MCAF Settlement Services
MCAF Newcomer Programs offer a wide variety of services to welcome and support newcomers as they settle in Fredericton.
Settlement Services include:
- Language Training and tutors
- Information and orientation sessions and referrals to:
- Housing
- Banking and Financial Services in Canada
- Emergency Services
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Canadian cultural norms
- Federal, Provincial and Municipal government programs and services including:
- NB Education System
- NB Health Care System
- Policing in Canada
- Employment, Education and Bridging Programs:
- Employment Preparation
- Foreign Qualification Recognition Pathways
- Professional Mentorship
- Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund
- First Aid & CPR Classes
- Food Safety Certification
- Cultural Competency Training
- Workplace Essential Skills Training
- Portfolio Development
- Immigrant Catering Group
- Training Kitchen
- Health Support Services
- Children & Youth Programs
- Settlement Workers in Schools
- Program Liaison Francophone
- Groups:
- Men’s,
- Women’s
- Senior’s
- Parenting Classes
- Sewing Classes
- Computer Learning Centre
- Income Tax Clinics
- Trainings, workshops and information sessions
- Cultural Brokers
- Community Connections activities:
- First Fredericton Friends
- Tutors
- Event Volunteers
- Multicultural Shared Space
- Support services for eligible newcomers such as:
- Interpretation
- Transportation
- Care for Newcomer Children (CNC)
- After School Program
