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[Angela Jancius]

REFUGEE WORKS
E-NEWSLETTER January 2008

Welcome to RefugeeWorks' news electronic newsletter. RefugeeWorks is the 
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement's training and technical assistance arm 
for employment and self-sufficiency activities. We assist states, counties, 
voluntary agencies, mutual aid associations, employment service providers, 
workforce development boards, employers and policymakers in their efforts to 
help refugees achieve self-sufficiency.

By launching this e-Newsletter, we would like to bring refugee employment 
issues to your attention in a timely manner. Please don't hesitate to 
contact us if you want to share a success story or employment-related news 
with the members of our national refugee employment network, and continue 
the discussion with experts on our Internet forum, at 
www.refugeeworks.org/forum

This month, RefugeeWorks is celebrating the first birthday of our resource 
portal, www.refugeeworks.org. The website offers a wealth of research 
materials, handy-to-use publications, best practices and training materials 
for service providers, employers and clients.

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Happy New Year!
~Daniel Sturm, Jonathan Lucus, Rebecca Armstrong


CURRENT RESEARCH
We have developed a short online survey to explore employment options for 
Iraqi refugees, and we intend to share our findings with you, during our 
upcoming RefugeeWorks Employment Training Institutes. Your participation in 
this 15-minute survey will help to improve employment services in the 
national network, for this incoming refugee population. Our findings will be 
more significant if as many employment specialists as possible participate. 
Therefore, please share this survey with employment specialists in your 
agency and ask them to complete it by February 15, 2008. Here is a link to 
the survey: http://tinyurl.com/36v53l


RESEARCH QUESTION OF THE MONTH
RefugeeWorks has launched a special project on refugee service providers' 
employer relations. This month, we would like to hear from agencies that 
have partnerships with CVS stores. Please drop us a note, if you do. Thanks!

Also, do you have any stories and pictures of refugees in the workplace? Do 
not hesitate to submit stories and photos, as we would like to highlight 
your refugee employment stories in one of our upcoming publications. Contact 
Daniel at dsturm at refugeeworks.org


EMPLOYMENT TRAINING INSTITUTES
* March 4-5, 2008: Los Angeles, Calif., Refugee Forum of Los Angeles County
* April 15-16, 2008: Fort Worth, TX., Catholic Charities of Fort Worth
* June 17-18, 2008: Indianapolis, IN., Exodus Refugee and Immigration, Inc
* August 19-20, 2008: Manchester, NH., International Institute of New 
Hampshire
http://refugeeworks.org/about/training.html

RefugeeWorks trainings are specifically tailored for front-line employment 
staff from refugee resettlement agencies, mutual assistance agencies and 
government programs. Each of our two-day trainings will highlight one 
special topic and cover a range of themes, such as vocational training, new 
populations, financial literacy and career
upgrading.