Programs offered through Agency for New Americans support community partnership building. These programs connect our community at large with our refugee clients, promoting stronger integration and social assimilation for new Americans. Learn more about the various programs that we are able to offer to new Americans as well as opportunities for the broader community to support our resettlement efforts.
VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE
Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance (ICDVVA) has allowed for Agency for New Americans to further develop trauma informed programs through their generous VOCA funding. These programs help refugee women, men and youth recognize and embrace their strengths, give them an opportunity to heal through healthy relationships and activities, while empowering them on their path to community integration.
Women's Group
This program helps women who were victims of crime understand the dynamics of trauma, make human connections and find happiness in their resettlement journey. Women are given the opportunities to draw on the strength of other women in an inclusive atmosphere of community building, mutual support, and empowerment.
Youth Group Classes
This program creates environments that foster confidence and inclusiveness; allowing a space to recognize the diversity of all participants through a medium of respect for oneself and others. Youth are supported and encouraged to maintain their uniqueness and connection to where they come from.
Men's Human Rights Discussion
This program provides an overview of the inception and meaning of the United Declaration of Human Rights and gives a brief study of its 30 articles. This discussion center's on one's responsibility to recognize our individual rights as well as the rights of those around us through equity and respectful relationships.
Women's Group
This program helps women who were victims of crime understand the dynamics of trauma, make human connections and find happiness in their resettlement journey. Women are given the opportunities to draw on the strength of other women in an inclusive atmosphere of community building, mutual support, and empowerment.
Youth Group Classes
This program creates environments that foster confidence and inclusiveness; allowing a space to recognize the diversity of all participants through a medium of respect for oneself and others. Youth are supported and encouraged to maintain their uniqueness and connection to where they come from.
Men's Human Rights Discussion
This program provides an overview of the inception and meaning of the United Declaration of Human Rights and gives a brief study of its 30 articles. This discussion center's on one's responsibility to recognize our individual rights as well as the rights of those around us through equity and respectful relationships.
COMMUNITY Health Workers
By the Genesis Clinic definition, Community Health Workers are "wounded healers". They are community members who learned through their own previous experiences how to navigate complex community systems. They are willing to make a difference in their communities by helping other members in need. Community Health Workers through Agency for New Americans connect, educate, and advocate for refugees who have been in the United States for less than 5 years. They provide support in housing, employment, education, legal, physical health and mental health.
How to become a Community Health Worker?
If you are a community member who lived the refugee experience and now want to advise others resettling how to navigate complex community systems, this is the opportunity for you! You can learn more about this part time position by reaching out to our Community Health Worker Advisor, Alexis, at ajones@jannus.org.
Who is eligible to receive support from a Community Health Worker?
Individuals eligible to receive assistance through this program must:
1. Be referred through either their Primary Care Provider or Resettlement Agency (Agency for New Americans or International Rescue Committee)
2. Speak: Karen, Burmese, Nepali, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, French, Somali, Dari, Farsi, Urdu, or Arabic.
3. Have at least one of the following concerns:
If you have a client that you believe would benefit from having a community health worker, please complete the referral form below. The Community Health Worker advisor will be in contact with you within 48 hours.
How to become a Community Health Worker?
If you are a community member who lived the refugee experience and now want to advise others resettling how to navigate complex community systems, this is the opportunity for you! You can learn more about this part time position by reaching out to our Community Health Worker Advisor, Alexis, at ajones@jannus.org.
Who is eligible to receive support from a Community Health Worker?
Individuals eligible to receive assistance through this program must:
1. Be referred through either their Primary Care Provider or Resettlement Agency (Agency for New Americans or International Rescue Committee)
2. Speak: Karen, Burmese, Nepali, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, French, Somali, Dari, Farsi, Urdu, or Arabic.
3. Have at least one of the following concerns:
- Medically complex needs, being seen in multiple clinics
- Cultural and/or religious issues that impact care
- Difficultly advocating for their own healthcare needs
- Limited health literacy or cultural barriers
- Underlying challenges affecting health such as nutrition, employment, housing, budgeting, etc.
If you have a client that you believe would benefit from having a community health worker, please complete the referral form below. The Community Health Worker advisor will be in contact with you within 48 hours.
PREFERRED COMMUNITIES INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT
The Preferred Communities (PC) Program is offered by Agency for New Americans. This program is an intensive case management program to assist the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) eligible populations in overcoming additional barriers they might face on the path to integration and self-sufficiency. The services provided under the PC Program are intended to complement those received through the Reception and Placement (R&P) Program.
The program seeks to ensure self-sufficiency for clients who work with their case manager to identify special and unique needs, barriers that prevent them from functioning and integrating, and specific goals that clients hope to reach as a result of the services provided through the local PC service provider.
While the majority of refugees find themselves well on the path to economic self-sufficiency at the end of the R&P period, vulnerable refugee groups find themselves struggling to navigate complex U.S systems. These groups include but are not limited to:
Areas in which the PC program serves clients includes:
There are three conditions that must be met to make an individual eligible for services under the PC ICM program:
The program seeks to ensure self-sufficiency for clients who work with their case manager to identify special and unique needs, barriers that prevent them from functioning and integrating, and specific goals that clients hope to reach as a result of the services provided through the local PC service provider.
While the majority of refugees find themselves well on the path to economic self-sufficiency at the end of the R&P period, vulnerable refugee groups find themselves struggling to navigate complex U.S systems. These groups include but are not limited to:
- Secondary migrants
- Young adults without parent or permanent guardians
- Victims of DV and gender-based violence
- Elderly refugees without adequate family support system
- Refugee experiencing anti-social and psychological conditions including emotional trauma resulting from war
- LGBTQ refugees
- Refugees with physical disabilities and medical conditions
Areas in which the PC program serves clients includes:
- Transportation
- Navigation of the Physical Health Care Systems
- Mental Health
- Financial Management
- Family Wellness
- Social Adjustment & Interaction/Integration
- Finances
- Immigration Status
- Linkages to Benefit Systems (SSI, SNAP, WIC, etc.)
There are three conditions that must be met to make an individual eligible for services under the PC ICM program:
- Possession of refugee status
- Documented/Identifiable special and unique needs
- Arrival in the U.S. dating back to no more than five years
