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Heartland Human Care Services' Refugee & Immigrant Community Services (RICS) partners with refugees, asylees, immigrants, and survivors of trafficking to address their needs by connecting them to their new community, providing education and employment services, and helping them succeed in their new country.

Serves the cultural, psychological, and socio-economic needs of Ethiopians in Chicago and the surrounding areas. Also supports other African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European refugee populations who seek assistance services.

Services include:

- Refugee Reception and Placement.

- Preferred Communities Program.

- Illinois Welcoming Center Program.

- Illinois Access to Justice (A2J) Program.

- Southern Border Arrivals Program.

- IFSP Cash Assistance Program.

- Employment Training and Services.

- Matching Grant Program.

- Electromechanical Assembly Training Program.

- English as a Second Language (ESL).

- Citizenship and Immigration Services.

- Ethiopian Cultural Museum and Education.

- Children and Youth Services.

- Open Computer Lab.

Services

Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Citizenship Education
Refugee Resettlement Services
Immigrant Resettlement Services
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago (ECAC) provides reception and placement services for war-torn families with a chance to reunite and start a new life in America through reception at the airport, placement in affordable housing, cultural orientation, referrals, and general care during the initial 90-day period following a refugee's arrival. ECAC also provides financial assistance to immigrants who have been granted asylum status and to their family members with derivative asylum status. The goal of the program is to make refugees and asylees self-sufficient and become contributing members of society.