Multnomah County School Impact Project - Portland Office

Multnomah County School Impact Program

Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Catholic Charities, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and Immigrants & Refugee Community Organization provide the following services through the Multnomah County School Impact (MCSI) Project to assist refugee children.

Interpreting services by bicultural and bilingual staff at parent-teacher meetings and other (requested) occasions for refugee parents, student and school faculty/staff.
Translating school-related information into refugee languages.
Assisting with fist day of school orientation.
Serving as advocates for students’ school success by acting as cultural brokers between parents and schools.
Connecting students with additional homework help, ESL assistance, or Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) programs.
Assisting students to participate in school sports or other extra curricular activities.
Aiding educators to monitor student progress through follow-ups.
Referring students to recreational and educational programs in the summer.

For more information, please contact:

Fartun Nur (Somali): 503-731-9592
Ilya I. Globak (Russian/Ukrainian): 503-731-9590
Hannah AbuSneineh (Arabic): 503-231-7480 ext. 672
Erin Carkner: 971-222-1883 ext. 222
Olga Condon (Russian): 503-284-3002 ext. 31
Greg Tokayuk (Spanish/Russian/French): 503-284-3002 ext. 17
Volunteer Coordinator, Teresa Jacobsen: 503-231-7480 ext. 627
Program Coordinator, Faridah Haron: 503-731-9521