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After School Tutoring with Refugee Youth 3:30pm to 6:00pm Tuesdays
ORGANIZATION: Heartland Alliance Refugee and Immigrant Community Services (RICS)
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14 people are interested
Resettled youth face many challenges - trauma, poverty, interrupted education, language barriers, and navigating a new culture. As part of the After School Program, volunteers help to create a safe space where youth can excel, learn new skills, and have fun. Volunteers will regularly meet with participants between the ages of six and eighteen in a group setting led by Heartland Alliance’s K through 12 team. Volunteers will assist students with homework as well as help facilitate activities designed to help youth develop the social, emotional, and communication skills they need to succeed. Cohort meetings are currently taking place in-person (pending CDC guidance) on Tuesdays at the Indo-American Center in the West Ridge neighborhood and Thursdays at the Marjorie Kovler Center in Rogers Park from 3:30-6:00pm. Volunteers are able to choose a day that works best for them.
Program requirements:
- Complete an FBI background check.
- Be screened through the National Sex Offenders Public Website and the Illinois Child Abuse & Neglect Tracking System.
- Become a mandated reporter through the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS).
- Attend a virtual Heartland new volunteer orientation on Zoom.
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About Heartland Alliance Refugee and Immigrant Community Services (RICS)
Location:
4419 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640, US
Mission Statement
Heartland Alliance advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations--particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced--through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society.
Description
Refugee & Immigrant Community Services (RICS) partners with refugees, asylees, immigrants and survivors of trafficking to address their needs by connecting them to their new community, providing education and employment services, and the help they need to succeed in their new country. RICS annually resettles more than 150 individuals in Chicago from places like Afghanistan, Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Sudan, Ukraine, and Syria. RICS serves an additional 500 refugees through a variety of services including cultural orientation, adjustment counseling, employment, job readiness and placement services, as well as medical case management, family literacy, and English language training for adults.
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Education & Literacy,
Immigrants & Refugees
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
6328 North California AvenueChicago, IL 60659
(41.99661 ,-87.69991 )
DATE POSTED
November 10, 2023
SKILLS
- General Education
- Tutoring
- Mentoring
- Math / Science Instruction
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Tuesdays from 3:30pm to 6:00pm
- Mandated Reporter Training, FBI Fingerprint Background Check, Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System Check