Reminder: Upcoming APA Network Call, Wednesday, May 4th
Please join USCCB/MRS for our next APA network call on Wednesday, May 4th at 2pm. This call will include updates on the second PC Supplemental allocation and Afghan Legal Coordination program among others. If you haven’t yet registered for the current monthly APA call series, do so at this link.
Kitchenware Donation Request Opportunity
USCCB is the recipient of a large donation of kitchen goods from Onieda/Lennox. The goods available include plates, silverware, glasses, serving platters, etc. for new arrivals. If your office would like to receive a mixture of these goods on pallets, please complete this very brief donation request and USCCB will have them shipped, at no cost, to your office. Items will be given out in a first come, first served basis until they are gone.
May 2022 APA Housing Survey – Complete in OneDrive by Friday, May 6th
If you have resettled APA clients, please complete the May tab of your “APA Monthly Housing Survey” in OneDrive by Friday, May 6. Note that the “Instructions” tab has been updated, and four new questions have been added to the May 2022 survey – the new questions are:
- the number of APA clients who have received assistance accessing immigration legal services;
- the number of APA clients who have reached the end of their APA period;
- the number of APA clients who are employable OAW Afghan individuals; and
- the number of employable OAW Afghan individuals who are employed.
If your team has questions about how to complete the APA monthly housing survey, please send questions to sevans@usccb.org
Introducing USCCB Afghan Legal Program Coordinators
Please be on the lookout for an email from USCCB this week introducing your Afghan Legal Program Coordinator. Your program coordinator will serve as your office’s USCCB point of contact for questions, concerns, and service delivery planning support related to your immigration legal services for APA clients. Support to your office will include:
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connecting you to helpful resources
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facilitating communication of best practices
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assisting with your service provision planning
APA Legal Resource Library: Coming Soon!
USCCB is developing a public platform for informational resources related to Afghan newcomers’ immigration legal needs, with a dedicated webpage to launch soon. Resources will include materials applicable to resettlement agency staff and volunteers, clients, and legal practitioners, and will span resources that can be used for legal orientation, screening and consultation, searching for legal service providers, as well as substantive application guidance for legal practitioners. Please stay tuned!
