Description: Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS) educates, assists, and empowers immigrant and refugee youth and their families toward a goal of social and economic self-sufficiency and mental, emotional and physical well-being.
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MEIRS helps refugees from all parts of the world from the moment they arrive at the airport in Maine until they are well on their way to self-sufficiency. Learn more about refugees and how you can help them!
In partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, MEIRS’s Whole Family Services program provides adults and children with the tools they need to set goals together, create plans and achieve those goals. Learn more or sign up for Whole Family Services!
As a Department of Justice accredited organization with an in-house accredited representative, MEIRS helps file asylum claims and represents asylum seekers in immigration court. MEIRS staff members also teach ESL and naturalization classes. Learn more about our work!