Refugee Employment and Training (RET)

Refugee Employment Services help meet the short and long-term goals of each program participant. Assisting refugees, asylees and Cuban/Haitian Humanitarian Parolees into employment is a key to their successful integration into American society.

YCI's employment specialist and job developers help refugees find jobs as quickly as possible, then provide additional training and counseling to help them advance to better jobs or to resume careers they had before coming to the United States. Services are available for five years following the arrival of the eligible program participant in the U.S. and divided into three categories:

Pre-Employment work adjustment counseling services to help refugees get their first job after arrival includes:

Job Search & Placement Assistance
On-the-Job Training Referrals
English Language Referrals
Transportation & Child Care
Reimbursement & more

Career Laddering assists refugees who were in a professional career in their country of origin obtain education and employment in the same or similar field.

Skills Determination
Career Laddering Assessment & Plan
Employed Worker Training Referrals
Internship & Apprenticeship Referrals
Job Upgrading & Placement

Post-Employment services help employed members of a refugee family move from first jobs to higher level jobs with better incomes and benefits. Program participants are eligible to receive the following:

Career Advancement Counseling
Specific Marketable Skills Training
English Language Instruction for the Employed

YCI offers RET services in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.

For assistance, visit us at one of our convenient locations or for more information about RET please contact us at refugees@ycoop.org or call 305.643.6730.