Resource: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Pocket Card
Connect Program
The Connect Program in New Hampshire partnered with Bhutanese community members to translate the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Pocket Card into Nepali. Download the pocket card in English and in Nepali.
Category Archives: Resources
CDC Lead Screening Guidelines
Resource: Screening for Lead during the Domestic Medical Examination for Newly Arrived Refugees
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
These updated lead screening guidelines set the cutoff value that CDC recommends for action and reporting at blood lead level ≥5 mcg/dL (previously was ≥10 mcg/dL).
Cultural Backgrounders on Early Childhood
Resource: Cultural backgrounders focused on early childhood, Bhutanese Refugee Families and Refugee Families from Burma
BRYCS and the Office of Head Start’s National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
These resources provide general cultural information, while recognizing that every family is unique and that cultural practices will vary by household and by generation. Stay tuned for more publications from this collaboration, including more cultural backgrounders.
Virginia Adult ESOL Health Literacy Toolkit
Resource: Virginia Adult ESOL Health Literacy Toolkit
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center, located at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education
This toolkit offers explanations, tips, materials, and links to help ESOL teachers and programs better understand and address the health literacy challenges faced by adult English language learners in the U.S.
Refugee Mental Health Bibliography
Resource: Refugee Mental Health Bibliography
National Partnership for Community Training and Pathways to Wellness
This bibliography is an effort to compile prominent research and literature on refugee mental health, from general information to screening and assessment processes, effective interventions, best and promising practices in therapy, clinical treatment, and culturally specific modalities.
Healthcare.gov phone line for assistance
Resource: Healthcare.gov phone line for consumer assistance
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
For information on how uninsured individuals and families can get health coverage, please call 1-800-318-2596 (which provides assistance in English and Spanish, as well as 150 other languages).
Sept 15-22 is National Welcoming Week
News: Sept 15-22 is National Welcoming Week
Nationwide community events to promote spirit of unity between U.S. and foreign-born Americans. Find events in your area or download Welcoming Week resources to launch the campaign in your neighborhood!
Suicide Prevention Resource Center Training Institute webinars
Resource: Suicide Prevention Resource Center Training Institute webinars
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
This web page hosts suicide prevention training webinars from SAMHSA and its partners including the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Minority Mental Health
Resource: Minority Mental Health
U.S. Office of Minority Health
Contains links to factsheets, data and reports, outreach tools, and awareness raising campaigns.
Apply to be a certified application assistor
Resource: Apply to be a Certified Application Counselor Organization
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Community health centers or other health care providers, hospitals, non-federal governmental or non-profit social service agencies in a state with a Federally-facilitated Marketplace or a State Partnership Marketplace can become a Certified Application Counselor Organization to help people apply for health insurance.