Nashville International Center For Empowerment
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417 Welshwood Drive #100
Nashville, TN 37211
Organization Details

Programs

Description
Immigration aims to enable our clients to effectively and efficiently transition into life in Middle Tennessee. Refugees and immigrants come to America with little or no knowledge of the resources available to them, and it is our goal to empower refugees to integrate into the community by offering services such as:

Board of Immigration Appeals Accredited Staff
Completing and Filing Immigration Forms
Interpretation
Consultation Services
Immigration Case Follow-Up
Notary Public
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To contribute to the realization of NICE's vision of ensuring that refugees and immigrants achieve their full potential now and for generations to come, the goal of the Nashville International Center for Empowerment's Health Program is to assist refugees and immigrants overcome barriers that may hinder their progress to successful integration into the American society as they find home in the middle Tennessee area. Through our Intensive Case Management (ICM) Program, we strive to ensure provision of culturally and linguistically competent services in the following areas: Medical/mental health services, medical coverage, employment, access to assistance services, social adjustment, and knowledge of the US system and culture, among other services. Our clients include elderly refugees, single heads of households, refugees with physical disabilities, survivors of torture, youth and young adults, and refugees experiencing psychological difficulties resulting from wars.
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NICE's Employment Program is a multi-faceted job preparation and placement program that seeks to empower its clients to become self-sufficient. While the ultimate goal for all clients is economic independence through sustainable, long-term employment, individual educational benchmarks are also recognized as essential for sustainable success. Through the incorporation of a comprehensive client skill assessment and analysis, an in-depth individual action plan, and a focus on relationship building with potential employer partners, the employment program is instrumental in putting its clients on the road to sustainable employment.
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In 2011, NICE officially began its R&P Refugee Resettlement Program. NICE resettled 144 new refugee arrivals in 2018; 97 from the DRC, 16 fro Burma, 14 from Bhutan, 8 from Afghanistan and 3 from Eritrea. The R&P resettlement team facilitates the entire resettlement process for individual refugees and family arrivals, including documentation, arranging housing and accessing essential initial services upon arrival. Members of the resettlement team meet the refugees at the airport and assist the individual or families through some of the most difficult aspects of resettlement, such as medical appointments, school registration and community mapping. NICE's resettlement department has aided the resettling of refugees from nations including Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Syria, Uganda and more. Through the R&P department, refugee clients are empowered to have a strong beginning in their new home.
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NICE's Education Department is divided into two departments, Adult Education and Youth Education. NICE's Adult Education Department offers seven levels of English Language Learner classes, with free childcare provided during the class. Citizenship classes, which allow clients to prepare for the naturalization interview and citizenship application process at large and pre-HSE which prepare clients to take the high school equivalency (HSE) exam, are also offered. The Youth Education Department provides academic support to Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) refugee and immigrant students through afterschool, in-school and summer programming.
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