Program Descriptions

Tri-Cities World Relief office in Richland, WA This document describes the agency's orientation content and delivery, while attachments give the agency's general Orientation Guidelines and Arrival/Health/Safety/Hygiene Orientation content (Provided by Tri-Cities World Relief, Richland, WA)

Lutheran Social Services of Sioux Falls, SD This information includes a description of the services and orientation provided, as well as a 10-page outline of the program's 12-session Community Orientation and Pre-Employment Training program (Provided by Lutheran Social Services of Sioux Falls, SD)

Interfaith Refugee Ministry Two-page description of the various programs and orientation initiatives of the only refugee resettlement agency in the Eastern part of North Carolina (Provided by Interfaith Refugee Ministry, Inc., New Bern, NC)

Chicago CO Collaborative Two-page document describing the collaboration between several agencies in Chicago to offer orientation sessions and meet additional refugee needs. (Developed by the Cultural Orientation Resource Center in collaboration with Heartland Alliance)

Bhutanese Family Cultural Orientation in Houston One page description of the BFCOH program, which brings together three organizations in Houston to provide regular orientation sessions to Bhutanese community members (Provided by Bhutanese Family Cultural Orientation in Houston)

Erie City School District/International Institute of Erie Three-page description of the partnership between Erie City School District and International Institute of Erie in providing orientation to parents and youth (Provided by Erie City School District)

PowerPoint Presentation on Houston Collaborative [Provided by YMCA International Services, Houston]

Description of and Topics for Kentucky Refugee Ministries' CO Program in Louisville, KY

Refugee Reports' June 2004 article on Atlanta Collaborative, outlining the formation of a working group to design and deliver extensive and ongoing orientation for Somali Bantu refugees and proposing this as a model for other non-funded or low-cost collaborative CO projects. A number of refugee-serving agencies in Atlanta are once again working together to provide orientation sessions for new populations.

Topics and Schedule for collaborative in Fargo, ND [Provided by EMM New Americans Services/Lutheran Social Services, Fargo, ND]

 

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