Migration and Refugee Services (MRS) has been awarded a $300,000 grant–$100,000 annually for three years–from the C.E. and S. Foundation to expand their services to young people.

Specifically, the grant will allow MRS to offer the same kinds of services it now offers young people who have resettled here as refugees to young people who have come here as immigrants and undocumented children. Currently, federally funded programs provided by CCL are restricted to refugees and asylees.

The services and programs will provide children and young adults generally ages 5 to 24 with school enrollment support and robust experiences in relationship building, community building, college readiness, and career options via mentorship and planned program activities. Because of the outreach, participants will be enrolled in schools; will feel and be more connected to the Louisville community; will learn how to build healthy friendships and, conversely, free themselves from unhealthy ones; will be well prepared to consider post-secondary education and to pursue it if they choose to; and will be knowledgeable of different careers available to them and what they involve on a practical, experiential level.