Event: Protection, Resettlement, and Integration Conference
Ethiopian Community Development Council
Conference theme is trends and challenges in serving African refugees and immigrants.
May 16-17, 2013, Arlington, VA.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Course In Immigrant and Refugee Health
Training: Free Online Course In Immigrant and Refugee Health
University of Minnesota Medical School
Six online lectures covering topics such as effective communication across cultures, domestic screening guidelines, immunization, and mental health in resettlement.
Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library
Resource: Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library
Migration Policy Institute
Hub for resources used to provide services to Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals that includes a Practitioners’ Corner and link to webinars.
Supporting Refugee Families: Adapting Family Strengthening Programs
Resource: Supporting Refugee Families: Adapting Family Strengthening Programs that Build on Assets
BRYCS
Provides an introduction to research-based and practice-grounded family strengthening methods that have been adapted to newcomer populations.
Recommended Immunization Schedules for Children and Adults in U.S.
Resource: Recommended Immunization Schedules for Children and Adults in U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ 2013 recommendations of immunization schedules for persons aged 0 to 18 years and adults aged 19 years and older in the U.S.
Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series, Funding
Funding Opportunity: Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH encourages Research Conference Grant applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia, especially about addressing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research. Due October 17, 2013.
The Opening of Burmese Borders: Impacts on Migration
Resource: The Opening of Burmese Borders: Impacts on Migration
Migration Policy Institute
Article discusses the history of forced migration experienced by people from Burma and how the recent reopening of that country’s borders will affect migration.
Refugees from Burma U.S. Resettlement Questions and Answers
Resource: Refugees from Burma, U.S. Resettlement Questions and Answers
Karen News
International Rescue Committee’s Resettlement Support Center issued a document with 20 key questions and answers related to U.S. resettlement of refugees from Burma who are currently in Thailand.
Lawrence Foundation grants
Funding Opportunity: Lawrence Foundation grants
Lawrence Foundation
The foundation is focused on making grants to support environmental, human services and other causes. June and December grant cycles.
Limited English Proficient Individuals in the United States
Resource: Limited English Proficient Individuals in the United States, by County
Migration Policy Institute
Data tables show estimates of the number and share of Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals – and the main languages or language groups they speak – across counties in the United States and Puerto Rico.