Two New Resources
Refugees with Disabilities
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), Assisting Refugees with Disabilities Program, has produced a "Resource Guide for Serving Refugees with Disabilities" that is now available for download at http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1965&subm=113&ssm=135&area=Participate
The guide, written for refugee case managers and those serving refugees with disabilities, includes 139 pages of information about resources for serving adults and children with disabilities, housing for refugees with disabilities, assistive technology, medical resources, citizenship and disability, benefits for refugees with disabilities and more.
If you have any questions or technical assistance needs, please contact Xuan Nguyen, Director of USCRI Health and Human Services at mailto:dblankenship@uscridc.org xnguyen@uscridc.org or at 202-347-3507 ext 3056.
Workplace Instruction and Workforce Preparation for Adult Immigrants
If you are interested in learning more about instruction geared towards the workplace, then this resource will be very helpful. Written by Miriam Burt and Julie Mathews-Aydinli, this brief reviews the three venues in which federally funded instruction to help immigrants become successful at work is offered - at the workplace, in vocational classes, and in adult English as a second language (ESL) classes. This brief, published by the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) at the Center for Applied Linguistics, can be found at http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/work.html