Office of Refugee Resettlement

2012 NATIONAL CONSULTATION DRAFT AGENDA

September 19-20, 2012

Crystal City Gateway Marriot – Crystal City, VA

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Participant Registration

8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.Global Market & Resource Row

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.Opening Plenary: Welcome and Opening Remarks

MC:Eskinder Negash, Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement

Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (confirmed)

Dr. Gabriela Lemus, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor (confirmed)

Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees & Migration, U.S. Department of State (confirmed)

Felicia Escobar, Senior Policy Advisor, White House Domestic Policy Council (confirmed)

Keynote Address:GuorMarial, South Sudanese Olympian (confirmed)

10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Breakout Sessions – Part 1

Workshops

12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.Lunch (On Your Own)

1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.Plenary I: The New Arrivals

Wei Meng Lim-Kabaa, Head of Resettlement, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (confirmed)

Mohammed Abdiker, Director of Operations and Emergencies, IOM (confirmed)

George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families (confirmed)

Barbara Strack, Chief of Refugee Affairs Division,U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (confirmed)

Larry Bartlett, Director of Admissions, Bureau of Population, Refugees & Migration, U.S. Department of State (confirmed)

Kenneth Tota, Deputy Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.Break

3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.Breakout Sessions – Part 2

Dialogue Sessions

4:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Break

5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Plenary II: Reflections of Refugee Resettlement

Past ORR Directors: Dr. Nguyen Van Hanh (confirmed),Martha Newton (confirmed), Gerald Brown (confirmed), Eskinder Negash, Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement

Moderator: Ronald Munia, Director, Division of Refugee Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement

During this session, past ORR directors and a long-serving State Refugee Coordinator will discuss the successes and challenges of the resettlement program during their tenure and offer perspective on current resettlement trends.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Participant Registration

8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Global Market & Resource Row

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.Plenary III: Refugee Voices

SusmaDahal,SaeedSaeed, AnaamJabbir,Mehdi Navassar, Ruth Teklehena, Freddy Nyembwe, Aimee Nyembwe, Antoine Nzeyimana, PetronieHabanabashaka, Mone Aye, Oo Meh, NarapatiPoudyal

During this session, refugees will share their stories and experiences pre- and post-resettlement.

10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Break

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Breakout Sessions – Part 3

Workshops

Joint Quarterly Placement Consultation*

12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.Lunch (On Your Own)

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.Town Hall: Refugee Health and the Affordable Care Act

Speaker: Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public Health Policy, Office of Health Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (confirmed)

Anne Marie Costello, Director of Outreach and Enrollment, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (invited)

Kenneth Tota, Deputy Secretary, Office of Refugee Resettlement

Moderator: Dr. George Askew, Chief Medical Officer, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (confirmed)

During this session, participants will learn about the Affordable Care Act of 2014 and how this legislation affects refugees’ access to health care services.

2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.Break

3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Breakout Sessions – Part 4

Workshops

4:30 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.Break

4:40 p.m. to 5:20 p.m.Closing Plenary: Refugee Resettlement – Looking Forward

Eskinder Negash, Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement

Breakout Sessions - Part 1

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
10:30 a.m. to Noon
Part 1
Workshops
Affordable Care Act: Tools and Information for Implementation in Refugee Communities
Charlot Lucien, Noel Manyindo, Suzanne Curry
LGBTI Refugees and Asylees: Challenges, Progress, and Community Support
Neil Grungas, Scott Portman, KerenZwick, Jessica Palumbom, JulianeRamic
Employment as an Integration Strategy
Jonathan Lucas, Rebecca Armstrong
Helping Agencies Understand Tax Credits to Benefit Refugees
Stefanie Costello, Yimeem Vu
Refugee Health Before and After: Coming to America,
Promoting Health Through Nutrition Programs, Education and Farming
Jimmy Nguyen, Larry Laverentz

Breakout Sessions – Part 2

2:20 p.m.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Part 2
Dialogue Sessions
Track 1: Suicide Prevention in Refugee Communities
TabassumSiraj - Coordinator
Track 2: Collaborating with ACF Regional Offices
Diann Dawson (confirmed) – Moderator
ORO Regional Administrators Mary Ann Higgins, Leon McGowan, and Kent Wilcox
Workshops
Protections for Refugee Workers
Beau Blank, Dan Weeks, Lucila Rosas
The Client-Centered Service Approach
Donna Magnuson
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC): Emerging National Trends in Human Trafficking
and Harnessing Hotline Data for the Field
Jennifer Kimball, ATIP Staff

Breakout Sessions – Part 3

Thursday, September 20, 2012
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Part 3
Workshops
Working with the Traumatized Refugee and Survivor of Torture Family
Kristen Guskovict, Kate Porterfield
Techniques, Benefits, Lessons Learned from the Global Gardens Refugee Agricultural Program (ID)
and the Global Growers Network (GA)
Katie Painter
Pathways to Success for Highly Skilled Refugees
Paul Feltman, Eileen F. Reilly, Thuba Nguyen, Marc Fallon
The Special Challenges of Developing Refugee Mental Health Services
Walter Lam, Dr. James Livingston, ArminaHusic, SashaVerbillis-Kolp, TsegabaWoldehaimanot, Pierre Morin
Building Bridges to Integration
Sandra Vines, ErolKekic, Jen Kilps, Tara Pinkham
Benchmark in Refugee Resettlement
Larry Yungk, Bob Palm
Department of Justice – Human Rights and Special Prosecution
Eli Rosenbaum, Kathleen O’Connor
Thursday, September 20, 2012
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Part 4
Dialogue Session
Track 3: TANF Regional Administration Program
Workshops
21st Century Education
Burna L. Dunn, Steven J. Rainey
Utilizing Media to Tell Your Story
LeylaDursunova, JulianeRamic
Refugees Path to Integration Through Business and Asset Development
MarijanaAbabovic, Tim Jurgens, SisayTeklu, Yimeem Vu, Belay Embaye, Jon Vosper, SumonnatPuttavon
Continuum of Care: Identifying Mental Health Issues in Country of First Asylum to Prepare Receiving Communities in the U.S.
Leslie Timko, Ann Marie Winter,
Transition Framework: Sustaining Social Change and Fostering Long Term Integration Efforts in Immigrant and Refugee Communities
DjimetDogo
Clinical Complexities in Mental Health for Hispanic Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC)
Luis A. Valdes, Kellie Pitts, Steven Hill, Michael Lynch, KerriSocha

As of: 9/13/121