EMBARC's RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps Program
EMBARC, Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center created RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps Program in 2015.
RefugeeRISE (Rebuild, Integrate, Serve, and Empower) is an AmeriCorps program focused on increasing economic self-sufficiency, improving healthy outcomes, and increasing community engagement of individuals who came to the U.S. as refugees. Refugee communities have the highest needs and most difficulty understanding and accessing resources because of linguistic, cultural, and other barriers. The program supports 60 members who serve with host site organizations across Iowa that currently address refugees' immediate and long-term needs. AmeriCorps members are paired in teams with at least one member of each team speaking a language of the community being served. More program details.
RefugeeRISE (Rebuild, Integrate, Serve, and Empower) is an AmeriCorps program focused on increasing economic self-sufficiency, improving healthy outcomes, and increasing community engagement of individuals who came to the U.S. as refugees. Refugee communities have the highest needs and most difficulty understanding and accessing resources because of linguistic, cultural, and other barriers. The program supports 60 members who serve with host site organizations across Iowa that currently address refugees' immediate and long-term needs. AmeriCorps members are paired in teams with at least one member of each team speaking a language of the community being served. More program details.
The RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps Program helps:
- Remove barriers to accessing basic services for employment and healthcare.
- Break the poverty cycle by focusing on providing supports that lead to economic self-sufficiency.
- Provide culturally and linguistically appropriate support.
- Enable refugees to become contributing and engaged members of society.
- Provide basic education to help refugees learn how to navigate modern life.
- Provide leadership opportunities to refugees and other individuals by providing opportunities for service and volunteering.
