Website Makeover Newcomers Access Center (NAC), is pleased to announce a makeover of our website! We now have images to showcase our mission to help refugees and immigrants in the Inland Valley areas of Southern California. The new web design was done by our Office Administrator Kim Peasley, who also has a graphic design business, […]
With 20 pages of questions (and another 18 pages of instructions), filling out the application for U.S. citizenship can be intimidating. Many people trying to fill the Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, are not sure what to put for answers on some sections. That’s why Newcomers Access Center (NAC) is connecting our client families with one-on-one help in completing the application. NAC partnered with the Immigration Resource Center of San Gabriel Valley (IRSGV) to offer workshops. Certified experts from IRSVG came out to our office in Pomona and then again to our new office in Claremont to meet with clients applying for citizenship. Each appointment lasts about 45 minutes and gives the expert time to review paperwork and make sure the application is filled out completely and accurately. Thank you to IRSVG for coming out to help our families! We appreciate your help in making the dream of US citizenship come true.
We will be holding additional Citizenship Application Workshops in the future. To make an appointment, please email us and let us know you are interested. We will contact you with possible appointment times.
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We have all been riveted by the recent news in Afghanistan, and many people want to help. On October 10, the Refugee and Immigration Concerns Team of Claremont Presbyterian Church partnered with Newcomers Access Center (NAC) to provide a wonderful opportunity to meet a family from Kabul and learn about their delicious food—and at the same time raise needed funds for refugees. In a Zoom class, Mrs. Parwani prepared a traditional family recipe of “Bolani,” a flatbread with potato filling and a special dipping sauce. Attendees were sent the recipe ahead of time in case they wanted to cook along. The suggested donation for the class was $20 and funds raised will help purchase mattresses for incoming new arrivals resettling in Claremont. Each mattress costs $150. Claremont Presbyterian Church matched all donations! Thank you to Claremont Presbyterian for partnering with us with this creative idea to help our refugee families.
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With the help of dozens of volunteers, Newcomers Access Center (NAC) has set up temporary housing in Claremont, California, for Afghan refugees. Even before the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, Newcomers Access Center, was planning ahead looking for possible housing for potential refugees. We reached out to local faith communities and thankfully found support from both Claremont Friends (Quakers) and from the Claremont School of Theology. Finding temporary housing is one of the biggest hurdles in settling refugees, so we are thrilled that these two groups stepped up to partner with NAC.
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Newcomers Access Center (NAC) has moved. We are located on the Claremont School of Theology (CST) campus. The new office will allow NAC to better serve refugee and immigrant families. NAC will be able to expand workshops, tutoring, Citizenship clinics, meeting space and events. We are most grateful for the partnership with CST.
Our new address is:
Newcomers Access Center (NAC)
1401 North College Avenue, Building F
Claremont, CA 91711
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As the crisis unfolds in Afghanistan and new refugees arrive in the U.S., many Americans are asking how they can help. At Newcomers Access Center (NAC), a local nonprofit, we are gratified for the many people who have reached out to volunteer. People all across the greater Los Angles/San Bernardino area have signed up to help: cleaning apartments, picking up and delivering furniture, organizing new apartments, sorting/purchasing household items, bedding and more. We love and appreciate our volunteers who graciously gift us their time, talent and treasure. But the biggest need we have now is financial contributions.
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Are you interested in becoming a U.S. Citizen? Get one-on-one help filling out the Citizenship Application (N-400) form at a FREE workshop. Newcomers Access Center (NAC) will be hosting appointments with a certified expert to help you fill out the form completely and correctly. We will be scheduling another workshop soon.
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It’s difficult for anyone to watch the crisis unfold in Afghanistan, but for Afghan refugees already settled in the U.S., the unrest and uncertainty is heartbreaking: they worry about the safety of loved ones on the other side of the world. Newcomers Access Center (NAC) is helping many such families in the Inland Valley area, and is seeking support from the greater community.
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What if there was a way you could turn your thrift store donations into a shopping trip for a local family in need? Newcomers Access Center (NAC), a nonprofit that helps refugees and immigrants, has partnered with the ACTS Thrift Store on Foothill Blvd near Garey Ave in Pomona to make it happen.
Are we done yet? Absolutely not! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, at the end of June Newcomer’s Access Center (NAC) made our first delivery to the Pomona Fairplex shelter—274 pairs of shoes and more than a thousand pairs of socks. This is a fantastic start and we are about half way to our goal of raising $15,000 for unaccompanied migrant children. But the need is still great.
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NAC Delivers Shoes to Migrant Kids Volunteers from the Newcomers Access Center delivered 274 pairs of new shoes and more than a thousand pairs of socks June 23 to the Pomona Fairplex where they will soon be distributed to migrant children living there while waiting to be reunited with relatives in the US. The delivery marked the
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Are you eligible to apply for naturalization but don’t know where to begin? Newcomers Access Center (NAC) has a relationship with the Immigration Resource Center of San Gabriel Valley. They can be a great help to you with: Naturalization, application fee waivers for citizenship and certificate of Naturalization, and referrals to immigration lawyers and other non-profit immigration legal service agencies.
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Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the UN Join virtually to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations! Click here to see the flyer for more details. The UN established the High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) that states guidelines about how refugees are to be treated around the world. Local UN Association chapter continues to support UN programs
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Trauma and Stress Resources Thank you to everyone who attended our Trauma and Stress Workshop! We hope that you feel equipped with tools to get you through these hard times. If you attended and would like the materials, or if you missed it and would like to learn about this topic, click here to download the presentation.
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Trauma and Stress Workshop Newcomers Access Center (NAC) would like to invite you to a FREE workshop on trauma and stress on Tuesday, October 13 from 2-4pm. Please click here for more details, including the zoom link. Let us know you are coming by emailing administrator@newcomersaccesscenter.org. This is 2 hours that can help make your life a
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Census: Be Counted Every 10 years all people in the USA are counted. We do this online. It only takes a minute. The totals affect benefits such as Medi-Cal, WIC, food stamps, school lunches, education and how our representatives are selected. When more people are counted, more money is given to each state. This 2020
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