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SPECIAL FEATURE:
Fundraising for Refugee-Serving Agencies - Part 3

The December 2004 Special Feature opened our ongoing discussion of “Fundraising for Refugee-Serving Agencies”, providing an overview of recent funding trends for U.S. nonprofit organizations. These trends bode well for refugee-serving organizations seeking grant funding in the areas of education, health and human services, where the share of foundation grant dollars rank high. Serving as one of several sources of revenue, foundation grants can provide an important contribution to your organization’s balanced funding mix.

Types of foundations include: smaller family and community foundations, larger private and company-sponsored foundations, and grantmaking public charities. Learn more about the differences among foundations on the Foundation Center’s website.

To search for information on which foundations offer grants for organizations like yours, there are a number of options.  Read more in part three of the BRYCS special feature on fundraising for refugee-serving agencies.

Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) is a national technical assistance project working to broaden the scope of information and collaboration among service providers - in order to strengthen services to refugee youth, children and their families. Read more about our mission and services.  Who is a refugee?
FEBRUARY 2005 SPOTLIGHT


Developing Culturally Competent, Effective Parenting Programs

In our work around the country, BRYCS has listened to refugee families talk about many of the challenges they face in raising children in a culture vastly different from the one in which they grew up.  Although the majority of refugee children eventually do well here and go on to be successful adults (some extremely successful), there is also much pain and struggle in many of these families. These struggles are similar to the ones all parents face, but may be compounded by the circumstances under which families fled their country, the traumatic experiences and separations endured, and the often major changes in family roles and expectations that accompany life in a new culture.

This month's Spotlight examines resources for developing culturally competent, effective parenting programs.  Additional resources may be found in the accompanying featured search.

The BRYCS project is acquiring and centralizing resources concerning refugee children, youth, and families. The resources are often accompanied by descriptions from BRYCS, and include, when available, the full text on the BRYCS website.  BRYCS will continue to update the clearinghouse as new materials are acquired, reviewed, and included. Please join us in making this possible by suggesting relevant resources. Click on the “Suggest a Resource” link on the BRYCS homepage, or call toll-free 1-888-572-6500—press #3 after the prompt. Or send an e-mail to Outreach & Information Coordinator Charles Evans at clearinghouse@brycs.org.

Last month's spotlight addressing mentoring programs is available in the BRYCS archive. The accompanying featured search is also available through the BRYCS archive, along with past resource lists.

 
HMONG REFUGEES

   The collection of BRYCS resources that focuses on Hmong children, youth, and families has been updated with five new entries.  You can find them here.  Complete information on the resource and, when available, the full text, can be accessed by clicking on the title link from the list.
 

The following press release from the U.S. Department of State regarding Hmong refugees now at Wat Tham Krabok was released on January 28, 2005.

Enhanced Medical Screening for Hmong Refugees

Working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , the Department of State has begun implementing enhanced health screening and treatment procedures for Hmong refugees in Thailand. Approximately 15,000 individuals were deemed eligible for resettlement in the United States, and the first refugees arrived in the United States in June 2004. Approximately 9,000 of the refugees have arrived in the United States to date.

Travel by Hmong refugees now at Wat Tham Krabok will resume as soon as the Department of State and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are satisfied that these measures are effective.

In January 2005, CDC observed a cluster of reports of Hmong refugees in the United States with active tuberculosis. CDC recommended a temporary halt in the movement of the refugees to the U.S. until further investigation is completed and expanded screening and treatment guidelines can be developed. The Department of State temporarily suspended the travel of Hmong Lao refugees from Wat Tham Krabok to the United States on January 21, 2005. The affected refugees in the U.S., as well as their families, are receiving appropriate treatment and counseling.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with state and local officials to address concerns raised by these findings. The CDC and the Department of State are working with the government of Thailand and others to ensure treatment and control of tuberculosis among the refugees still in Thailand.

All refugees migrating to the United States are required to have a medical screening examination overseas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responsible for providing technical guidance to the physicians who perform the overseas medical screening examination.

More information on these issues can be found in the CDC's background documents: TB FAQ sheet and Hmong Lao refugees, Tuberculosis and Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, and on the CDC TB Education and Training Resources Web site.  The State Department press release and CDC documents are also available as one document here.
 
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