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During the Stay Home Stay Healthy order by the governor through May 4 during the COVID-19 outbreak, ACRS is offering limited essential services at ACRS offices to clients by appointment only and [...]

By Alexandra Olins, Director of Employment and Citizenship Services at ACRS A recently proposed rule change from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would have [...]

Dear friends, After nearly 17 years away, I am thrilled to be back in the Pacific Northwest and to serve as ACRS’ new executive director. I want to take a moment to thank Diane Narasaki who [...]

Stories are being written every day at ACRS – stories of hope and opportunity, stories of recovery and healing, stories about building a new life in a foreign land, stories of immigrants and [...]

Dear Friends, Happy holidays! As we near the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, we can all take pride in where we have stood, met, rallied and marched in this challenging year. For many of [...]

With each passing day, many of us find ourselves asking what the standard for the “new normal” is. But just when we get to a point where we think a line has been established, it inevitably gets [...]

By Andria Keirn, Americorps Employment and Self Sufficiency Aide Throughout the month of June, hundreds of thousands of people pack the streets of major cities across the country (and the world) [...]