Care Facilitation
• PA QuitLine for Smoking Cessation: The PA Free Quitline provides tobacco cessation services in both English and Spanish and has a third-party translation service for all other languages. Attached please find a QuitLine flyer in English. Additionally, you can use the Fax to Quitline and indicate the language required. The Quitline will contact the patient in their desired language. Learn more about the PA Quitline here: https://pa.quitlogix.org/ Find the referral form here:
Partnership and Training
• Video on Congolese Refugees: The Cultural Orientation Resource Center has produced a 33-minute PRM-funded video includes interviews with refugees and community leaders from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and refugee service providers, speaking about the resettlement experiences of newly-arrived and previously resettled refugees from the DRC. Topics addressed include employment opportunities, experience learning English in the United States, education for children and adults, inter-ethnic co-existence, family adjustment, emotional health, and other matters that affect the refugees’ daily lives. Link to the video here: http://www.culturalorientation.net/providing-orientation/toolkit/providing-orientation-videos/congolese-refugees-in-the-united-states
• Mapping Refugees Around the World: The Refugee Project has created an interactive map of refugee migrations around the world using UN data and histories of refugee crises. Find the interactive map here: http://www.therefugeeproject.org/
• Welcoming Newcomers to Philadelphia: The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians has issued a report and associated PowerPoint Presentation on Welcoming Immigrant Communities to Philadelphia. Find the Powerpoint here: http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101138922900-1520/Choosing+Philadelphia+-+June+18+FINAL+presentation.pdf and the full report here: http://www.welcomingcenter.org/sites/default/files/choosing_philadelphia_-_final_report.pdf
Best Practices
• PRHC Website: Check out the new Provider section of the PRHC website. It includes helpful information on refugee resettlement, best practices and available trainings: http://philarefugeehealth.org/?page_id=1672.
• PRHC Research: The Provider section of the PRHC website also includes a listing of current research going on locally: http://philarefugeehealth.org/?page_id=1412. In the next few months, we will be convening a meeting of researchers and other stakeholders to present findings and network. Stay tuned for updates!
Advocacy
• Proposed Cuts to Refugee Programs: The Office of Refugee Resettlement has proposed significant cuts to refugee programs to reallocate funding for the growing unaccompanied alien minor crisis. Join us in a call to action to request that Congress provide an additional $200 million in funding for this FY 2014 to meet the needs of both of these groups. See the following links:
o NSC Call to Action:
o Tweet your Representatives in Congress: http://action.interfaithimmigration.org/refugees/
o Find out more from Refugee Council USA: http://www.rcusa.org/www.rcusa.org/stop-cuts-to-refugee-services
o Send a message to President Obama:
https://secure2.convio.net/uscri/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=309
