-Interpreter services
-English language programs
-Immigration assistance
-ID/documentation assistance
-Health services
-Food assistance
-Housing assistance
-Clothing and household goods
-Transportation assistance
-Employment assistance

This program consists of a group of Afghani and American women who engage in activities that alleviate social isolation, reduce domestic violence, and increase access to ESL, health education, and other services. For more information on how you can join please email.

This program consists of a group of 8 highly motivated members of the refugee community, four men and four women, chosen to represent the four refugee ethnic communities. This is a culturally attuned intervention project focused on the facilitation and capacity building of the refugees’ ability to overcome the challenges associated with their experiences of crime and harness their intrinsic skills to assist the case management team in providing services to refugees.

RDC’s efforts include educating the American community in understanding who refugees are.

Such training includes:

-RI Police Academy
-Providence Police Academy
-Hospitals and medical schools
-Schools and Universities
To speak with us about setting up a training, please contact us at 401-300-0544 or email us. Thank you.

The Journey to Health Program is designed to empower refugees to improve and maintain their physical, mental, and social well-being through practical health education topics in a relaxed and culturally sensitive environment.

Topics covered include:

-The American Healthcare System
-Nutrition and Diabetes
-First Aid and CPR training
-Mental Health
-Women’s Health
-Domestic Violence
-Smoking Dangers
-Lead Poisoning in the Home

Home visits are an important component to provide continued health education for refugees as a bridge to medical care providers and navigating health care. This program provides cultural brokerage, access to medical care providers, and assistance in navigating health care. Needs assessments are completed for the refugees and their families in order to create a program which best suits their individual circumstances. Our case management team is specifically trained and certified in community health. Home visits also serve as follow-ups on the Journey To Health project.

Clinical counseling is intended to address and support refugee mental health needs. Supporting the healing process, we provide culturally-sensitive services and programs that encourage a successful transition and acculturation to the new social and economic reality, laws, customs and cultures that are unique to this country. The services we offer through the counseling project include formal screening, individual counseling, psychoeducational group sessions, advocacy, and referrals. Our counseling approach is primarily based on trauma informed care with specific clinical approaches based on the Trauma Story, psychodynamic approaches, career counseling, and various cognitive behavioral and processing techniques. There is an emphasis on culturally attuned models with accommodation for nuanced cultural challenges, such as stigma.