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Refugee Case Service Project (RCSP)
RCSP is a public-private cash assistance benefits and case management system
for
refugees 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:
Vocational training and job placement services are provided by the New
Arrival
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.
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