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Vocational Training & Employment Services

Refugee and Asylee Career Development Services

Do you want to get a better job? Or get a certificate in an exciting field?

Montgomery College and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) can help with refugee career development services. Refugee and Asylee career development services connect refugees and humanitarian immigrants to industry-recognized credentials, advanced job readiness training, and 1-to-1 career counseling, with the goal of securing living wage work on a career path.

Targeted Assistance Program
Requirements to participate in any of these programs:
  • Be seeking a job in the job field of the class
  • Be a refugee, approved asylee, SIV or victim of trafficking
  • Attend required job readiness training with IRC
  • Submit all necessary paperwork
  • Have English level appropriate to class and industry
  • Contact the IRC or Montgomery College for more information

Refugee Scholarship Classes

You may qualify for a scholarship for classes at MC which lead to industry-recognized certificates in areas such as IT or healthcare. Please visit the WDCE Course Schedule to see some of the possible classes. Contact the IRC for more information.

Vocational Training & Employment Services (VTES)

Certified Nursing Assistant/Geriatric Nursing Assistant (CNA/GNA)

CNA/GNA Program Requirements: 

  • Must be Refugee, Granted Asylum, SIV, VOT
  • You must be ready to study hard and to work in health care. 
  • You must need help with English, reading, and/or math skills
  • You must have a high school diploma
  • You must be a Maryland resident

Improve your English, math, reading, study, computer, and work-related skills. Learn how to take care of patients and residents in a clinical setting and how to take blood pressure, feed and bathe patients, use CPR, help patients move safely, work with medical records and use a computer, and work as part of a healthcare team of professionals.

Registration & Testing are online/virtual.

CNA / GNA Class Information:

This is usually offered once a year July to September.  

For disability related accommodations, please contact the Montgomery College Disability Support Services (DSS) office at 240-567-4118 at least four weeks before registration. Montgomery College is an academic institution that is committed to equal opportunity and fostering diversity among its student body, faculty, and staff.

This program is funded by the Vocational Training & Employment Services (VTES) through the Maryland Office of Refugees and Asylees.