Resource: Role of Spirituality in the Treatment of Torture Survivors
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services
Informational guide discusses spirituality as a protective factor and strength for torture survivors as well as the importance of spirituality in torture rehabilitation.
Category Archives: Resources
Know Hepatitis B Campaign
Resource: Know Hepatitis B
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A national, multilingual communication campaign to increase testing for hepatitis B among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). The campaign delivers culturally relevant messages in English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese through a variety of multimedia channels.
Raising Young Children in a New Country
Resource: Raising Young Children in a New Country: Supporting Early Learning and Healthy Development
BRYCS and the Office of Head Start’s National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
New handbook for newcomer families that addresses the following themes: Family Well-Being, Safety and Protection, Guidance and Discipline, Healthy Brain Development, Early Learning and School Readiness, and Connecting to Early Care and Education. The handbook is now in English and will be available soon in Arabic and Spanish.
Health Insurance Marketplace
Resource: Marketplace.cms.gov
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Website for professionals who are learning about the Health Insurance Marketplace and helping people apply.
UNHCR Canada World Refugee Day website
Resource: World Refugee Day information
UNHCR Canada
Website contains information on World Refugee Day, events happening in Canada, and a downloadable awareness-raising poster.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Resource: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
24-hour national hotline that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Lifeline supports languages spoken by refugees and other vulnerable populations. Interpretation services by phone are available at no cost to the caller.
CAL COR Welcome Set
Resource: Welcome to the United States
CAL Cultural Orientation Resource Center
Welcome Set includes a guidebook and DVD that offer information to refugees about resettlement in the United States. Welcome Set materials available in English, Arabic, Burmese, and Nepali.
Adult Vaccine Finder
Resource: Adult Vaccine Finder
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Locates the providers of recommended adult vaccines based on zip code.
Burmese health education materials
Resource: Publications on Diabetes, Income Taxes, and Employment
Burmese Advocacy Center
Publications entitled Diet for Diabetes, American Basic Rules of Individual Income Tax Return, and Employment Handbook are now available. To receive these publications for your organization or for your clients from Burma, please contact the Burmese Advocacy Center.
Videos on Refugee Youth
Resource: Videos for learning about refugee youth
CAL Cultural Orientation Resource Center
Videos to assist refugees and refugee providers in learning about adjustment of refugee families and refugee youth to their new lives in the United States. Videos available in English, Farsi, Nepali, and Somali.