Daily News | Intercultural Family Services plans to scale up services and increase visibility under newly appointed CEO
He has only been in the top spot for two weeks, but one of the things Javier Alvarado plans to do is raise the profile of Intercultural Family Services, Inc.
Founded in 1979 as the volunteer-run resettlement agency Asian American Services Center, the organization was later incorporated as the Philadelphia Refugee Service Center in 1984. It changed its name to IFS in 1992 with the hope it better reflected the organization’s work providing community-based health and social services to refugees and immigrants.
The agency is also home to the Enhancing Parenting Skills program which is designed for parents who are in need of improving their parenting techniques and want the support of other parents. Over the years he has gotten to know the city and while he isn’t a big sports fan, he does love the Eagles.“I love the diversity of the city. The amazing food and the people,” he said.
At 17, after graduating from high school, he wanted to prove his American bonafides to those who had bullied him as a kid, by joining the military.
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