‘We’re the frontliners’: How Metro Atlanta is meeting healthcare needs for Latino immigrants
Healthcare costs are a growing concern for Latino immigrants. Meet some organizations filling the gap.
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Georgia’s conundrum: an “emergency level” shortage of healthcare workers, and people who want to fill the gap, but can’t.
Nafisa Mustafa went to medical school in Sudan. She wishes she could be part of the solution to the healthcare “emergency,” but unless state laws change, she won’t be able to.
Update: Chinese seniors secure a ‘home’ in Norcross
After 27 years since its founding, the Chinese Community Federation of Atlanta opens a physical office space.
Finding and hiring bilingual therapists in Metro Atlanta is a struggle.
One nonprofit is planning to recruit them from Puerto Rico, while another is searching for therapists who speak Bosnian and Korean.
Angela wants to learn English. But in Forest Park, she has limited options for where to go
Georgia is one of only two states that bans undocumented residents from attending state-funded ESL classes—making many future job prospects out of reach.
“There’s always a high demand.”
Asylum attorneys speak out about obstacles facing people seeking asylum in GA, and why Atlanta needs more pro-bono and low-bono immigration lawyers.
Asian seniors look for a new “home” after community organization cuts programs
Seniors spoke to 285 South, saying they are “devastated,” “sad,” and “disappointed”
As the Guatemalan community in Georgia grows, so does the need for interpreters of indigenous languages.
“There’s a huge need,” says Elias Alonzo, one of the few court certified interpreters of two Mayan indigenous languages in Georgia
“A lot of families, that first job they get, they often get stuck in…”
Marjan Nadir is among those in Atlanta working to make sure refugees have more long term employment options than stocking boxes at Amazon warehouses.
