The Welcome Project’s Tenant Advocacy Initiative helps families increase their understanding of the various systems they must negotiate. In the course of delivering a range of advocacy services, we also provide oral interpreter services, written translation, and information and referral services in Spanish, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, and English. When Somerville residents use The Welcome Project’s services at the Somerville Housing Authority, the Immigration office, or at an appointment with their child’s teacher, they become able to take care of the business to which they must attend, without the fear and confusion that is common to people negotiating complex systems in a new country and in a foreign language. Thus, they take a step toward self-suffiúciency and fuller participation in society.

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