New American Pathways

Resettlement and resource navigation - with decades of experience, our case management team members, many of whom are former refugees themselves, know how to help refugee families overcome barriers to success. Through community partnerships and referrals, shared experience, common language, and cultural affinity, they build trust and personal relationships, provide positive role models for success, and motivate New americans to persevere.

Career services - our career services ensures that refugees build on their individual assets and have access to the opportunities that will help them realize their American dream.

Other program activities - at New American Pathways, our vision is to promote safety and stability, self-sufficiency, success, and service for individual refugees and refugee families in georgia.we offer distinct programs that focus on jobs, education, cultural integration, individual and female empowerment, building strong families and civic engagement. All of these programs are enhanced through the service of a 16-member americorps team and hundreds of volunteers.our unique service offering results in better outcomes for refugees of all ages and at all stages of self-sufficiency, and ensures that these New americans develop and contribute their special skills and talents. Doing this is strengthening the American workforce and is helping Georgia thrive.

Education and youth - led by experienced professional educators, our youth programs ensure that refugee youth advance on grade level and enter high school prepared and on-track to graduate. In partnership with dekalb county schools, 21st century community learning centers and inspiritus (formerly lutheran services of atlanta), we provide Pathways to bright futures, a school-based afterschool and summer enrichment program with school liaison services, for approximately 180 refugee students.

Family empowerment - through parents as teachers (pat), a nationally accredited, evidence-based curriculum, we help parents of very young children understand child development, promote literacy, access early learning programs, and become effective teachers and advocates. Pats mission is to provide the information, support and encouragement that parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of their lives. One of pats core principals is based on the notion that parents are their childrens first and most influential teachers. Pat educators support refugee parents in being the best teachers they can be.through our womens program we provide culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate services to refugee and immigrant victims of domestic violence in a supportive and trusting environment. The program currently serves 75 to 85 domestic violence survivors and their dependents each year.

Immigration - these services include applications for legal permanent residency and naturalization (u.s. Citizenship), family petitions, travel documents, work permits, and replacement documents. We also assist many of our clients to request waivers of the application fees, allowing many to receive immigration benefits that would otherwise be unattainable.