Provides assistance to help newly arrived refugees, asylees, and immigrants resettle in the Phoenix area. Services include furnished homes; rental assistance; healthcare; food; English language classes; help with job, computer, and financial literacy skills; social services and community support; and legal services toward residency and citizenship. Offers citizenship classes and test preparation.

International Rescue Committee - Phoenix | International Rescue Committee - Phoenix

Immigrant mutual assistance associations, government-approved refugee resettlement programs and other similar organizations that are actively looking for individuals and families who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to help newly arrived refugees or refugee families make an adjustment to their new home and community.

Refugee Resettlement Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that prepare individuals to take the oath of U.S. citizenship and to exercise the attendant rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Citizenship courses help immigrants develop an understanding of and appreciation for American culture, institutions and ideals; and focus on important events in U.S. history, the Constitution and its historic background, and the organization, powers and duties of federal, state and local governments.

Citizenship Education

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to provide companionship and guidance and/or serve as role models for individuals who are disadvantaged because of age, income, physical or developmental disabilities or family environment. Some programs may be looking specifically for male or female adult volunteers to serve as mentors for young men or women from families in which adult figures of the same gender are absent or only available on a limited and inadequate basis or who are troubled and at risk for delinquency; or for people who are willing to serve as peer role models. Also included are volunteer opportunities for career mentors, i.e., professionals who are willing to be paired with people who have an interest in their occupation/job.

Mentoring Services Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills who are willing to do general office work on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Clerical Volunteer Opportunities

Programs, which may be available via the Internet, that help people who have lived in the U.S. the requisite period of time prepare for the examination they must pass to become citizens. Practice questions may be available.

Citizenship Test Preparation

Government-appointed nonprofit organizations, frequently associated with the faith community, that provide resettlement services through a network of local affiliates for refugee populations designated by the U.S. Department of State. These organizations take the lead in helping newly arrived refugees or refugee families make an adjustment to their new home and community. Services provided by local affiliates may include reception for arriving refugees; provision of a "welcome kit" of immediate necessities; periodic visits with the family during the early days of their transition; collection and provision of household goods; cultural orientation and ESL classes; and assistance in locating housing and employment, using public transportation and identifying other needed services.

Refugee Resettlement Services

Programs that provide assistance for non-citizens who are having difficulty understanding, accessing, and/or are unaware of government-sponsored entitlement programs and social services for which they are eligible including housing programs, employment assistance and job training, medical assistance, and other government entitlements. The program may help these individuals understand the eligibility criteria for benefits and services, the benefits/services available, the payment process and the rights of beneficiaries; provide consultation and advice; help them complete application forms; negotiate on their behalf with benefits administration and social service staff; and/or represent them in administrative processes or judicial litigation. Included are benefits counseling organizations that offer a range of advocacy services and legal aid programs that offer more formalized legal assistance.

Immigrant Benefits Assistance

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to help students with their homework or provide supplemental instruction for students who are having difficulty with their coursework or who want to get more out of their regular educational program.

Tutoring Volunteer Opportunities

Divisions of businesses or nonprofit agencies that are responsible for developing products or delivering designated services to the public. Departments of NGOs are generally led by a manager, supervisor, director or vice president.

Nongovernmental Agency Departments

Administers a variety of social service programs in Ajo, Green Valley, Tucson, and Payson.

Catholic Community Services - Tucson | Catholic Community Services - Tucson

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are able to read or speak one or more languages other than English who are willing to serve as an interpreter or translator or otherwise use their abilities on projects that benefit the organization or the people it serves.

Language Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities

Child care centers and other similar organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills who are willing to serve as aides to professional child care staff on a voluntary basis without remuneration. Also included are shelters and other community organizations that need volunteers to provide supervision for young children while their mothers or other caregivers are attending workshops, receiving counseling or participating in other agency programs.

Child Care Volunteer Opportunities

Educational institutions that are actively seeking individuals with knowledge and experience in specialized areas who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to teach a special class or seminar in that subject (which may be academic or vocational) in situations where the school is unable to bring in a regular teacher for the job.

Teaching/Instruction Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing to work as interviewing clerks on a voluntary basis without remuneration. The work involves interviewing and eliciting information from people for the purpose of completing an application form, verifying information previously obtained, documenting a complaint or preparing other similar reports/records.

Interviewing Volunteer Opportunities

Senior center provides hot lunch, health education, and socialization for Native American seniors age 60 years and older. Elder Refugee Program assists refugees ages 60 and older with citizenship application, government benefits, and supportive social services. Offers citizenship and ESL classes. Offers weekly socialization and health education.

Mosaic Center | Mosaic Center

Community-based programs that establish one-stop centers which provide a variety of services to help people who have lived in the United States the requisite period of time apply to become U.S. citizens. Included may be photographs required for citizenship applications, copies of the Application for Naturalization form (Form N-400), assistance in completing the form, copies of questions typically asked by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) in citizenship interviews and an opportunity to practice for the interview.

Citizenship Assistance Centers

Programs that provide information that helps the public make choices which promote personal health, prevent illness and disability, take advantage of opportunities for early detection, and support their ability to deal effectively with health problems when they arise. General health education programs provide information about a wide variety of health related topics rather than specializing in a particular area.

General Health Education Programs

Multipurpose centers that serve as focal points for older adults in the community and which offer, at a single location, a wide variety of services and activities that are needed by and of interest to this population.

Senior Centers

Programs that provide hot meals on a regular basis primarily for older adults who may be at risk for nutritional deficits and social isolation without assistance. Congregate meals are often combined with recreational, educational and social activities, and programs may include access to health services and/or information. Some programs are also open to caregivers, spouses and/or adults with disabilities.

Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites

Programs that offer opportunities for non-English-speaking and limited-English-speaking adults to learn listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with an emphasis on developing the level of communication competence that is essential for adults who are living in a setting in which English is the primary language. Also included are programs that provide English language instruction for younger people.