Immigrants Assistance Center

New Bedford’s Immigrants Assistance Center expands outreach, hosting workshops and planning a fundraiser gala to support immigrant families.

New Bedford immigrant families face rising fears, citizenship applications surge, and the IAC expands services to support mixed-status households.

Helena Hughes said migrant families housed in Fairhaven and Dartmouth were moved to Lowell, and her agency is now working with families in Taunton and Raynham.

New Bedford Immigrants Assistance Center President Helena DaSilva Hughes says citizenship applications have increased over 300 percent in the past two years.

After their harrowing escape last year, six Afghan families are facing new challenges in their new home here in New Bedford.

The Afghan refugee families who have arrived in New Bedford are acclimating but still experience a culture shock, said IAC President Helena DaSilva-Hughes.

Helena DaSilva Hughes expects three to five families will arrive in New Bedford, at least to start.

Lynn Coish and Helena DaSilva Hughes have been tabbed by Mayor Jon Mitchell to lead the census count in 2020.

First Citizens' Federal Credit Union has announced the First Citizens’ Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

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