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 SPECIAL FEATURE:
Fundraising for Refugee-Serving Agencies - Part 6

As discussed in previous fundraising articles, the science and art of fundraising involves much more than just asking for money. In order to secure funding, organizations must first and foremost be able to clearly explain their own mission, along with the activities they will carry out to support that mission. Each activity, in turn, must have its own set of objectives that can be matched with the objectives of a given donor. Most donors also want to know how effective organizations are in achieving these objectives.

Part six of the fundraising discussion touches briefly on how such information can be collected and communicated throughout each stage of the project cycle. Additional resources are included at the end of the article.

Read more in part six of the BRYCS special feature on The Feedback Loop: Planning, Implementation, Evaluation & Donor Cultivation.

RESOURCES FOR THE REFUGEE-SERVING COMMUNITY

The BRYCS project is acquiring and centralizing resources concerning refugee children, youth, and families.  We are interested in print and non-print resources, Promising Practices, descriptions of programs for refugee youth and children, and other resources of interest to the refugee-serving community. 

The resources we collect and present through the Clearinghouse 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 at clearinghouse at brycs.org.


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?
 
MAY 2005 SPOTLIGHT


 Refugee Children Without Their Parents: Guardianship, Kinship Care and Foster Care

Through the U.S. Refugee Program (USRP), approximately 10,000 separated children have been resettled in the U.S. since 1997. Once in the U.S., these children are reunified with parents or extended family members, or placed into specialized foster care programs for refugee children without family. This month's Spotlight article will examine  some programming challenges and resources for separated refugee children living in the U.S. and cared for by relatives or by foster families.  This month there are three featured searches of the database which provide resources related to separated children, foster care and unaccompanied refugee minors.

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

WHAT'S NEW

   BRYCS Holds National Roundtable

The BRYCS program held a Roundtable Discussion on “Enhancing State Child Welfare Services to Migrating Children” at the 15th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect in Boston, on April 20.

This Roundtable provided an opportunity for regional and state child welfare representatives to share their challenges and promising practices for serving refugee children, trafficked children and undocumented unaccompanied children. BRYCS, LIRS, and USCCB staff presented information on these populations, including their eligibility for specialized services through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Speakers included Richard Klarberg, President and CEO of the Council on Accreditation, and Ilze Earner, Director of the Immigrant and Child Welfare Project at the Hunter College School of Social Work. ORR staff joined the discussion by conference call.

BRYCS will continue to work at the state and regional levels towards increased information-sharing and coordination in order to enhance the capacity of public child welfare to serve these especially vulnerable children.

  Due to popular demand, BRYCS has created separate resources out of two appendices to our publication, Serving Foreign-Born Foster Children: A Resource for Meeting the Special Needs of Refugee Youth and Children. These now-separate publications, Developing Refugee Foster Families: A Worthwhile Investment and Serving Refugee Children in Foster Care: Fundamental Considerations, stand on their own as useful resources for both refugee-serving and public child welfare agencies.

The first document reviews the complexities and benefits of placing refugee children in ethnically similar foster homes, including proven strategies for recruiting, training, licensing, and retaining refugee foster families. The second resource provides an overview of issues and recommendations for refugee children in foster care, including factors in children's backgrounds that can influence their adjustment and recommendations for programs and foster families that increase positive outcomes for refugee children.

  Liberian Refugees

Look for BRYCS’ new publication, Liberian Refugees: Cultural Considerations for Social Service Providers, by Susan Schmidt, MSW. This publication is intended to be a resource for social service providers working with Liberian refugees in the U.S. and focuses on topics particularly relevant to family life and child welfare. The cultural descriptions and practice recommendations are based on information gathered through a review of available literature and interviews with refugee service providers and Liberians now living in the U.S.

   Targeted Resources Added

Resources for several ethnic groups have been added since this feature debuted March 1. Check out the resources for Cambodians.

COMING SOON Promising Practices

Look for our new series this summer on “Promising Practices” in the homepage sidebar where our fundraising series has been. If you have a program to share, or are aware of any creative efforts towards enhancing services for refugee children, please contact BRYCS with the details. We want to recognize and profile these efforts, so that others can learn from them. Email clearinghouse at brycs.org or call 202-541-3232 to speak with our Outreach and Information Coordinator.

COMING SOON Meskhetian Turks and Burmese

BRYCS will feature the Meskhetian Turks and Burmese refugees on our June Web site, in honor of World Refugee Day celebrated on June 20, 2005.

 
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