IRIS - Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services

Stop work orders don't stop us!

IRIS has just welcomed our fourth Afghan ally family – including four bright, resilient children beginning their new lives in safety and hope. These families often arrive with little more than courage and a story of survival.

One father told us: "They do everything for us, like a family. I’m so optimistic for the bright, bright new future." 

You can find out more about all we are doing to welcome the fourth family in CT Mirror’s May 4 coverage of the Rahim family, the first Afghan ally family we welcomed after the federal stop-work orders. 

But behind every welcome is a village. Staff, volunteers, and supporters like you step in to do it all: housing searches, English classes, job coaching, school enrollments, WIC applications—even help navigating local communities and services. The need is growing, while federal funding shrinks. IRIS has been forced to downsize dramatically, but our mission has never wavered. 

We’re adapting. We’re leaning on you, our community. And we’re not stopping.  Why? 

You make all the difference.

Be part of our tomorrow.  Today. 

Thank you!

With gratitude, 

The IRIS Team