…JFS Russian Language Information & Assistance Specialist Irina Vorona 8:15 a.m. My first appointment is with a long-term elderly Russian client. I visit her home to check-in and see what’s new. I translate a few pieces of mail that she’s recently received, and we call her doctor to make sure they have everything for her…
SNAP Matters for People With Disabilities
My mom was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease almost 20 years ago. Fortunately, her condition has remained stable, though she hasn’t been able to work during these years. She receives monthly disability benefits, which have been a lifesaver. (You will never hear me complain about paying SSI taxes.) When I think of her, I see…
A Day in the Life Of…
…RISC Resettlement Coordinator Cordelia Revells 8:00 a.m. I start my day early since HIAS, the agency that sends us clients for resettlement, is based in New York. Today we’re corresponding about a family of five from Burma that is flying into SeaTac tonight along with another family of Rohingya migrants that is arriving in two…
Opening the Door to Opportunity: Part 1
When classes started at the University of Washington yesterday, Thadah Hser was among the approximately 1,500 transfer students who matriculated. Thadah and her family received services from the JFS Refugee & Immigrant Service Center (RISC), including support to gain citizenship. And now, Thadah works as a JFS translator, helping refugees from Burma as they acclimate…
The Dirty Laundry of Domestic Violence
The shirts pictured above were created as part of the Clothesline Project in which Project DVORA participants depicted their experiences as survivors of domestic violence. All too often, women are encouraged to keep their abuse a secret, to hide their experiences, to feel ashamed of what happened. By making these shirts, women were encouraged to…
A Partnership of Faith
Families fall into homelessness for many different reasons: loss of a job, huge medical bills, divorce, domestic violence, foreclosure. Any one disaster can mean the loss of a home. When that happens, the first step is to find temporary shelter and other support to keep the family together and stabilize the children. Then comes the…
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