Moving Ahead - Immigrant & Refugee Settlement
Immigrant and Refugee Services
Provided by Burnaby Family Life
A program designed to assist refugees and immigrants, facing significant barriers to successful settlement and integration, and who are deemed most in need within the community.
This program offers personalized support to isolated newcomer populations through a collaborative, case management service approach that serves refugees and immigrants who face multiple barriers in their process of settlement.
Moving Ahead provides eligible refugee and immigrant clients with the following services:
- Needs Assessment and Action Planning
- Case Management of Individual Client Files
- Social and Emotional Support
- Settlement Information and Counselling
- Life Skills, Literacy and Essential Skills Development
- Practical Assistance
- Supported Access to Services
Eligibility includes those refugees and immigrants who:
- Lack Canadian life experience or knowledge
- Meet specific immigration status requirements
- Experience complex life situations
- Have defined hardships and difficulties
Languages served by Burnaby Family Life Moving Ahead in Burnaby and New Westminster are: Dari, Farsi, English, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Swahili.
Hours: Visit the website for current program registration details.
Referral: For referrals and self-referrals, please contact the Program Assistant at our office at 604-659-2205
604-659-2205
Website: http://www.burnabyfamilylife.org...
Burnaby Family Life – Pioneer Community Resource Centre - 4535 Kingsway Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5H 0E5
Service is available in Dari, English, Farsi, French, and Swahili.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Burnaby Family Life:
- Family Education & Resource Program
- Pre and Postnatal Programs
- Counselling Programs - For women, children and youth who have experienced or witnessed abuse - Burnaby
Availability
Service area: Burnaby, New Westminster + show cities
Service Types Provided
- Access / Intake for Refugee Support Services
- Counselling Services - Refugees
- Language
- Navigation Support - Immigrant Services
- Refugee Services
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at a single location
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.