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Cre Creat ating ing in incl clusi usive ve ec econo onomies: mies: Ho How w to to op open en op oppo portuni rtunities ties to to re refu fugees gees August 9, 2016 This webinar will begin shortly. If you experience a


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August 9, 2016 This webinar will begin shortly. If you experience a problem signing on, please contact the Webex Technical Support Line at 1-866-229-3239 for direct assistance.

The Welcoming Refugees Project is supported by the Office

  • f Refugee Resettlement (ORR/ACF/DHHS)
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Session Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will:

  • understand the importance of welcoming refugees into local

economies

  • apply new strategies for increasing refugee participation in local

economies

  • learn how to collaborate with local partners to strengthen their

economic development work

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Agenda

  • Welcoming Economies as a Win-Win

Christina Pope, Welcoming America

  • Creating Welcoming Economies through Collaboration and

Creativity

Denise Beehag and Chris Mathias, International Institute of Buffalo

  • Building and Connecting Communities

Natalie Cramer, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

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Welcoming Economies

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Welcoming Economies as a Win-Win

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Defining Terms

Successful economic development should put a metropolitan economy on a higher trajectory of long-run growth(growth) by improving the productivity of individuals and firms in order to raise local standards of living (prosperity) for all people (inclusion).

The Brookings Institution| Metropolitan Policy Program | 2016

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Economic Development Strategies

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Workforce development
  • Highly-skilled worker initiatives
  • Rural development
  • Urban agriculture
  • Encouraging homeownership
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship rates

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Immigrants power America’s Main Streets

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The Growing Movement of Immigrant Economic Development Across Rush Belt Cities

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Creating Welcoming Economies through Collaboration & Creativity

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Thinking Collaboratively

  • Partnerships are key in achieving outcomes and are appealing to

funders

  • Partnerships and collaborations can include shared grants/funding,

shared resources, or referrals to maximize efforts visibility

  • Our most recent partnerships include
  • PNAE (Partnership for New American Economy)
  • WE Global Network (Welcoming Economies)
  • TAG Consortium (Targeted Assistance Grant)
  • The Labor Place
  • WEDI (West Minster Economic Development Initiative)
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Employment Services Offered

  • IIB has been providing employment services for over 25 years
  • Recent changes in the incoming refugee populations have forced

us to change the way we structured our employment services

  • Earlier engagement with new arrivals regarding employment
  • Financial literacy training, personalized budgeting and linkage

with a bank to open an account

  • World of Work orientation as a supplement to job club
  • Expansion of employment programming funding to include more

mainstream funders

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Job Upgrades

Offering job upgrades is a great incentive to get people to take their first job. Some of our upgrade initiatives:

  • Offering clients the option to return after 6 months for job upgrade
  • Referral to local workforce training programs
  • Internal training programs or those through collaboration
  • Develop training programs with employers (HHA)
  • Creating on site, fee based contextualized ESL classes with employer

partners to ensure retention and promotion of current employees

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Building and Connecting Communities

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Background

  • Accelerating immigrant integration and

economic advancement through education, training, employment, and entrepreneurship

  • Served over 14,000 people from over 140

different countries

  • Part of larger network serving immigrants

and refugees in Philadelphia

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Identifying Barriers

  • Education
  • Language
  • Establishing a safety net
  • Access to capital for entrepreneurs
  • Business training
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Build and Connect Communities

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Character based lending
  • Identifying refugee

community leaders

  • Specialized business trainings
  • Education and Training
  • English contextualized for

employment and continued education

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Key Takeaways

  • Identifying the barriers that block refugees from becoming a part of

an inclusive economy

  • Find partner organizations and government entities to create a

holistic approach

  • Integrating cross cultural competency and education
  • Collaboration with refugee community leaders is key
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Resources

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Guide to Immigrant Economic Development

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Welcoming Refugees Forum

You will have the opportunity to:

  • Engage in special discussions before and after webinars
  • Have direct access to Welcoming America staff
  • Get early peeks at new resources
  • Share successes and challenges in welcoming with each other

http://bit.ly/wrforum

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QUESTIONS?

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