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what we do

Founded in 1918, the International Institute of New England (IINE) is one of the region’s longest established, largest, and most trusted non-profit social service organizations serving refugees and immigrants.

We create opportunities for refugees and immigrants to succeed through resettlement, education, career advancement and pathways to citizenship. Over the past three years, the number of refugees and immigrants that take part in our family reunification, education, skills training, job placement, and legal services programs offered in Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts, and Manchester, New Hampshire has more than doubled.

Today, our Unaccompanied Children’s Program is one of the largest in Greater Boston. Our work is critical to the growth of the region’s economy. Each year we place hundreds of well-trained and ambitious immigrants in jobs at companies in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Services

Welcoming and Resettlement

Welcoming and Resettlement

IINE resettles hundreds of refugees each year who are fleeing persecution and conflict in their homelands. Our work with refugees forms the basis of our continuum of service. We also support asylees who are in the United States seeking political protection after fleeing persecution. These services include our Unaccompanied Children’s Program, which reunites unaccompanied Central American children with family members or sponsors living in the United States.
Education

Education

Our ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Program serves more than 700 students each year. The program offers English specific to job readiness and workplace etiquette, which equips students with the language skills and cultural knowledge needed to enter the workforce and advance their careers.
Employment Support

Employment Support

Critical to IINE’s mission is providing a pathway to durable self-sufficiency for refugees and new immigrants so they are able to build a foundation of support for themselves and their families. Each year, IINE trains and places over 650 refugees and immigrants into the Massachusetts and New Hampshire workforce. Additionally, our vocational training programs in Boston and Lowell, MA prepare students for careers in the hospitality and healthcare industries, which offer family-sustaining wages, good benefits, and opportunities for advancement.
Pathways to Citizenship

Pathways to Citizenship

We specialize in family, humanitarian, and business immigration law as well as U.S. citizenship.

Where We Serve


Massachusetts

Abington 
Acton 
Amesbury 
Andover 
Arlington* 
Ashburnham 
Ashby 
Ashland 
Attleboro 
Auburn 
Auburndale
Avon 
Ayer 
Barnstable 
Barre 
Bedford* 
Bellingham
Belmont 
Beverly 
Billerica* 
Bolton 
Boston 
Boxborough 
Boylston 
Bradford 
Braintree 
Bridgewater 
Brighton 
Brockton
Brookline
Burlington 
Cambridge 
Canton 
Charlestown 
Chelmsford 
Chelsea
Chestnut Hill 
Clinton 
Concord 
Danvers 
Dartmouth 
Dedham 
Dennis 
Dighton 
Dorchester 
Dracut 
Dunstable 
E. Boston 
E. Bridgewater 
E. Falmouth 
E. Weymouth 
Easton 
Everett 
Fairhaven 
Fall River 
Falmouth 
Fitchburg 
Foxborough 
Framingham 
Franklin 
Gardner 
Grafton 
Groveland 
Hanover
Harwich 
Haverhill 
Holbrook 
Holden 
Hyde Park 
Jamaica Plain
Kingston 
Lakeville
Lancaster 
Lawrence 
Leominster 
Lexington 
Lincoln 
Littleton 
Lowell 
Lunenburg 
Lynn 
Lynnfield 
Malden * 
Mansfield 
Marblehead 
Marlborough 
Mattapan 
Maynard 
Medfield 
Medford  
Medway 
Melrose
Methuen
Middleborough 
Milford 
Millbury
Millis 
Milton 
Monson 
Natick 
Needham 
New Bedford 
Newton 
Norfolk 
North Andover 
N. Attleborough 
N. Billerica 
N. Chelmsford
N. Easton 
N. Reading 
N. Weymouth 
Norton 
Norwood 
Palmer 
Peabody 
Pembroke 
Pepperell 
Plymouth 
Quincy 
Randolph 
Raynham 
Reading 
Revere* 
Rockland 
Roslindale 
Roxbury 
S. Dennis 
S. Easton 
Salem 
Saugus 
Scituate 
Sharon 
Shirley 
Shrewsbury 
Somerset 
Somerville 
Southbridge 
South Hamilton 
South Yarmouth 
Southbridge 
Springfield 
Sterling 
Stoneham
Stoughton
Stow 
Sutton 
Swampscott 
Taunton 
Tewksbury 
Townsend 
W. Yarmouth 
Wakefield 
Walpole 
Waltham 
Wareham 
Watertown* 
Wayland 
Webster 
W. Boylston 
W. Bridgewater 
W. Roxbury 
W. Springfield 
Westborough 
Westford 
Weston 
Westwood 
Weymouth 
Whitman 
Wilmington 
Winchester 
Winthrop 
Woburn 
Worcester 
Wrentham 
Yarmouth

*IINE serves clients in shelters in these cities


New Hampshire

Allentown 
Auburn 
Barrington 
Bedford 
Bennington 
Bow 
Chichester
Claremont 
Concord 
Derry 
Dover 
Durham 
Epping 
Exeter 
Gilsum 
Goffstown 
Hampton 
Hampton Falls 
Hollis 
Hooksett 
Hudson 
Keene 
Londonderry 
Manchester 
Marlborough 
Merrimack 
Milford 
Nashua 
Nelson 
Newmarket 
Newton 
Nottingham 
Pelham 
Pittsfield 
Portsmouth 
Raymond
Salem 
Stratham 
Suncook 
Weare 
Wilton 
Winchester