Bear POWER director discusses the importance of autism awareness.

Gabriel and Jet'aime Bolenge came to Springfield in 2016 with their mom, dad and two other brothers.

On our last day of Sense of Community reporting, we talk to professionals who work with their clients to file the right document at the right time and understand a process that takes years.

Staff lead a weekly Job Club program and work daily to help their clients flourish.

The program, which meets at the Stalnaker Boys & Girls Club, is run by the ELI at MSU and is funded by a grant awarded to SPS.

KSMU's Meghan McKinney interviewed Fereshte about her time in Springfield and what she hopes for her future.

It's the first day of Ramadan, and I'm in a vehicle with Marga Pogue, a volunteer working with the International Institute of Southwest Missouri to guide a young Afghan family that is resettling in the Ozarks.

John Ndahiriwe was a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who immigrated to the Ozarks. He and his family escaped a dire situation to make a new home in the United States.

In this week's edition of Ozarks Public Radio's Sense of Community, we’re reporting on migrants, refugees — and the local volunteers who help care for them.

Hadid, who's just 23, came to the U.S. by way of Malaysia where she was a refugee and now lives in Springfield.