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Holistically supporting adult and child well-being through programs that promote English language proficiency, sustainable employment, and children’s academic achievement.

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JCPS Adult ESL & High School Equivalency Test Prep

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Business management, planning, and support services for entrepreneurs

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Business management, planning, and support services for entrepreneurs

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As a small business, change is a good thing when your perspective allows you to see the opportunities and growth in those changes. Your ability to pivot and acclimate can make or break you. I knew this from the start of my career, but it didn't mean there wouldn't be risks...

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As a small business, change is a good thing when your perspective allows you to see the opportunities and growth in those changes. Your ability to pivot and acclimate can make or break you. I knew this from the start of my career, but it didn't mean there wouldn't be risks...

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1905-1920's

WomenRising was founded as a Jersey City YWCA in May 1905 by a group of 168 women who worked at Colgate and Company.

The organization began as a membership organization with services including Bible Study classes, dressmaking classes, and residences for single women. By the end of that year, there were 550 members.

By 1911, the YWCA began getting involved in community issues. For example, they launched a campaign against unsanitary cellar bakeries and the selling of contaminated food. They also helped organize the Jersey City Health Council and the Interracial Council of Jersey City.

By 1918, the YWCA established the International Institute to assist foreign-born women and girls by helping them to understand customs laws and how to adapt to their new lives in America. The International Institute is still helping people today in their transition from one society to another.

By the end of the 1920's, the YWCA had successfully raised over $1 million to construct our current home, 270 Fairmount Avenue.

During the Depression years, the YW struggled to stay solvent and provided new services that were needed including classes to help jobless women learn clerical skills and vocational guidance programs.

During World War II, the Y was a USO center and supported all the women working in defense plants. The doors were open 24 hours a day to provide recreational services for women who were working round-the-clock shifts.

1950-1990's

In the 1950's, services for Black women were integrated with services for white women.

In the 1960's, the Jersey City Job Corp was embarked on by the YWCA.

Many of the services we offer today were started in the 1970's. For example, Family Support Services (FSS) began offering counseling to help families get through traumatic events. Today FSS continues to support families with counseling, crisis management, information, referrals and more.

In 1975, we opened the Group Home for Girls, a therapeutic home for teenage girls who cannot live with their families. Our Battered Women's Program also began in 1975 as a volunteer effort to provide a safe haven for women to escape their abusers. Today it is the state-designated agency in Hudson county for domestic violence services. The program offers shelter for abused women and their children, a 24-hour hot-line, and intensive counseling and support services, including a liaison to accompany and guide women through the court system.

In 1980, the Family Advocacy Program started. This program is designed to keep families intact and prevent children from being placed in foster care or group homes. Counselors in this program work in the home to teach parenting and home management skills and work on building positive family relationships. The 1980's brought many organizational changes. During this time, the YWCA was fighting bankruptcy and teamed up with a private developer to save the building and most importantly the services to reemerge as a stronger and revitalized organization. During this time part of the building was renovated to provide 79 senior housing units. The restored Y was rededicated in 1983.

The success of the senior housing project eventually led to the development of an affordable housing component of the Y. The Fairmount Housing Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, was created in 1986 in response to the housing needs of our clients and their families. Today Fairmount Housing Corp operates a senior housing residence in Bayonne and a multi-family building in Jersey City.

In 1988, the Jersey City YWCA merged with the Bayonne YWCA. Together they became the YWCA of Hudson County. Both agencies were growing and embarking on much-needed services for women. The merger created an even stronger organization to serve women and families.

In response to the changing needs of women, other services were added over the years including:

Community Partnerships in Hotel Employment, a joint program with Hudson County Community College for job training and placement in the hospitality industry.

Project Connect, a community outreach program to help families on welfare understand their rights and responsibilities and help them understand and fulfill the requirements for assistance.

Strong Foundations, a training program for women transitioning from welfare to work.

Village of Familes, permanent housing and case management for 22 formally homeless families.

Our 115-year history has introduced many new programs and services. On average, WomenRising serves over 10,000 individuals through our four-core programs in the eleven municipalities in Hudson County (Jersey City, Bayonne, Hoboken, Harrison, Guttenberg, North Bergen, Union City, Secaucus, East Newark, West New York, and Kearny).
The agency is unique because of our focus on empowerment of women and our capacity to take a woman and her family through a broad series of programs to meet her needs - within one agency.

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WomenRising was founded as a Jersey City YWCA in May 1905 by a group of 168 women who worked at Colgate and Company. The organization began as a membership organization with services including Bible Study classes, dressmaking classes, and residences for single women. By the end of that year, there were 550 members.

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UsingEnglish.com: English Language (ESL) Learning Online

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Master the English language with UsingEnglish.com! Discover ESL resources, improve your vocabulary, and join a thriving community of learners and teachers.

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Our 9,000+ Tarjimly volunteers have helped over 17,000 refugees and aid workers in critical events during emergency medical services, asylum interviews, trauma counseling, and rescue operations.

Volunteers live in 95 different countries, speak over 80 different languages, and engage in over 3,000 translations per week. They have translated for staff at the UNHCR, Syrian American Medical Society, the International Rescue Community, and many more.

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Our 9,000+ Tarjimly volunteers have helped over 17,000 refugees and aid workers in critical events during emergency medical services, asylum interviews, trauma counseling, and rescue operations. Volunteers live in 95 different countries, speak over 80 different languages, and engage in over 3,000 translations per week.

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Google’s service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages.

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Omniglot Encyclopedia: Describes the locations where Dari (also known as Afghanistan Persian) is spoken. Includes sample texts, explanation of sounds, and video clips, with links for more information at the bottom of the page. The Persian page provides the general history of Persian (Farsi) and its variations, some information about the different alphabets used to express it.

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With over 240 predefined phrases, iTranslate Voice becomes your perfect travel companion! Easily export, copy or share any voice conversations done with iTranslate Voice, directly from the app! Create your own, personalised and custom Phrasebook and stay prepared for any situation! The all-new iTranslate Voice has been designed to make voice translation as easy and effective as possible.

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Committed to providing educational, employment, and material support to refugees, asylees, and asylum-seekers in the Jersey City area.

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Families for Literacy is a collaborative seeking to holistically serve low income families for whom English is a second language in Jersey City. New City Kids, Saint Peter's University, Rising Tide Capital Inc., and Women Rising Inc.

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USAHello has free classes in many languages. Our classes prepare you for the GED® tests and for the US citizenship test. Learn anywhere, anytime, and study at your own pace. Learn anywhere Study on your phone or on a computer. Learn anytime, wherever you are. Easy to use Go at your own pace.

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Advancing educational justice for refugee and immigrant youth.

By 2025, one quarter of America's public school population will be English language learners, coming from refugee and immigrant backgrounds. Together, we can disrupt refugee education as usual. Help ensure America's newest students receive an excellent education, designed with their unique strengths at the core, all year round.

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By 2025, one quarter of America's public school population will be English language learners, coming from refugee and immigrant backgrounds. Together, we can disrupt refugee education as usual. Help ensure America's newest students receive an excellent education, designed with their unique strengths at the core, all year round.

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Each year, thousands of refugees are invited by the U.S. government to seek safety and freedom. In New Jersey and other offices across the country, the IRC helps them rebuild their lives.

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Jersey City is located in Jersey City, NJ.

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ESL Instructional model offered in grades K-12.

Program for students whose native language is not English.

Intensive English language instruction offered by certified ESL teachers.

A targeted focus on the four domains of language acquisition: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing through Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.

ESL support is also a component of all Bilingual Programs.

Bilingual Self-Contained (Transitional Bilingual Instruction)

English Language Learners receive primary (native) language instruction for content development in all all content areas.

The second language (i.e., Spanish/Arabic) and English language have equal value and status in the teaching and learning process.

Students are taught by certified Bilingual and ESL teachers.

Magnet Site (K-12) Spanish: MS #7 (6-8), PS #8 (K-5), PS #12 (K-2), PS #30 (3-5), Ferris HS and Dickinson HS.

Magnet sites (K-3) Arabic: PS #17.

Part-time Bilingual Model.English Language Learners receive native language instruction in both Language Arts and Mathematics.

In this educational approach, the second language (i.e. Arabic, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu) and English language have equal value and status in the teaching and learning process.

Students are taught by certified bilingual and ESL teachers.

Arabic Speaking Students - PS #11 , PS #17, PS #23

Gujarati/Hindi-Speaking Students - PS #6, PS #11, PS #23, PS #25, PS #27

Urdu Speaking Students - PS #6 , PS #11 , PS #23 , PS #25 , PS #27

Combination of ELL's (Spanish Speakers) and Non-ELL's (English Language Speakers).

Taught together in an effort to develop full bilingualism and bi-literacy for both groups.

Instruction follows a 50/50 model with each language group learning to read in their primary language while acquiring the skills of the second language.

Each cohort has certified Bilingual and ESL teachers.

Dual Language Sites: PS #3, PS #5, PS #6* (K-2)

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ESL Instructional model offered in grades K-12. Program for students whose native language is not English. Intensive English language instruction offered by certified ESL teachers. A targeted focus on the four domains of language acquisition: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing through Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.

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The Jersey City Community Resource Guide

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The Jersey City Community Resource Guide

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These glossaries are to provide permitted testing accommodations of ELL/MLL students. They should also be used for instruction during the school year. These glossaries may be downloaded, printed and disseminated to educators, parents and ELLs/MLLs.

Bilingual glossaries are an essential and expected test accommodation for ELLs/MLLs in the State of New York. The languages of these glossaries cover the top 10 languages at the state level, with new languages added based on changing language populations in the NY State student demographic data.

Schools should provide testing accommodations to ELLs/MLLs, as needed, on all NYS ELA and content-area assessments (i.e., Mathematics, Science and Social Studies). Districts/schools must make all necessary arrangements to make these accommodations available for ELLs/MLLs who need them. Please click here for the New York State Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages Webpage on "Assessment and Testing Accommodations".

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These glossaries are to provide permitted testing accommodations of ELL/MLL students. They should also be used for instruction during the school year.