, so please enter your hours in a timely manner to help us in our grant reporting, fundraising efforts and other fiscal matters. Thank you!

    How to report volunteer hours:

    Click here to be redirected to the CCDA volunteer website

    1. Click “Login/Register” in the top right-hand corner

      • Username and password are the ones you set up when you created an account to fill out the volunteer application. 

      • We recommend using your email address as your username; if you've forgotten your username, try that first

      • Staff cannot retrieve your password for your- please use the "Forgot your password?" tool​

    2. Click “Report my Service” in the Volunteer Main Menu

    3. Enter your hours

      If you perform more than one volunteer placement with Hogar, you will need to choose the corresponding placement from the “Select a Survey” drop down list.

      The only required field in “Hours”.  Please enter a date as well.  Don’t forget to click “Ok” when you’re done.

    ​If you have questions or problems, email us at  volunteer.hogar@ccda.net or call us at (571) 208-1572

     

    For Employers:

    If you are an employer, we can design language training for your employees relevant to your workplace. Your customized curriculum could include:

    · Contextualized English instruction (i.e. customer service, hospitality)

    · Industry-specific vocabulary and concepts (i.e. construction, retail)

    · Employer-specific vocabulary and concepts based on your business and expectations

    · Relevant workplace training (i.e. soft skills)

    · Additional industry-specific training and certifications

    For more information or to schedule a free meeting to discuss what your employee training needs are and possible curricula we could create, please contact hogar@ccda.net.

     

     

     

    How you can help refugees

    Host a Donation Drive for Refugee Families

    Migration and Refugee Services relies on the support of our donors to help meet the urgent needs of our clients. See a current list of our most needed items. Please only donate items specifically listed here; this will help our donations staff and volunteers serve our clients as respectfully and equitably as possible.

    Host an Event to Support Newcomers

    Catholic Charities is always looking for parish and community partners who are interested in hosting or sponsoring an event to support newcomers.

    Hire a refugee or immigrant

    Help refugees and immigrants become self-sufficient members of American society.