Indochinese Refugee Alert Bulletin. Bulletin Number 11.
Author(s):
Center For Applied Linguistics, Arlington, Va.
Format:
Report
Publisher:
1978.
Language:
English
Abstract:
This guide for Indochinese refugees and related organizations and workers provides the following information: (1) summaries of bills passed by the 95th Congress that affect refugees and refugee programs; (2) grants awarded the Refugee Task Force of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for English as a second language (ESL) programs and employment projects for fiscal year 1978, listed by region and state; and (3) a description of a National Project for Indochinese Document Evaluation established at California State University at Long Beach to evaluate documents pertaining to a refugee's educational or employment background. Also provided is a list of new Refugee Education Guides that are available free from the National Indochinese Clearinghouse, a list of bilingual glossaries prepared for use in Indochinese countries, a contact for obtaining information on special legal services available to Indochinese refugees, and a list of two Vietnamese texts and three Hmong texts. (SW)