2024-08-13T13:10:44-07:00 2023-12-31 842671943 Numbers Dont Lie CPA 707 S Grady Way Ste 600 Renton WA 98057 990EZ 2023-01-01 851894964 INTEGRATION FAMILY SERVICES INTE 4255720371 687 STRANDER BLVD C TUKWILA WA 98188 NIMAO DAHIR President 2024-08-13 true true CHARLES E IRONS P02159597 2066270039 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X WWW.IFSWA.ORG X X 168519 X 168519 0 0 0 0 168519 34041 136194 170235 -1716 50660 48944 50660 48944 50660 48944 50660 48944 To enhance the capabilities and self-sufficiency of marginalized immigrant and refugee communities in king county to achieve improved quality of life and reach their full potential through access to, and advocacy for, services and resources that will keep them safe, healthy and active while preventing family disintegration.Who We Are & What We DoIntegration Family Services (IFS) was founded at the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic as a grassroots effort by East African childcare providers, parents, and families to create a central network of health, housing, social services, education, and employment resources and trusted support for Somali communities. IFS serves as a regional hub that nurtures and supports individuals, children and families in historically underserved East African immigrant and refugee communities through culturally relevant and language- specific services and programs. SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMOur partnership with Schools Out WA & Art in the Park provides a summer program for school-age children for 4 weeks grades K-12.Served a group of 18 youth who attending events once a month to discuss returning to school amid a pandemic. We did a Q&A on COVID vaccine and who and why you should get the vaccine. As a result, at the end of the summer we had 11 of the 18 people receive the vaccine. YOUTH EMPOWERMENTWe provide group settings where youth can focus on social and emotional skill-building in a Covid-19 landscape where returning to school and being in proximity to community members in inevitable.This is an extension of our summer youth program; the group grew to 25 youth ages (12-18). We did some team building, social events and discussion around social emotional needs. NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBORWe provide a Kent, WA based women's support group for family resources and questions and answer monthly meetings.20-35 BIPOC women get together once a month to discuss community events, resources, concerns and learn from each other while sharing a meal. We provided transportation and childcare. CHILDCARE PROVIDER RESOURCESWe provide business planning and resources to childcare providers, stipends to purchase PPE supplies, assistance with licensing documents, resource research, and connection toCOVID-19 community resources.We provide services to 100-250 area in home childcare providers in the king county area. We supplied PPE supplies, resources and training as well a stipend of $500 to assist with general supplies and expenses for the childcare. Monthly COVID group Q&A meetings, focus groups to assist childcare providers with creative support for the families they serve with needed extended hour childcare. COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR (wrap around services) We provided wrap around services and resources for 400-600 BIPOC community members by assisting with rental assistance, utility assistance, PPE supplies, transportation to vaccine appointments, vaccine Q&A virtual meetings, encouraged them to attend community informational event. We offered referrals for other services and provided application assistance for COVID funds, stimulus and translation services as needed. DIVERSION PROGRAM The Diversion Program is a critical resource in the homeless crisis response system. Diversion is a service strategy that uses problem-solving conversations and personal advocacy to help a household identify practical solutions for resolving their housing crisis quickly and safely. Households are prompted to identify safe housing options and solutions based on their own available resources, not those of the homeless crisis response system. We have served over 60 families with services such as rental and utility assistance, 10 families with advocacy services for health and education needs, 20 families with job preparedness services, 12 families with need counseling for their youth or martial situations. 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