World Refugee Day 2019 Refugee Family, now U.S. Citizens After Naturalization
Our NEW Mission Statement:
Refugee Connections Spokane supports and empowers
refugee and immigrant communities
by providing services, fostering community bonds,
and advocating for refugee and immigrant rights
in the Inland Northwest.
Refugee Connections Spokane supports and empowers
refugee and immigrant communities
by providing services, fostering community bonds,
and advocating for refugee and immigrant rights
in the Inland Northwest.
Inlander Article Shares: Refugees face many COVID-related obstacles and are often left wondering when they can be reunited with their families abroad
Refugee Connections Spokane Engages in COVID-19 Response!
Due to the changing nature of the COVID-19, the Refugee Connections Spokane Office is now open to seeing drop in visitors. We are open from 9 am to 2 pm Monday through Friday. We ask that you wear a facemask if you visit our office, as that is the policy of the Community Building, where we are housed.
We are working with our partner agencies, such as the Spokane County United Way Area Executives, the Spokane Public Health District and Spokane Public Schools to keep our constituents updated on the best practices and timelines as we Phase in to open up services.
In addition, we are seeking donations to help resource our refugee elders with facemasks (adult and kid sizes), hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, and gloves that they need. We are accepting donations of kids books, school and art supplies and for our Refugee Kids Connect program that is currently serving 100 families with food, activity kids, school materials, and Personal Protective Equipment, such as facemasks.
Area COVID -19 resources, such as food pantry sites and school grab and go meals: thefigtree.org
Volunteer for Covid-19 response through Spokane County United Way: volunteerspokane.org
Spokane School District translated materials: spokaneschools.org
Spokane Regional Health District: srhd.org
Washington State Department of Health translated materials: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/NovelCoronavirusOutbreak2020/HealthEducation
Washington State Department of Health race report for mortality rates:
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/RaceReport20200702.pdf
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition: facebook.com/apicspokane/
Department of Social and Health Services with multiple language translations: COVID-19 Translated Resources Directory – organized by Language. It has over 70 languages and 630 links. It also includes ASL resources, native languages, and mental health resources can also be found here in the grey box on the right: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/esa/office-refugee-and-immigrant-assistance
Direct link to the DSHS document: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/ESA/oria/documents/DSHS-ORIA%20WA%20COVID%20TRANSLATED%20RESOURCES%20DIRECTORY.pdf
City of Spokane: https://my.spokanecity.org/covid19/
Unemployment Insurance: www.esd.wa.gov
Northwest Harvest (Translated Food Bank booklets): https://www.northwestharvest.org/community-perspectives
