Resource: “Continuing the Conversation: The Affordable Care Act after the Supreme Court Ruling” Webinar Archive
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Download webinar recording and slides for a review of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, implications of the June 2012 Supreme Court ruling, and discussion of Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchanges.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Pocket Card
Office of Refugee Resettlement
The ORR website includes information about programs, funding and grants, benefits and services for refugees, resources, data, and fact sheets. The map of funded projects displays agencies or services funded by ORR.
Refugee Services Toolkit
Resource: Refugee Services Toolkit
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
This web-based toolkit is designed to help service system providers understand the experience of refugee children and families, identify the needs associated with their mental health, and ensure that they are connected with appropriate interventions.
UNSPOKEN Conference: Create Space for Gender-Peace
Event: UNSPOKEN Conference: Create Space for Gender-Peace
Presented by: Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
Audience: Local, national, international collaborators for social change, including refugee resettlement agencies
This annual human rights forum combines film, art, music, and a conference into one festival.
October 17-18, 2012, Utica, NY
“Think Measles” Immunization Poster
Resource: “Think Measles” Immunization Poster
Minnesota Department of Health
This poster promotes healthy travel and proper immunization for measles. It is available in print in Amharic, English, Oromo, and Somali and electronically in Hmong, Khmer, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
“Tour of HealthCare.gov” Webinar
Event: “Tour of HealthCare.gov” Webinar
Presented by: The HHS Partnership Center
Audience: Health care consumers and providers
Tour the Healthcare.gov website, which is designed to provide consumers with information about insurance options, Medicare coverage, the Affordable Care Act, and more.
August 21, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Health Information Translations
Resource: Health Information Translations
This website provides easy to read and culturally appropriate education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities.
“Opening Doors” Disability Booklets
Resource: “Opening Doors” Disability Booklets
Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association
These booklets examine the perceptions of disability within particular culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia and are available in multiple languages.
Former Child Refugee Competes for the U.S. in the 2012 Olympics
News: Former Child Refugee Competes for the U.S. in the 2012 Olympics
Lopez Lomong, a former child refugee from South Sudan, competed for the U.S. in the 5,000 meter running event on August 9, 2012.