ERIC Number: ED626788
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jan
Pages: 8
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Helping Our New Afghan Neighbors Learn, Earn, Belong, & Contribute: Bush Institute Policy Recommendations
Kent Spanos, Kristin
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative
The Biden Administration expects to resettle 95,000 Afghan evacuees in communities across the United States by September 2022. Some evacuees come to the United States with strong English proficiency and years of experience working as entrepreneurs or community leaders or for the United States military. Others, especially women, have had limited opportunities to achieve an education or learn English. City governments and resettlement agencies cannot respond to these diverse needs on their own. Because of this, the State Department launched a partnership with the nonprofit Welcome.US to coordinate the resettlement efforts to meet these disparate needs and encourage groups working with Afghan evacuees to think creatively about how they can channel their unique skills and resources to help our new Afghan neighbors.
Descriptors: Refugees, Land Settlement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Educational Attainment, Public Agencies, Entrepreneurship, Womens Education, Barriers, Military Personnel, Community Leaders, Work Experience, Creative Thinking, Empowerment, Job Training, Employment Opportunities, Community Colleges, Government School Relationship, Civil Rights, Local Government, Public Policy, Immigrants, Nonprofit Organizations
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative. 2943 SMU Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75205. Tel: 214-200-4300; e-mail: educationreform@bushcenter.org; Web site: http://www.bushcenter.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: George W. Bush Presidential Center, George W. Bush Institute
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