Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.5 - Services of the Department Available for Refugees

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All services provided to the refugee and family have
				  self-sufficiency as the goal. Direct and contracted services may include, but
				  are not limited to, the following:
(1)
Job development.
These services involve working with employers
				in job development, placement, training, retention, and upgrading.
(2)
Social adjustment.
These
				services include assessment and short-term counseling to persons or families in
				a perceived crisis, referral to appropriate resources, the making of
				arrangements for necessary services, home management services, transportation,
				translation and interpretation services, and case management
				services.
(3)
Health-related services.
These services include information,
				referral to appropriate resources, assistance in scheduling appointments and
				obtaining services, and counseling to individuals or families to help them
				understand and identify their physical and mental health needs and maintain or
				improve their physical and mental health.
(4)
Resettlement services.
These services involve securing and training sponsors, arranging for refugees
				to resettle in Iowa and providing case management, employment services, and
				social adjustment services.
As required under the resettlement contract with the United
				  States Department of State, the department provides case management, employment
				  services, and social adjustment services to the refugees it resettles during
				  their first 90 days in Iowa.
(5)
Any additional service.
These services, upon submission to and approval of the director of the office
				of refugee resettlement, include any additional service aimed at strengthening
				and supporting the ability of a refugee individual, family, or refugee
				community to achieve and maintain economic self-sufficiency, family stability,
				or community integration which has been demonstrated as effective and is not
				available from any other funding source.
(6)
Information and
				publication.
Rescinded IAB 11/30/22, effective 2/1/2023.
(7)
Bilingual publication.
Rescinded IAB 11/30/22, effective 2/1/2023.
(8)
Translation and interpretation
				services.
These services provide interpreter service from English into
				the refugee languages or vice versa and assistance in translating written
				materials.
(9)
Immigration
				services.
These services provide information and assistance to
				refugees in securing permanent resident alien status and family
				reunification.
(10)
Adjustment of status.
These services provide guidance in
				obtaining permanent alien status and citizenship.
(11)
Employability services.
These services are specifically designed to assist refugees to obtain
				employment and to improve the employability of work skills of the individual
				and include job referral to, and job placement with, private employers.
				Specific employability services include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Employment services which include such
				activities as the development of a family self-sufficiency plan, individual
				employability plan, world-of-work and job orientation, job clubs, job
				workshops, job development, referral to job opportunities, job search, and job
				placement and follow-up.
b.
				Employability assessment services which include such activities as aptitude and
				skills testing.
c. English language
				instruction which includes referrals to programs which offer a curriculum which
				places an emphasis on English as it relates to obtaining and retaining a job
				and to programs which are provided in a concurrent, rather than sequential,
				time period with employment or with other employment-related
				services.
d. On-the-job training
				which includes referrals to training that is provided at the employment site
				and is expected to result in full-time, permanent, unsubsidized employment with
				the employer who is providing the training.
e. Vocational training which includes
				referrals to driver education and training when provided as part of an
				individual employability plan.
f.
				Skills recertification which includes referrals to training that meets the
				criteria for appropriate training. If an individual is a professional in need
				of professional refresher training and other recertification services in order
				to qualify to practice the individual's profession in the United States, the
				training may consist of full-time attendance in a college or professional
				training program, provided that such training:
(1) Is approved as part of the individual's
				employability plan by the state agency, or its designee;
(2) Does not exceed one year's duration
				(including any time enrolled in such program in the United States prior to the
				refugee's application for assistance);
(3) Is specifically intended to assist the
				professional in becoming relicensed in the professional's profession;
				and
(4) If completed, can
				realistically be expected to result in such relicensing. This training may only
				be made available to individuals who are employed.
g. Child care which includes referrals to
				child care necessary for participation in an employability service or for the
				acceptance or retention of employment.
h. Transportation when necessary for
				participation in an employability service or for the acceptance or retention of
				employment.
i. Translation and
				interpretation services when necessary in connection with employment or
				participation in an employability service.
j. Case management services for refugees who
				are considered employable and for recipients of public assistance who are
				considered employable, provided that the services are directed toward a
				refugee's attainment of employment as soon as possible after arrival in the
				United States.
k. Assistance in
				obtaining employment authorization documentations (EADs).
l. Referral to the Iowa department of
				workforce development for provision of any or all of the above
				services.