With IFCS, you have direct access to a group of the industry’s most experienced professionals with extensive success in international education, foreign credential evaluations, university admission, academic advising, and university teaching. We help individuals educated abroad get their education recognized by universities, employers, immigration and certification boards in the United States.

Eligibility: Any individual or foreign national in need of credential evaluation for employment, education, immigration, etc

La Colmena is a community-based organization working with day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage immigrant workers in Staten Island through organizing, education, culture, and equitable economic development. La Colmena stands for improving the quality of life of Staten Island immigrant workers and their families by providing access to resources, education, job safety, leadership development and celebration of their cultures so they can advocate for themselves and their families.

Job seach program for immigrants and refugees.

Eligibility: Must be a green card holder, refugee, asylee, or SIV. Must have earned a degree outside of the U.S. Must have lived in the U.S. for 5 years or less. Must speak English comfortably. Must currently live in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Washington State, Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Minnesota, Tennessee or Wisconsin.

New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable and precarious immigrant workers in New York, with a focus on day laborers, domestic workers, and newly arrived immigrants. NICE offer an extensive set of services, community organizing, and leadership development programs. NICE serves as a safer alternative for workers who solicit employment at day laborer street corners and fraudulent employment agencies, and who have little access to workforce development services. NICE operates a worker center for new immigrants, where workers can meet with potential employers, access workforce development, support services, and community organizing programs.

Worker's Justice Project's mission is to empower low-wage immigrant workers to gain a voice in the workplace and build strong and economically sustainable communities through education, organizing, leadership development, and the growth of grassroots economic alternatives. Workers Justice Project runs two worker centers in Brooklyn. One is located at Bay Parkway Community Job Center in Bensonhurst, which connects small businesses and homeowners with skilled day laborers for a variety of services, ensuring fair wages and good working conditions. The other one is located in Williamsburg, which connects homeowners with domestic workers for various types of cleaning, also ensuring fair wages and good working conditions.

STRIVE was founded in East Harlem in 1984 and has gone on to change the lives of 75,000 graduates. With support from leading philanthropic and corporate partners, STRIVE’s programs helped those with the biggest barriers find a path to a career that changes everything. All Career Pathways being with STRIVE START, our signature three-week workshop (15 days) that provides the communication, social, and behavioral training people need to not only land a job, but to build a career. Our Health & Office pathway prepares you for a career in healthcare with lifelong access to a healthcare network and STRIVE’s support services. During training, STRIVE will provide you with a metro card and connect you with STRIVE employer partners. Our Construction & Maintenance pathway prepares you for a career in construction and maintenance with an OSHA 30 in Construction, Scaffolding, and Flagging. During training, STRIVE will provide you with a metro card. You will have lifelong access to all of STRIVE’s services.

Eligibility: All participants must be 18+ and have a GED or High School Diploma.

This 10-week paid training program provides hands-on work experience coating NYC rooftops to increase energy efficiency. Participants in this program receive HOPE’s full range of services, including job placement and retention support.

Eligibility: Must be able to participate in a full-time program and work full-time. Must be 18+ years. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. No diploma or high school equivalency required.

An information and resource center for internationally trained nurses who would like to enter the healthcare sector in the U.S. They can guide you through the New York State licensing process so that you can work in your healthcare profession again. The Welcome Back Center can also help you explore alternative careers in healthcare to pursue while you are on the path towards licensure. As a member, you’ll receive case management and support services as well as referrals to educational, community or professional programs and organizations, as needed.

Eligibility: If you are a resident of one of the 5 boroughs of New York City and are authorized to work in the United States, you are eligible to receive NYC Welcome Back Center services.

BWI’s mission is to empower low-income New Yorkers by creating living-wage employment opportunities and access to career paths. Our programs counter prevailing market inequalities, especially those based on race or gender, and contribute to a broader movement for economic justice.

Eligibility: Must be 18 years or older.

StreetWise Partners pairs volunteers with mentees who are unemployed or underemployed to provide them with the skills,resources, and access to networks they need to secure and maintain employment.

Eligibility: Must be 18+ years old with a high school diploma or the equivalent. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. Must be able to attend a 13-week program. Must be able to communicate in English. Must have access to a computer and email. Must be open to self-evaluation and constructive feedback.

Damayan empowers low-wage workers to fight for their labor, health, gender, and immigrant rights. Damayan works in three areas: to provide critical services to trafficking survivors; to organize a strong membership base, and develop grassroots leaders; and to mobilize the community to advocate for policies and laws that guarantee fair labor standards and eradicate labor trafficking. Damayan Workers Cooperative (DWC) worker owners service NYC families, taking care of children and the elderly, and nurturing clean, healthy and safe homes and offices. DWC offers the following services: dog walking, office cleaning, elderly care, nanny and babysitting. Members of DWC receive support from a pro bono attorney for labor and immigration cases, receive financial assistance, food stamps, health coverage, counseling and family reunification assistance for trafficking survivors, and can attend Know Your Rights trainings, Workers Academy, Nanny Training, CPR certification and OSHA safety trainings.

Eligibility: Filipino migrant workers

This organization provides low- to moderate income individuals and immigrants of all ages, with a focus on the Hispanic community, with housing and foreclosure counseling, job training for day workers, and recreational and educational activities.

Eligibility: Immigrants of all ages.

The employment services team provides both immediate assistance accessing entry-level positions and long-term support for people to get recertified in their chosen career fields.

Make the Road NY offers an array of education, health, and legal services for immigrant and working class communities throughout New York City. Regardless of immigration status, race, or gender identity, all find safety, support, and solidarity here. Make the Road's model integrates four core strategies for concrete change: Legal and Survival Services to tackle discrimination, abuse and poverty; Transformative Education to develop community members’ abilities to lead our organization, our movement, and society; Community Organizing to transform the systems and power structures impacting our communities; and Policy Innovation to rewrite unjust rules and make our democracy truly accountable to all of us. Trainings and workforce development programs offered: Health Job Training; Food Handlers Certification; English for Speakers of Other Languages.

Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) prepares, trains, and places women in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades, helping women achieve economic independence and a secure future for themselves and their families. At the same time, NEW provides a pipeline of qualified workers to the industries that build, move, power, green, and maintain New York.

Eligibility: Must be 18 years or older. Must be eligible to work in the U.S. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent. Must be interested in hands-on training to join a job in the construction field.

Six types of intense free of charge 17-19 weeks trainings, including: (1) a Systems Administrator, (2) IT Support prepares you for the CompTIA A+ and Network+, (3) Cyber Security (4) CodeBridge

Eligibility: Anyone with work authorization, high school diploma, racialized groups preferred, immigrants and refugees. Prospective applicants need to have US Work Authorization.

Evaluation of foreign (international) credentials is the process of reviewing academic and professional degrees and other credentials earned in one country and comparing them (equating) to degrees earned in a different country. Globe Language Services evaluates credentials received from educational institutions outside of the United States of America and compares them to degrees awarded by educational institutions in the United States. Our evaluation reports are used by employers, colleges and universities, licensing boards and government agencies to understand foreign education credentials and to determine whether holders of these credentials are qualified for admission, employment and / or professional license.

Eligibility: Any individual with foreign credentials Globe Language Services helps individuals, educational institutions, employers, not-for-profit organizations and boards receive accurate and timely evaluations of foreign credentials.

Offers employment/vocational/career assistance, financial counseling/literacy, housing and rent assistance, housing information, resettlement services, legal services, and utility assistance

Eligibility: Tenant-related services are available to residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn only. There is no catchment area for other services.

CAMBA has been selected to provide an early employment program for highly motivated refugees and political asylees. Participants receive cash grants as an incentive for finding work and avoiding public assistance. The program serves refugees and political asylees from more than 50 countries, offering Case Management, Employment and Supportive Services to Remove Barriers to Self Sufficiency, Retention Services, Education and Training Strategies including English Language.

Eligibility: Eligible persons include asylees, refugees, Cuban/Haitian Entrance, Victims of human trafficking and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holder within 90 days of asylum, parole or certification. You must live in NYC or the surrounding area.

Helping survivors of labor trafficking develop escape plans, secure emergency housing and financial assistance, access social and legal services, find employment, facilitate family reunifications, apply for T Non-Immigrant Status Visa, access basic health services, and retrieve unpaid wages.

Eligibility: Filipino domestic workers or trafficked workers

A WES Gateway Program credential evaluation report can help eligible individuals continue their education, become licensed in their field, or take the next step on their career pathway in the United States. The report can be accepted by higher education institutions, regulatory bodies, and employers. WES works with designated partners to identify individuals who are eligible for the Gateway Program. The program is available to individuals educated in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela who meet program requirements.

Eligibility: Individuals who have been displaced as a result of adverse circumstances in their country and have limited proof of their academic achievements.

Provides workforce development to empower immigrant women to obtain meaningful employment or pursue higher education in NYC. LEAD consists of an orientation and 8 job readiness workshops.

Eligibility: Serves all immigrant women.

Workforce1 helps New Yorkers prepare for, and connect to jobs across New York City's five boroughs and in every sector of the economy.

Eligibility: Must be 18+ years old and legally authorized to work.

The Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers (RPIE) is a 3-month program that provides professional training and job placement assistance to immigrants who were trained as engineers and IT professionals in their home countries, but find themselves unemployed, or in positions unrelated to their degrees or training. This program is provided by The Cooper Union in partnership with CAMBA to provide courses, professional development opportunity, and job placement support to those immigrants seeking to gain access to higher paying jobs in their career occupations.

Eligibility: Immigrants trained as engineers and IT professionals in their home countries. Immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers with a background in engineering, architecture, technology, or other related fields. Participation in RPIE does not impact immigration status. Authorized to work in the US.

The EEP is a pioneering career readiness and technology training program that helps participants break the cycle of poverty, homelessness, and abuse. Career Readiness Workshop (CRW)Four-week program, 25 hours per week: Career development and planning Resume and cover letter writing Interview skills Job search process Office Operations Workshop (OOW): 14-week program, 25 hours per week Information technology training Microsoft Office Certification Reading and math literacy skills building Professional development Civic and community engagement Additional training and support Certificate programs: Adult education courses Internships Mentoring

Eligibility: Must be able to participate in a full-time program and work full-time. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.