Safe, Smart & Healthy Videos

Resource: Safe, Smart & Healthy Videos Online
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)
Refugee Services health orientation videos, Safe, Smart & Healthy: Keys to Success in Your New Home, are now available online in over 30 languages, including Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Dzongkha (Bhutanese), Hakha (Chin), S’gaw Karen, Somali, and Swahili.

2013 National Refugee and Immigrant Conference

Event: 2013 National Refugee and Immigrant Conference: Issues and Innovations
Presented by: Adult Learning Resource Center
For providers who work with refugees and immigrants in fields such as education, health care, social services, job development, and advocacy.
October 10-11, 2013, Chicago, IL.

COR Extended and Enhanced Orientation Curriculum

Resource: Extended and Enhanced Orientation Curriculum
Cultural Orientation Resource Center, Center for Applied Linguistics
The Curriculum was funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement for use by service providers assisting refugees and asylees outside the Reception and Placement program. This curriculum is composed of 26 lesson plans covering the key topics of orientation including a section on health care.

Safe, Smart & Healthy: Keys to Success in Your New Home

Resource: Safe, Smart & Healthy: Keys to Success in Your New Home
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Video includes chapters on: medical care & health insurance, family issues & domestic violence, medications & home remedies, personal hygiene, substance use, and food safety. DVD copies available in multiple languages. Contact Sarah Russell (Sarah.Russell@jfs.ohio.gov) for more information.