Volunteer Resources

Case Management

• Arrive Resettlement Overview
• Case Manager Responsibilities

Guides

• Employment Counseling for Refugees
• Helping Refugees Find Employment

 

Additional Resources

• Indeed – Listings for Non-English Speakers
• Childcare Assistance for Working Adults

Websites

• Growing Participator Approach (Lesson Plans)
• ABC English (Beginning Literacy)
• Reading Skills
• Literacy Minnesota
• S.A.L.T. Library
  • Ask us for the password

Trainings

• ABC English (Webinar)
• Wheaton College – Various Training Opportunities
• LINK: Teaching ESL via Zoom
• The Growing Participator Approach (GPA) – Arrive Training

Other

• English Tutoring Tips
• Sample Lesson Plan Template
• Recommended Curriculum Options

Public Assistance

• Overview
• Maintaining Support
• Childcare Assistance
• W.I.C. – Free food support for Women, Infants and Children

Taxes

• Important Note
• Free Tax Preparation Site-Finder

Bank Accounts

• EFT Form – Transfers public assistance to bank account

Clinic-Finder

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• HealthPartners
• Hennepin Health
• Medica
• UCare
• Low-Cost Dental Resources

Medical Taxis

• Tips and Guidelines

Housing Assistance

• Emergency Assistance
  • For eviction notices or utility shut-offs

Utilities

• Energy Assistance
• Internet Assistance

Moving

• What to Do if you Move

Public Transportation

• Metro Transit Website
• Metro Card Retailers
• Download the Metro App
• Transportation Assistance Program ($1 bus fares)

Driving

• Apply for a Permit/License
  • (Under “Driver Services”)
• Schedule a Knowledge Exam
  • (Under “Appointments”)
• Schedule a Driver’s Test
  • (Under “Appointments”)

Congolese Culture

• History and Culture
• Unique Customs
• Congolese in Minnesota

Ethiopian Culture

• Cultural Atlas

Somali Culture

• Somali Culture Overview
• Cultural Atlas
• History and Culture
• Somalis in Minnesota
• Somali Businesses in the Twin Cities

Sudanese Culture

• Cultural Atlas (Republic of Sudan) 
• Cultural Atlas (Republic of South Sudan)

Afghan Culture

• Cultural Atlas
• Afghanistan Overview

Bhutanese Culture

• Bhutanese Cultural Overview
• Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
• Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal-Supplement

Burmese (Myanmar) Culture 

• Cultural Atlas

Iranian Culture

• Cultural Atlas

Iraqi Culture

• Cultural Atlas
• Iraqi Culture Overview
• Refugees from Iraq: Their Backgrounds, Cultures, and Refugee Experiences
• Iraqi Perspectives on Resettlement

Karen Culture

• Karen Culture Overview
• Refugees from Burma: Their Backgrounds and Refugee Experiences
• Karen Website Resources
• Additional Resources: For Volunteers Working with the Karen
• Karen Community Resources

Syrian Culture

• Cultural Atlas

Russian Culture

• Cultural Atlas

Ukrainian Culture

• Cultural Overview

Ecuadorian Culture

• Cultural Overview

Guatemalan Culture

• Cultural Overview

Venezuelan Culture

• Cultural Atlas

• Seeking Refuge
• Welcoming the Stranger
• Strangers Next Door
• Foreign to Familiar
• When Helping Hurts
• Refugee for Life
• Toxic Charity
• The Insanity of God
• Arrive Ministries also has a lending library. Feel free to stop by and check out a book!

• American Immigration Council
• Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services
• Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
• Cultural Orientation Resource Center
• Evangelical Immigration Table
• Forced Migration Review
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Center
• International Organization on Migration
• Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement
• Refugee Council USA
• RefWorld
• Terrorism and Immigration: A Risk Analysis
• The New Humanitarian
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• World Relief Blog