This Guidebook, available from the Cultural Orientation Resource Center(link is external), is intended to give refugees information about fundamental aspects of life in the United States and includes the following chapters: Pre-Arrival Processing, The Resettlement Agency, Community Services, Housing, Transportation, Employment, Education, Health, Managing your Money, Rights and Responsibilities, and Cultural Adjustment. You may download the guide in PDF format in a variety of languages(link is external), including:
- Amharic
- Arabic
- English
- Farsi
- Karen
- Kirundi
- Nepali
- Russian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Tigrigna
Additional Resources
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resourcePractice update: What professionals who are not brain injury specialists need to know about intimate partner violence-related traumatic brain injury
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resourceImmigration Detention and Faith-based Organizations
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resourceTreating patients with traumatic life experiences: providing trauma-informed care
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resourceNeuropsychological assessment of refugees: Methodological and cross-cultural barriers