Refugee Resettlement Services 101

Marium Baker, Workforce Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Kimberly Vitelli, Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Ryan Foster, Refugee Services Program Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

Nycole Tylka, Workforce Development Assistant Director, Utah Department of Workforce Services

Annie Fenton, Program Director, Michigan International Talent Solutions (MITS) Office of Global Michigan, Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity

Sameh Elhady, CDF-CBSP / Refugee & Immigrant Navigator, SEMCA (Southeast Michigan Community Alliance)

With a record number of new refugees, asylees, and SIV holders arriving in the United States, the workforce development system is being tasked with finding suitable training and employment services to individuals with work authorization.  Meanwhile, the Office of Refugee and Resettlement is also providing career training, workforce development, English language classes, employment opportunities and other support services. As new arrivals have various educational and employment backgrounds, it is beneficial for Employment and Training Administration (ETA) funded workforce development staff to be familiar with local and state refugee resettlement staff and services to optimize available services.

Learning Objectives: By taking part in this webinar, participants became:

• Familiar with the different types of new arrival status: refugees, asylees, SIV holders;
• Familiar with the difference types of ORR funded services available to refugees, asylees, SIV holders;
• Familiar with key timelines with respective ORR services;
• Able to connect and collaborate with state and local ORR staff in order to help entrant services optimize ORR and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)/Discretionary Grant services; and
• Familiar with successful and emerging practices occurring between ORR and local area workforce development staff.

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