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NEW YORK — New York Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the expansion of the Office for New Americans’ Professional Pathways for High-Skilled Immigrants Program to help new Americans find jobs that match their skills and experience. As part of the program’s expansion, a total of $4.38 million in state-funded grants
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With support from Upwardly Global, Anastasiia finds work as an IT Recruiter in Long Island, New York After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, Anastasiia, an HR Manager from a small town in southern Ukraine, feared for the safety of her eight-year-old son. “We lived in a
In a recent feature article in Stand Together, Employment Services Advisor Shoaib Sahiby shares his journey navigating the U.S. job market: “In Afghanistan, Shoaib Sahiby had built a good life for himself and his family. He had a BA in English, and had worked as a capacity building manager and
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently highlighted Upwardly Global’s new report, Roadblocks to Workforce Inclusion for Young Adult Immigrants, in its landmark blog: “Immigrants and their children have a significant and increasing presence in the United States. Today, the group accounts for 26% of the nation’s population and is projected
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With an uptick in migrations from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Latin America, Upwardly Global’s 2023 policy goals will focus on ensuring immigrant and refugee voices are surfaced in conversations about high-impact policy and policy implementation, particularly those that affect our community’s ability to obtain skill-aligned employment as well as lawful pathways
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Below and linked here is a set of recommendations that Upwardly Global shared with the Task Force on New Americans, which was established by the Biden Administration in December 2022 and for which Upwardly Global and allies — led by Welcoming America and NPNA — had advocated over the last