What does AJAPO stand for?

Acculturation for Justice, Access, and Peace Outreach

Who are we?

The Mission of AJAPO is to provide a continuum of care which empowers refugees and immigrants residing in the Greater Pittsburgh Communities and Allegheny County to become self-sufficient and better integrated into our communities. Since inception in 2001, AJAPO has successfully implemented Service Coordination programs for refugees/immigrants through provision of trainings for acculturation, life skills, leadership/conflict resolution skills, counseling, support and referrals for access to education, housing, medical, welfare benefits, and legal services. In addition, AJAPO provides interpretation and cultural competency services to improve relationships between clients and other service providers. Annually, AJAPO serves up to 300 people. As their first point of contact in the United States, refugees received through AJAPO to Pittsburgh, are provided with a myriad of services to ease their resettlement. These include housing, cultural orientation medical, transportation, employment, school enrollment, child care, government IDs and a continuum of social services coordination up to five years after their arrival in the United States.

What do we do?

AJAPO’s vision is to build–together with consumers–an amazing and self-sufficient African/Caribbean community that contributes economically, socially, and spiritually to the civic life of greater Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, while sustaining those aspects of their own traditional values and culture that strengthen families.

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