Immigrant Pathways Colorado (IPC) has given more than $100,000 in self-development grants to low-income, documented immigrants in Colorado, and in scholarships for immigrant students at Arapahoe Community College. Susan Thornton, Founder and Chair of the nonprofit and former Littleton Mayor, made the announcement of the grant-giving landmark at a meeting of IPC’s Board on Dec.…
What difference can a small nonprofit — operating without staff but only with a hard-working Board of Directors — make? A lot! Immigrant Pathways Colorado is a prime example. Founded in 2009, this community-supported nonprofit makes self-development grants to low-income, documented immigrants. It also makes scholarships available each year for immigrant students studying at Arapahoe…
Anda Gansca is an immigrant from Romania, who came to the U.S. 14 years ago to attend Standford University. Since then, she has co-founded a tech company – Knotch — built a team of more than 100 people and created a category of software and products that did not exist before the company invented it.…
Did you know that more than two million immigrants and refugees with a college degree or higher are unemployed or underemployed? That is why Immigrant Pathways Colorado’s valuable partner, Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning, is joining IMPRINT, a national coalition working to advance policies that promote career pathways for immigrants and refugees with international credentials.…
The U.S. Department of Security is planning to greatly increase the cost to immigrants applying for citizenship or for a Green Card (work permit). In addition, for the first time ever in the U.S., there will be a fee for those applying for asylum. The cost for a citizenship application, which will go up on…
A study by the New American Economy shows that across the U.S., 16.5% of all health care providers are immigrants! Physicians: 28.7% immigrants Surgeons: 19.7% immigrants Registered Nurses: 15.7% immigrants Psychiatrists: 32% immigrants Lab Technicians: 19.6% immigrants Respiratory Therapists: 13.6% immigrants Home Health Aides: 36.5% are immigrants. Many other immigrants work in housekeeping at hospitals…
Adapted from the work of philanthropic strategist Bruce DeBoskey, JD Go deep, not wide DeBoskey says that too many donors adopt the “peanut butter” approach to giving – spreading charity thinly across a variety of causes and nonprofits. He believes that donors benefit when they focus deeply on a few carefully selected causes. Support smaller…
According to Amnesty International, 12 million Syrians have fled their homes in fear. Half of them are children and more than five million of them have left the country and become refugees. Today, 99% of Syrians are held in just five countries: Turkey – more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees Lebanon – 949,000 Jordan –…
A new study published in Health Affairs finds that immigrants make up nearly 1 in 4 workers in the long-term care sector, and over 25 percent of direct care workers (Yusra Murad, writing in Morning Consult). “Millions of Americans rely on direct care workers, such as nurse aides, home health aides and personal and home care aides, for…
According to a new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) report, the number of people who became citizens in fiscal year 2018 reached a five-year high (Abigail Hauslohner, writing in The Washington Post). The report shows USCIS naturalized 756,800 people in 2018, a 16% increase from 2014.