New Start Ministry CT Volunteer Form
Volunteer opportunities are available for every team at varying levels of time commitment. Please check all areas your are interested in helping with and we will help determine what is the best fit for you.
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Last Name *
First Name *
Town of Residence *
Do you live in CT... *
Phone number (cell preferred) *
Email address *
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Please select all areas of interest and we'll help you find the best fit on one of our Teams!
CHILD CARE TEAM: Do you like playing with children? Our Team Co-Leaders coordinate and provide child care for our family. Child care providers help entertain the children during meetings, appointments, etc.
DRIVER: Drive family members to and from appointments
ACCULTURATION & HOSPITALITY TEAM: Do you like interacting with others, shopping, welcoming people into the community, and showing people around town? If so, our Acculturation and Hospitality Team might be a good fit.
EDUCATION: Are you familiar with the public school system? Our School Liaison facilitates communication between the school and the family, helping ensure each student in the family receives the proper assistance with their education including ESL tutoring and IEPs if needed.
EMPLOYMENT: Do you have experience or a passion for writing resumes, helping search for employment, preparing people for interviews and researching refugee-friendly employers? Have we got a team for you!
ESL: Do you enjoy interacting with people from different countries and cultures and helping them learn our language and culture? Our ESL Team both arranges for in-home language learning and helps our refugee family get set up with language learning classes when available.
HOUSING: Are you interested in helping a family feel safe and secure in their home? Our Housing Team identifies appropriate, safe rental housing options and helps our family to learn to communicate as needed with the landlord.
LEGAL: Help assist our family with understanding their legal status in this country (refugee, humanitarian parolee, etc.) and identify pro bono resources to assist them in their pursuit of green cards.
SOCIAL SERVICES / SOCIAL SECURITY: We get our family off to a good start by taking them to apply for Social Security cards and social services benefits. We help them learn to use their benefits and to navigate the social services system to keep their benefits up to date.
TECHNOLOGY: Are you interested in smartphones and computers? Would you like to help pick out tech that best suits our family and teach the family to use it? This is the team for you!
TRANSLATOR COORDINATOR: Help us identify translators (both volunteer and paid) for the family's language. As team members make appointments with the family, arrange the appropriate translator to attend.
TRANSLATOR: Do you speak other languages and are you willing to translate for our family? Let us know what languages below!
TRANSPORTATION: Do you have experience with or are you willing to learn the public transportation system? Would you enjoy matching people who can help people get places with people who need help getting places? Our Transportation team does all that and more!
What personal and/or professional experience do you have that you'd like to use to benefit the group?
What languages do you speak other than English?
Is there anything else you'd like us to know?
Thank you for completing your New Start Ministry CT Volunteer Application!
You will be hearing from us shortly! In the meantime, you can check out all of the resources on our website! www.newstartministryct.org
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