Creating solutions for job seekers and employers.

GROW offers services to support job seekers in achieving financial independence through job search support, career guidance, financial education, asset building, and small business planning. For more information on any of these services, please contact us to learn more.

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Contact us to learn more about any of the below programs.

PATH: ​Partnership. Accountability. Training. Hope
Recipients of cash assistance in Washtenaw County & for whom English is a barrier to employment are referred to Grow for PATH. Recipients work with a case manager to obtain and retain employment. 

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Matching Grant Program
An alternative to public cash assistance providing services to enable refugees, Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees, Afghan Humanitarian Parolees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, victims of human trafficking, and special immigrant visa holders (SIVs) to become economically self-sufficient within 180 to 240 days of program eligibility. Services provided are case management, employment services, maintenance assistance, and cash allowance. 

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Micro Enterprise Development (MED)
Assisting clients with entrepreneurial aspirations by offering financial literacy courses, assistance with business planning to assess if the client is ready to commit to starting the business and ongoing technical support, including business seminars, access to markets or pop-up opportunities, and referrals to specialists. 

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SMALL BUSINESS HUB
Offers cohort-based and individual advising, covering topics such as business planning, financial projections, financial literacy coaching, customer and employee retention best practices and access to craft fairs and markets to sell goods. SPARK also offers Walk-In Wednesday for guidance on the above topics, as well as hands-on help with business registration or other general consultation needs. Learn More

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JFSMade
Supporting refugee entrepreneurs and other small business owners by connecting them with market opportunities to sell their products at local community events, Farmer’s Markets, the JFSMade website, and inside the JFSMade store. JFSMade allows our clients an opportunity to gain visibility, test their product, build an audience, and began to grow their business and start the building blocks of becoming economically self-sufficient.

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Digital Literacy and Learning
​Assists refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Afghan and Ukrainian parolees, victims of human trafficking, and special immigrant visa holders (SIVs) who arrived within the last three years and are TANF eligible to obtain technology and increase digital literacy to support participation in education and the workplace.  ​

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Career Services
​Assisting the unemployed or underemployed residents of Washtenaw County who don’t qualify under other employment programs with resume and job search assistance.

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Refugee Employment Program
Assists refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees and Afghan Humanitarian Parolees, victims of human trafficking, and special immigrant visa holders (SIVs) who arrived within the last five years of arrival to prepare for, obtain, retain, and upgrade employment.

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Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program
​Assists refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Afghan and Ukrainian parolees, victims of human trafficking, and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders in learning the American agricultural system, participate in a community garden, and start their own agricultural businesses.

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Afghan Individual Development Accounts (IDA)
Assists Afghan nationals in the U.S. as refugees, asylees, parolees, victims of human trafficking, and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) in learning the American financial system and building their own savings and assets. Participants will receive technical assistance and savings match towards purchasing a car, a first home, starting a small business, attaining higher education, or rental assistance.

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Community Assistance
JFS Community Assistance addressed a wide range of crisis needs in the community—resolving immediate crises, creating stability, addressing underlying causes, and enhancing self-sufficiency. 

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