Facilitators: 

• Utilize partnerships with accredited occupational therapy programs for students participation 

• Local health professionals in the community (social workers, psychologist, primary health providers, specialist on government programs) 

  • These individuals will give mini presentations on their individual roles and responsibilities on how they can help ease transition and will provide contact information at the end

• Consumers: Immigrants & Refugees

Location: Will vary among different community centers in large meeting rooms based on reservation (Public libraries, city hall, or surrounding area) 

• Program will utilize a longstanding website to keep followers informed 

• The program will utilize onsite facility safety kits

• Program will utilize fliers within the used facility, social media, and post in variety of public places

• Will provide attendees with “a welcome pack” including the following: 

  • 1 notebook, a pen, and a information brochure of community resources

  • The program will start with 30 of each 

Financial: 

• Utilize TOTF research grants based in Texas ($5,000 for the first 6 months) (TOTFadm1917, 2021)

• Donations from the community to assist with any additional cost

• Self confidence to obtain support in services around the community 

• Support in trauma exposure, post migration stressors on health, and decrease discrimination bias from OTPs  

• Increased understanding of individual backgrounds and building trust amongst the community members around

• Increased knowledge of health services and what the community has to provide to the members 

• Completion of 1 session per month for a total of six months 

• Participants will complete tasks outlined at the beginning of program they wish to achieve prior to end date (at least 5 goals) 

• Participants will need to complete at least 75% of personal goals outlined
  

Im, H., & Swan, L. E. T. (2022). “We Learn and Teach Each Other”: Interactive Training for Cross-Cultural Trauma-Informed Care in the Refugee Community. Community Mental Health Journal, 58(5), 917–929. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00899-2

Sangalang, C. C., Vang, C., Kim, B. J., & Harachi, T. W. (2022). Effects of Trauma and Postmigration Stress on Refugee Women’s Health: A Life Course Perspective. Social Work, 67(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swac026 

TOTFadm1917. (2021, January 30). Grants. https://texasotf.org/grants