Available services include:
- assessment of skills, interests, training and experience
- resume writing
- employment “soft skills” training
- interviewing skills development
- job search
- job placement
- job retention services
- job development
| Employment services are offered at three CRIS locations |
CRIS East office, 3624 Bexvie Avenue, 43227.
Eligibility requirements: legally present in the United States and eligible for
employment under United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS – formerly the INS) regulations.
Please contact: program staff at 235-5747.
Eligibility requirements: legally present in the United States and eligible for
employment under United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS – formerly the INS) regulations.
Please contact: program staff at 235-5747.
CRIS North office, 4889 Sinclair Road, Suite 111, 43229
Eligibility requirements: a refugee who entered the United States within the
past five years, an asylee who was granted asylum in the US within the
past five years or who is part of an refugee/immigrant household with
children under the age of 18 living at home – and income-eligible under
TANF guidelines or who is a pregnant refugee/immigrant woman income-
eligible under TANF guidelines.
Please contact: Omar Aden (oaden@cris-ohio.com) or other program staff
at 880-0114.
Eligibility requirements: a refugee who entered the United States within the
past five years, an asylee who was granted asylum in the US within the
past five years or who is part of an refugee/immigrant household with
children under the age of 18 living at home – and income-eligible under
TANF guidelines or who is a pregnant refugee/immigrant woman income-
eligible under TANF guidelines.
Please contact: Omar Aden (oaden@cris-ohio.com) or other program staff
at 880-0114.
CRIS West office, 3000 West Broad Street, 43204
Eligibility requirements: refugees who are secondary migrants (i.e. those
resettled elsewhere in the US who moved to Franklin County) who arrived in
the US within the past five years or those who were granted status asylum
within the past five years.
Please contact: Abdul Giama (agiama@cris-ohio.com) or other program
staff at
279-1354.
Eligibility requirements: refugees who are secondary migrants (i.e. those
resettled elsewhere in the US who moved to Franklin County) who arrived in
the US within the past five years or those who were granted status asylum
within the past five years.
Please contact: Abdul Giama (agiama@cris-ohio.com) or other program
staff at
279-1354.
| Employment Services |
| Employment Services are funded by the City of Columbus, Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and United Way of Central Ohio |
CRIS provides comprehensive employment services to refugees and other immigrants legally present in
the United States.
the United States.
