Valley Refugee Resettlement Project (VRRP)
ORGANIZATION: Huntington Congregational Church
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VRRP, a project of the Huntington Congretational Church, is anticipating the arrival of a second refugee family early in 2025. VRRP successfully helped resettle a family in 2023 and many of the volunteers are continuing to work with a new family. Volunteers are critical to assist the family learn and complete the requirements for housing, education and employment, and also accessing public assistance available to them.
Volunteer opportunities include driving which may include going to initial medical exams, education or benefits appointments, helping the adults obtain driver's licenses, etc. Volunteers help set up the family's new apartment (furnishings have been donated and are in storage). Volunteers help the family learn to navigate the online systems for banking, bill paying, benefits, etc., how to use public transportation, and practicing English. No matter your skills, they are invaluable to newcomers.
We will not know the family's residence until after learning their arrival date to secure an apartment lease. The family will reside in the Lower Naugatuck Valley.
Additional information is available at https://wp.huntingtonucc.org/hccwp/valley-refugee-resettlement-project/
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About Huntington Congregational Church
Location:
19 Church Street, Shelton, CT 06484, US
Mission Statement
Huntington Congregational Church, United Church of Christ is called to spread the love and light of God like a beacon into the community and the world. We seek to embody Jesus’ great commandment to love God, and our neighbors as ourselves (Luke 10:25-27). In keeping with this calling, we, the members of Huntington Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, declare ourselves as "Everybody’s Church". We welcome and affirm all persons of every race, age, gender, marital status, physical or mental ability, socio-economic status, nationality, life history, faith background, and sexual orientation or gender expression or identity into the full life and ministry of this community of faith, including membership and leadership. We welcome and embrace the God-given gifts that each person brings to the life of our congregation.
Description
HCC established a new program in 2021, the Valley Refugee Resettlement Project (VRRP), and recruited volunteers to work through IRIS, the Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services. VRRP, which resettled a Syrian family in 2023, is awaiting our second family from Afghanistan. Volunteers are a critical component of the intense and time consuming resettlement process as we guide the family through all of the requirements for housing, education and employment toward becoming self sufficient and contributing community members. We are seeking caring, concerned, and passionate people to help as volunteers in this process.
CAUSE AREAS
Immigrants & Refugees
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Church StreetShelton, CT 06484
(41.31649 ,-73.09316 )
DATE POSTED
January 7, 2025
SKILLS
- Financial Literacy
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Basic Computer Skills
- Interpreter
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Depends on the role. Drivers have the smallest commitment.