Who
is the clearinghouse for?
Who benefits from the clearinghouse?
Who develops and maintains
the clearinghouse?
Who supports the clearinghouse?
Who
is the clearinghouse for?
The
clearinghouse is designed to meet the information needs of
professionals who encounter refugee youth and children in
their work, particularly from the following service areas:
- refugee
resettlement
- refugee
community associations
-
child welfare
-
health/mental health
-
juvenile justice
-
education
Program
planners and administrators – as well as front-line
workers such as case managers, counselors and teachers –
can find valuable ideas and information in the clearinghouse.
Over
time, the collection will grow to include materials geared
for refugee parents, youth and children.
Who
benefits from the clearinghouse?
Service
providers who work with refugee youth and children are the
direct beneficiaries. For example, this may include:
- a
child protective worker with a high case load, working with
a refugee family for the first time;
-
a refugee community leader, or staff member in a mutual
assistance association (MAA, helping parents understand
the goals and role of child protective services in the U.S.;
or
-
a refugee resettlement worker, planning a cultural orientation
session for youth.
By
applying clearinghouse information to their own work, service
providers can pass benefits on to refugee clients. Consider
the following possible scenarios:
- An
MAA program director has access to information on refugee
youth programs run by other refugee-serving agencies around
the country. Having reviewed a range of programming options,
he would be better prepared to envision and plan expanded
services to youth.
-
A parenting educator learns about refugee experiences, adjustment
dynamics, and the inter-generational cultural gap that often
develops between refugee parents and teens.She could better
elicit the needs of her clients, and tailor her curriculum
accordingly.
- A
teacher learns that some refugee teens quit school in order
to work and help support their families. He would be better
prepared to help such teens make informed decisions about
their education, and could assist in linking families to
community resources.
-
A resettlement case manager has access to articles on traditional
healing practices. She would have information uniquely suited
to helping a doctor determine the origin of unusual marks
appearing on a child’s body.
-
A child protective services worker learns about traditional
childrearing practices and family dynamics in a refugee
culture. Armed with such information, she would be better
prepared to help a single mother develop sources of support,
such as within the mother’s own ethnic community.
Who
develops and maintains the clearinghouse?
BRYCS
staff from USCCB/MRS develop and maintain the clearinghouse
in conjunction with our technology
providers.
BRYCS
staff represent over 50 years of experience in child welfare
and refugee resettlement, as well as expertise in community
organizing, outreach, information management. Educational
backgrounds are in social work, mental health, anthropology
and communications.
Professional library and information management services are
provided by Information
Crossroads, LLC; abstracting services are provided by
Indexing
Partners.
Who
supports the clearinghouse?
The
BRYCS clearinghouse is supported by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and
Families, Office
of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), under grant # 90 RB 0018.
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