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READ MORELinkedIn Helped Refugees Create Professional Online Profiles
Many thanks to Omaha’s LinkedIn team for sharing their expertise with the Refugee Education and Employment Program (REEP) of Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS). They helped create professional online profiles for program participants at...
READ MOREStacy Martin Appointed LFS President & CEO
OMAHA, Neb. (February 19, 2018) – The board of directors of Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) announced today that they have selected Stacy L. Martin as the next President & Chief Executive Officer of...
READ MOREStarbucks Supports LFS At Ease Program with Generous Donation
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska has received a generous gift from Starbucks to support services for the LFS At Ease program, which provides confidential, supportive and therapeutic services for active military members, veterans and...
READ MOREFamily’s Story Intertwined with LFS History
It was a trip of 370 miles from Joplin, Missouri, three months by horse and wagon, through snow and sleet, over dirt trails, passing only tiny villages along the way. Oren Wolf, father of three...
READ MOREHope in Healing: Yazidi Woman Reflects on Horrors of Genocide through Poem
Imagine being driven from your home and community due to unspeakable conditions and violence. This was the reality for Amel Hskan, who at just 17 years old lived survived an ISIS attack in her homeland...
READ MORERefugee Resettlement: Fiscal Year-End Updates
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported a record high of 22.5 million refugees worldwide in 2016. Of that number, only 189,300 people, or 0.008 percent, were permanently resettled. The United States Refugee Admissions...
READ MOREVeteran’s Day – Helping Soldiers Fight the War at Home after Returning from Battle
Barry Pettaway, an Army veteran, works with incarcerated veterans at the Douglas County Correctional Center. He recently shared his personal story to show others that with the right opportunities and assistance, a bright future is...
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