Practical
Case Management
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
Public Assistance
- Overview
- Maintaining Support
- Childcare Assistance
- W.I.C. – Free food support for Women, Infants and Children
Taxes
Bank Accounts
- EFT Form – Transfers public assistance to bank account
Clinic-Finder
Medical Taxis
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”)
Driving Manuals
Culture
Congolese Culture
Ethiopian Culture
Somali Culture
- Somali Culture Overview
- Cultural Atlas
- History and Culture
- Somalis in Minnesota
- Somali Businesses in the Twin Cities
Sudanese Culture
Afghan Culture
Bhutanese Culture
Burmese (Myanmar) Culture
Iranian Culture
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
Ecuadorian Culture
Guatemalan Culture
Venezuelan Culture
Additional Resources
- 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