The ONA Community Navigator Program is a new ONA program designed to localize leadership throughout New York State with a focus on providing accurate and reliable information to low-income immigrant and refugee communities. The ONA Community Navigators:
Lead local roundtable discussions with traditional and non-traditional immigration allies
Provide workforce development programs
Hold community conversations to build bridges and relationships between communities
Host navigator training to enhance advocacy and organizational skills
The ONA Community Navigator Program is the first state program of its kind in the country that creates a network of local leadership to support low-income immigrant and refugee communities with a variety of economic and cultural programming. The Office for New Americans Community Navigator Program was established in Utica in 2018.