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Refugee Case Service Project (RCSP) RCSP is a public-private cash assistance benefits and case management system forrefugees in the Portland tri-county area. All refugees and asylees, as defined under rule 461-120-0120 are served in this project for their first eight months in the country. Case services and cash assistance administration are supplied by four Portland Voluntary Agencies:
Employment Services (NAES) project contracted through Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) for eligible refugees and asylees in their first 12 months in the country. Employment services for NAES participants include barrier documentation, barrier reduction, job counseling, job referrals, job placement, job retention and career development. IRCO provides case service supports to NAES participants to assist in employment through their Coordinated Support to Assist Employment (CASE) project. CASE provides mass transit training, bus passes and tickets, work-required clothing, shoes, equipment and tools, child care training, and child care referral and placement services. Another component of CASE is to providing low income access referral and information services. Examples include food & nutrition, education & training opportunities, emergency services, housing matters, utilities & energy assistance information, immigration counseling, legal assistance, clothing resources, parenting skills training, mental health and counseling resources, & senior service resources. IRCO’s Pre-Employment Training (PET) project provides newly arrived refugees with English language training and workplace acculturation services to help them obtain employment and to acculturate into their new community. PET courses are provided at several levels - pre-literate, Student Performance Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and individualized activities. There is open computer lab services and a pre-industrial training course which concentrates on providing intensive, targeted instruction to refugees whose employment history includes experience in light manufacturing, the building trades, or in certain service industries. Cultural adaptation workshops are provided each week involving such subjects as education in the United States, personal finance, the U.S. health care system, police services and 911, transportation, American culture, family issues & resettlement. Also see: |
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