5 Ways to Support Immigrant Families Separated at the Border
There are several things we can do to stand in solidarity with immigrant families being cruelly separated at the US-Mexico border. There are also things we can do locally to …
REACH Center Hiring: Intake and Outreach Coordinator
Intake and Outreach Coordinator Click here to download this job listing as a Word Document REACH Center in Tacoma, WA | $40,000-42,000/yr Organization Description: The REACH Center works with thousands of at-risk …
Yemeni couple reconnects, builds stabler life through TCH services
In 2013, Wadah and Najla Al-Shargabi narrowly escaped death when militants bombed their house and family printing business in southern Yemen. Homeless, jobless, and with two young sons, they relied …
Wanted: Members for Tacoma Commission on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
On December 12, 2017, the Tacoma City Council adopted Resolution No. 39892 which established a Commission on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. The purpose of the Commission is to better engage …
Boeing awards $91K for new TCH childcare training program
We are excited to share that Boeing has awarded Tacoma Community House $91,000 to begin the Childhood Early Education Resource project, or CHEER, a program designed to help refugees and immigrants become certified childcare workers! According to …
Iranian refugee family finds employment, stability with TCH
When Arman first came to TCH in February, things were bumpy. Brand new to Tacoma and the U.S. in general, he got lost several times trying to ride the bus …
TCH partners with Olympia University of Business and Technology to offer programming course
Tacoma Community House is proud to announce a new partnership with Olympia University of Business and Technology to offer a course on .NET programming beginning November 2017. This article appeared …
Statement on Sept. 5th DACA Decision
A message from our Executive Director, Liz Dunbar: Today, the Trump Administration made the heartbreaking and disastrous decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, effective March …
Trevor Modeste, 61, Earns Citizenship After 50 Years With Green Card
Sixty-one-year-old Trevor Modeste of Tacoma earned his U.S. citizenship on July 31st, 2017 after not one, but two organizations told him it wouldn’t be possible. Modeste spent fifty years as …
Employees Community Fund of Boeing awards $500,000 to Tacoma Community House
On June 13th, the Employees Community Fund (ECF) of Boeing announced that they would donate $500,000 to support Tacoma Community House’s work assisting immigrant, refugee, and low-income families in Washington’s South …