Strengthen Ethnic Community-Based Organizations
The Mutual Assistance Associations Innovations in Technical Assistance (MITA) is the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (ORR) national technical assistance program provided through ECDC. In 2009, ECDC was awarded funding from ORR to provide innovative Technical Assistance (TA) to selected Ethnic Community-Based Organizations (ECBOs) and Mutual Assistance Associations (MAAs) by helping them to develop their capacity to aid community members’ long-term integration in the United States.
The goal of this initiative is to provide intensive one-on-one technical assistance in order to enhance their capacity to serve more refugees with comprehensive, quality services that are well managed and well-resourced. Five areas of capacity-building are targeted: strategic action planning, resource development and fund-raising, organizational leadership, management, and accountability. ECBOs that are serving refugees according to ORR's definition and provisions are eligible to apply for the MITA program, regardless of whether they have now or in the past received funding from ORR.
MAA Innovations in Technical Assistance (MITA)
MITA Five Areas of Capacity Building
Accounting
Management
ECBO Rapid Development Strategy, ISED Solutions
The Sabanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors
Dos and Donts of Board Recruitment
Organizational Leadership
Application Form to the Board
Leadership in a Community-Based Non-profit Organization
Non-profit Resources and Good Practice
Resource Development
How to Write a Winning Proposal
Case Study for Grantsmanship Webinar
Deciding to Apply for a Grant A Checklist
Strategic Action Planning
A Quick Guide to Strategic Planning
Five Steps to Develop a Strategic Plan
Overview of Key Steps in Strategic Planning
Strategic Plan Questionnaire
Webinars
Writing Effective Reports in collaboration with ORR Program Officers
Case Management & Data Collection Systems
o Family Self-Sufficiency Planning Tool by Kentucky Office for Refugees
Links to other Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
Technical Assistance (T/TA) Providers
There are 14 Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) providers funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to provide the highest quality in services to ORR-funded agencies, and to refugees in particular to attain economic self-sufficiency, and to become fully integrated into American communities. Website links under each of the TA providers listed below provides information and resources from professionals and consultants in the following areas:
Child Welfare
US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS)
Website: www.brycs.org
Cultural Orientation Resource Center (COR)
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
Website: www.culturalorientation.net
RefugeeWorks
Website: www.refugeeworks.org
English Language Training
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning
Website: www.spring-institute.org
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Ethnic Community Self-Help Organizations
Website: www.theirc.org
LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender) Refugee Resource Center
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
Website: www.heartlandalliance.org/
The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
Website: www.searac.org
National Partnership for Community Training for Immigrant Service Providers
Immigration
Website: ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/em/ecampaign/www.gcjfcs.org?id=previewcliniclegal.org/
ORR Special Initiatives (Wilson/Fish, Preferred Communities, Integration Initiative)
ISED Solutions, Inc.
Website: www.isedsolutions.org
Refugee and Immigrant Health Program
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Website: www.mass.gov/dph/refugee
Torture
National Capacity Building Project for Specialized Torture Treatment Centers
Website: www.healtorture.org
Links to U.S. Government Agencies
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) [http://transition.acf.hhs.gov/]
Agency for International Development [www.usaid.gov]
Department of Health and Human Services [www.hhs.gov]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [www.ndep.nih.gov]
Citizenship and Immigration Services [www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis]
Department of Agriculture [www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome]
Department of Justice [www.usdoj.gov]
Department of Homeland Security [www.dhs.gov/index.shtm]
Department of State [www.state.gov]
Office of Refugee Resettlement [http://transition.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr]
Useful Factsheets about Refugees and Immigrants
(Reproduced with permission from the U.S. Committee for Refugees.)
