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How States and Other Refugee Service Providers are Using Infographics to Engage Communities
This blog post is part of a series on engaging with your local community to build support for refugee resettlement. See our previous posts on Sharing Refugee Stories to Build Community Support and Using Data to Tell Program Stories…Without Putting Your Audience to Sleep. Wondering whether your program data has potential for community engagement? Unsure
Using Data to Tell Program Stories…Without Putting Your Audience to Sleep
This blog post is part of a series on engaging with your local community to build support for refugee resettlement. See our previous post on Sharing Refugee Stories to Build Community Support and stay tuned for a forthcoming post on How States and Other Refugee Service Providers are Using Infographics to Engage Communities. Many of
Sharing Refugee Stories to Build Community Support
This blog post is part of a series on engaging with your local community to build support for refugee resettlement. Stay tuned for the forthcoming posts Using Data to Tell Program Stories…Without Putting Your Audience to Sleep and How States and Other Refugee Service Providers are Using Infographics to Engage Communities. Are you looking to
How States Can Benefit from Switchboard’s New Data Toolkit: A Perspective from a State Refugee Coordinator
This blog post accompanies a new toolkit developed by the Urban Institute as part of the Switchboard program: Data-Driven State Refugee Programs: Lessons from the field on managing, analyzing, and using data to improve refugee programs. What challenges do states face in tracking Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) program outcomes? States face a number of
Getting More from Your ORR-6 Data: What’s the Value of ORR-6 Data to You?
This blog post accompanies a new toolkit developed by the Urban Institute as part of the Switchboard program: Data-Driven State Refugee Programs: Lessons from the field on managing, analyzing, and using data to improve refugee programs. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) recently delivered a series of webinar trainings on its updated ORR-6 report, which
How States Are Using Better Data to Help Refugees
This blog post was written by Jessica Shakesprere and Ian Hecker of the Urban Institute. It accompanies a new toolkit developed by the Urban Institute as part of the Switchboard program: Data-Driven State Refugee Programs: Lessons from the field on managing, analyzing, and using data to improve refugee programs. Many states that welcome refugees lack
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Toolkit – Launching and Strengthening Career Pathways Programs
Successfully building a career pathways program often means forming collaborative community partnerships and tapping into new funding streams. This toolkit,
Info Guide – Promoting Your Clients Financial Wellbeing
This information guide suggests asset building strategies that refugee service providers can implement to encourage clients’ long-term economic stability and
Podcast – Is Your Program Gender-Sensitive?
Stream Switchboard’s latest podcast! Kelsey Chippeaux of the IRC in Silver Spring discusses the process of developing a gender analysis plan for a TANF employment program.