UVNR supports newcomer youth and families as they build confidence, navigate schools, access resources, and become leaders in their communities.

Our Youth Empowerment Program helps families with early childhood education, K–12 school navigation, parent-school communication, interpretation and translation needs, tutoring connections, and advocacy around students’ academic and social well-being. Community Advocates work alongside families to make education systems easier to understand and more accessible.

The program also creates space for newcomer youth to lead. Through youth leadership activities, including the Youth Community Advisory Council (YCAC), young people share their experiences, identify challenges in their schools and communities, and help guide UVNR’s programs and advocacy work.

By combining direct support, family engagement, youth leadership, and systems-change advocacy, UVNR works to ensure that newcomer children and youth have the support, resources, and voice they need to thrive.

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