Resource: Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Outlines DHHS goals and actions for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.It is aligned with the Affordable Care Act, Healthy People 2020, the First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative and the President’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Category Archives: Resources
Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2013: Report to Congress
Resource: Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2013: Report to Congress is prepared by the U.S. Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services. It contains information on refugee situations, proposed refugee admissions, and plans for resettlement.
Refugee Agricultural Promotion Projects (ISED)
Resource: Refugee Agricultural Promotion Projects
Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED).
Publications and tutorials supporting refugee agriculture.
Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP)
Resource: Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP)
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Resources to support collaboration among refugees and other community-based organizations and list of local partner organizations in RAPP.
COR Center YouTube channel
Resource: COR Center YouTube Channel
Cultural Orientation Resource Center/Center for Applied Linguistics
New YouTube channel includes “When I Came to America” videos for Bhutanese, Burmese, and Darfuri refugee communities and “Refugee Seniors in the United States” video.
Updated Language Access Content
Resource: Updated Language Access Content
RHTAC added new information about Language Access, including the distinction between interpreters and translators, strategies for conducting a remote interpreted session, and information about translating health education materials.
Refugee Origins and Resettlement Reports
Resource: Refugee Origins and Resettlement Reports
U.S. Department of State, Refugee Admissions Program
Maps and reports on national origins of refugees admitted to the US, as well as processing country and resettlement location. Maps are based on the 2012 fiscal year and will be updated monthly.
World Suicide Prevention Day Toolkit
Resource: World Suicide Prevention Day Toolkit
International Association for Suicide Prevention
World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10, 2012. Download resources, powerpoint presentations, press packages and more to raise awareness.
NHeLP Medicaid Expansion Toolbox
Resource: NHeLP Medicaid Expansion Toolbox
National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
Resource center for health advocates and states on interpreting the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act ruling, its implications for Medicaid, and other policy considerations.
Domestic Immunization Guidelines for Newly Arrived Refugees
Resource: Domestic Immunization Guidelines for Newly Arrived Refugees
CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
Guidelines on evaluation of overseas immunization records, immunization administration, and current immunization schedule for U.S.-bound refugees.