Ascentria Care Alliance and SNAP-Ed have partnered to offer a free cooking and nutrition class at Oxford Place Wednesday, August 14. The event is open to West Springfield Housing Authority residents, as well as the community at large from 11:15 am - 12:15 pm in the Oxford Place Community Room, 37 Oxford Place.

Nauset Interfaith hosted 6 of our refugee families (14 children and 7 adults) this weekend for the Refugee Welcoming Weekend at Cape Cod. The families enjoyed a Sharks & Seals ranger talk, canoeing at Salt Pond, and ice cream. The weekend wrapped up with a a potluck supper hosted by the Community of Jesus in Orleans with about 60 people enjoying food & fellowship. Our refugees led the group in song, and David from Liberia gave a heartfelt thank-you speech. All of these families were resettled by Ascentria and have been supported by Community Circles.  Read more

Every September, the President sets the refugee admissions goal for the coming fiscal year. Last year, the President set the goal at a historically low 45,000 refugees who could be resettled in Fiscal Year 2018. Meanwhile the need for refugee resettlement has never been greater, and it continues to grow. Now is the time for state and local elected leaders to take a stand and urge the President to resettle 75,000 refugees in the coming fiscal year.  Read more

Services for New Americans (SNA), a member of Ascentria Care Alliance, announces their relocation to West Springfield to provide improved services and greater accessibility for refugee and immigrant families. The program will continue to offer refugee resettlement and case management services, English (ESOL) classes, employment services and immigration and legal services for new Americans. Read more

Separating children from their parents who accompanied them across the United States’ southwestern border is setting them up for potential lifelong health, developmental and behavioral problems, according to a UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center pediatrician who studies traumatic stress in children. Read more

Dear Friend, We have been experiencing a nightmare. Thousands of innocent migrant children have been taken from their parents…in the United States of America! You probably heard the audio recording of children crying out for their parents. It’s all been so heartbreaking. Read more

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Ready to Go, a transportation service offered through the Good News Garage arm of Ascentria Care Alliance, was initiated in Worcester this past April and has already begun making it easier for people to get to work. Read more