Refugee Family Services Afterschool Program

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Basic Information

Address: 5561-H Memorial Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Phone Number: 404-299-6217
Fax Number: 404-299-6218
Director: Allen Shaklan

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Refugee Family Services Afterschool Program
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Additional Information

Causes Served: The mission of RFS is to support the efforts of refugee women and children to achieve self-sufficiency in America by providing economic and educational opportunity.
Background Check: Yes
Population Served: refugee children from 1st to 8th grades in the metro Atlanta area
Ages for Volunteer: 16+
Hours of Service: 2:45pm-5:45pm
Minimum Hours Required: 2 hours per week
Days of Service: Monday-Thursday
Mission Statement:

To support the efforts of refugee women and children to achieve self-sufficiency in the United States by providing education and economic opportunity.

Program History:

Refugee Family Services, which was formerly known as Newcomers’ Network, is an outgrowth of the Save the Children/Child Care Support Center (STC/CCSC), Atlanta. It was started in 1986 as a program that provided childcare training to refugee women in the metro Atlanta area. Later, it grew into the Refugee Program of STC/CCSC, at which time it added to a wide variety of programs. It was incorporated in 1996 under the name Newcomers’ Network to operate the refugee program as a stand-alone entity and became a fully independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on October 1, 1997. The organization was renamed Refugee Family Services in April 2002 to better reflect its mission.