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EXPLORING REFUGEE INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES IN FOUR AMERICAN COMMUNITIES June 2010 Prepared for: Office of Refugee Resettlement Prepared by: ISED Solutions On behalf of the Integration Work Group for the Office of Refugee Resettlement Authors: Peggy Gilbert Maria Hein Jan Losby With contributions by: Paul Stein Susan Downs-Karkos ISED Solutions 1400 K Street NW Suite # 1201 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 223-3288 Fax: (202) 223-3289 Website: www.ised.us
DISCLAIMER This document is published pursuant to Cooperative Agreement #90RB0040 on behalf of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The views expressed are those of ISED Solutions and the individuals who participated in the case study visits and may not reflect the views of ORR. ii EXPLORING REFUGEE INTEGRATION: EXPERIENCES IN FOUR AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
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Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary
Page 7 and 8: It was the most consistent observat
Page 9 and 10: With the fall of Vietnam in April 1
Page 11 and 12: ISED prepared an interim report of
Page 13 and 14: B. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACH Th
Page 15 and 16: The locations and dates of each sit
Page 17 and 18: III INTEGRATION THEMES Over the cou
Page 19 and 20: that many refugees cannot continue
Page 21 and 22: Issues of Funding. The site team me
Page 23 and 24: funding available. At more than one
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Page 27 and 28: husband was working full-time and i
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Page 33 and 34: Wilfred was also excited about voti
Page 35 and 36: employment. Rachel says she loves t
Page 37 and 38: V. PROMISING PRACTICES IN INTEGRATI
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Page 41 and 42: Community Gardens A community garde
Page 43 and 44: The following promising practices f
Page 45 and 46: C. PROMISING INTEGRATION PRACTICES
Page 47 and 48: Youth Leadership Network (continued
Page 49 and 50: Refugees for Community With the lea
Page 51 and 52: D. PROMISING INTEGRATION PRACTICES
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Mercy Housing: Grace Apartments Co-
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F. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES THAT FACILI
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G. PROMISING PRACTICES FROM FOUNDAT
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REFERENCES Adams, J. (2008, June 27
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS Amerasians. Indiv
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secondary migration. The process of
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APPENDIX A. SITE DESCRIPTIONS This
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Table A-2. Refugee Resettlement: FY
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Arriving Bosnian refugees bought an
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Additional refugee groups are worki
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Chicago, Illinois Since 1975, refug
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Chicago has had immigrants working
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agencies (including many of Chicago
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organizations in immigrant neighbor
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important because it gave him somet
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In 1990, fewer than 5,000 Minnesota
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and vitality of the entire communit
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stop. Refugees say there are benefi
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One woman’s situation illustrates
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As the initiative unfolded, the Tru
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Citizenship preparation using well-
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said, “We did not come here to wo
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APPENDIX B. CLIENT FOCUS GROUP MODE
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Education of children and youth: F
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Appendix C. IWG Meetings in Utica,
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Appendix E. IWG Meetings in Minneap
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APPENDIX G. REFUGEE ACT OF 1980 Tit
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(iii) take into account: (I) the pr
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(C) submit to the Director, within
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