Highline College Library: Immigrant and Refugee Resources: General Information Resources

General Information Resources

Immigrant and Refugee Resources (Office of the Washington State Governor)

Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services)

includes information on "Cash, Food, and Medical Assistance"; "Employment and Training"; "Health and Wellness"; "Naturalization"; and more.

Northwest Immigrants Rights Project
"Northwest Immigrant Rights Project promotes justice by defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through direct legal services, systemic advocacy, and community education."

Featured Issues (American Immigration Lawyers Association)

"The Featured Issues pages provide a one-stop shop to answer all questions on a wide range of AILA’s priority issue areas. This includes AILA’s recommendations and policy priorities, AILA press materials and talking points, background documents, government actions and resources, ways to take action, other organizations’ resources, and many other materials."

Resources for Immigration Guide
(Washington Law Help)

"important resources including community events and know your rights information."

Resource Directory (OneAmerica)

a community resource directory of education, advocacy, legal aid, employment, community-based organizations, and government agencies providing a variety of resources, information, and services to immigrants in the United States.

Puget Sound Immigrant and Refugee Resource Organizations
(EthnoMed)
EthnoMed is Harborview Medical Center’s ethnic medicine website containing medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups.

Resources for Educators (pdf) (American Federation of Teachers)

A guide for educators, school support staff, and service providers who work with undocumented youth.

WA Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) Resource Finder
The WAISN Resource Finder is community-driven, collaborative, collective, imperfect, resource that is intended to be used by community organizations in Washington State that work with the intention to help our immigrant and refugee siblings across the state gain access to the resources necessary in this pandemic.

This resource is led by WAISN community volunteers and information is provided to the best of our knowledge at the time of upload. This list is by no means exhaustive or representative of all that is out there. This database is intended for resources that are specifically available to immigrants and refugees. It is not a database of all available resources.
Switchboard
Switchboard is a one-stop resource hub for refugee service providers in the United States. Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Switchboard offers a library of learning resources, an online evidence database, a range of self-paced e-learning courses, regular live learning opportunities, and on-demand technical assistance for ORR-funded organizations.
National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM)
The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM) is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support health departments and community organizations working with refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities that have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19.