Multicultural Services provides immigrants with the skills and services they need to achieve financial independence.

Classes for Multicultural Services

Career Planning Workshops for Refugees and Immigrants
A 6-session career planning workshop. Participants will explore their general field of interest and learn about opportunities in their field. They will select a career goal and develop a career plan.

Career Search Seminars for Refugees and Immigrants
A 6-session career search workshop. Participants will learn and practice skills related to career search. Includes how to prepare an effective resume and effective interview techniques.

Your Own Business Classes for Refugees and Immigrants
A 12-session micro-business planning workshop. Participants will help individuals who are looking to start a new micro-business. Includes how to develop a good business plan, how to get customers, what licenses or permits will be needed, and where to get the money to start.

Center for Microenterprise Development

Increase Your Income
Newcomers to the United States are increasing family income by starting very small businesses – micro-businesses. The JFCS Center for Microenterprise Development offers multilingual training and individual assistance to help a small business start, grow and operate successfully.

Learn how to:

• Choose a business idea that works
• Develop a realistic business plan
• Understand all the U.S. business rules and laws
• How to find paying customers

You will receive assistance with getting financing for your business when you have completed the CMD training.

Directory of Center for Enterprise Development Businesses

Career Academy

Return to the Your Former Career or Develop Skills for a New Career
The JFCS Career Academy helps newcomers to the U.S. develop and carryout a practical career plan. Individual meetings and classes help you:

• Choose the career that is right for you,
• Decide what type of training you need to move into the field of your choice
• Help you find training programs that help you develop skills quickly

Career Academy staff will assist you in exploring whether you are eligible for financial assistance to pay for the job training you need. These services are available to all ages. Staff of the Career Academy can help you develop your skills and complete your job training. You will have the ability to find a job related to your career plan----the job you want.

Financial Independence

Learn to manage your money and achieve financial goals for you and your family
The JFCS financial Independence program provides information you need to succeed in the U.S. financial system. Classes will help you understand the U.S. banking system and how it can work for you. You can learn

• How to invest your money and make it grow
• How to use credit wisely
• How to avoid schemes aimed at cheating you and taking your money away from you
• How to plan for your future

Special classes are offered to help you learn how you can afford to buy a home.

Through the companion Refugee Savings Program, eligible refugees in low-income families can save their own money and receive up to $4,000 more dollars from the U.S. government. (If you don’t qualify for this refugee program you may be referred to similar programs in the community

For more information about these programs or other needs you may have, contact Mary Cleary at (502) 452-6341 ext. 258.

JFCS is proud to have earned the support of many prestigious corporations, government agencies, foundations and individuals who recognize the value and importance of Multicultural Services' efforts to provide immigrants with the tools and skills they need to develop assets in the form of financial, human, and social capital. Funders include the US Department of Health & Human Services ACF Office of Refugee Resettlement, the US Small Business Administration, Chase Bank, and the Greater Louisville International Professionals.