Building Blocks Of Community Sponsorship

Guidebook And Planning Tools Based on Canada's Model

Overview

• Checklist

1. Introduction
   1. A. Using this Guidebook
   2. B. What is Community Sponsorship?
      1. B.1 Community Sponsorship in Brief
      2. B.2 Canada’s Refugee Resettlement Program
      3. B.3 Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program
      4. B.4 How is the Success of Community Sponsorship Evaluated?
      5. B.5 Want to Learn More?
   3. C. Overarching Principles and Policies
   4. D. Legal Framework
2. Models & Operational Details
   1. A. Refugees: From Eligibility to Arrival
      1. A.1 Who is Eligible to be sponsored?
      2. A.2 What resources and partnerships are required to process privately sponsored refugees?
      3. A.3 What information and resources are provided to refugees prior to their arrival in their resettlement country?
      4. A.4 How are sponsorship-eligible refugees identified?
      5. A.5 How are sponsors and refugees in contact pre-arrival?
      6. A.6 How are refugees screened?
      7. A.7 How does overseas processing by UNHCR work?
      8. A.8 How are refugees transported and how are destinations chosen?
   2. B. Sponsors: From Mobilization to Engagement
      1. B.1 How can private actors be mobilized to support refugee resettlement?
      2. B.2 What other options to support refugees are available to private actors?
      3. B.3 Who is eligible to sponsor and what is their relationship to government?
      4. B.4 How are eligible sponsors screened?
      5. B.5 What are sponsors' responsibilities?
      6. B.6 What steps do sponsors need to take to prepare for the refugees’ arrival?
      7. B.7 What training and resources are available to sponsors prior to and after refugees’ arrival?
   3. C. Settlement and Integration
      1. C.1 What is the status of refugees upon arrival?
      2. C.2 What arrangements are made for housing?
      3. C.3 How is job search and training treated?
      4. C.4 What post-arrival supports are available beyond those provided by sponsors?
      5. C.5 How are physical, mental, and dental health treated?
      6. C.6 How is education treated?
      7. C.7 How is cultural orientation treated?
      8. C.8 How is language treated?
      9. C.9 What costs need to be considered and who covers them?
   4. D. Refugee-Sponsor Relationship
      1. D.1 What happens if the sponsoring group wants to withdraw its application before the refugees arrive?
      2. D.2 What intervention can mitigate risks of sponsorship breakdown?
      3. D.3 What happens if a dispute between sponsors and refugees cannot be resolved?
      4. D.4 What happens at the end of the sponsorship period?
      5. D.5 What special considerations may apply when relatives are among the sponsors?
3. Case Studies
   1. Refugee Sponsorship in a Rural Community
   2. A Synagogue’s experience sponsoring refugees of another faith
   3. Students helping students through unique settlement programs
   4. Lessons learned by a large sponsoring group
   5. A sponsoring organization that welcomes members of the LGBTQ community to Canada
   6. All about Sponsorship Agreement Holders
   7. The experience of a business sponsoring refugees
   8. Training and information for refugee sponsors in Canada
   9. Organizing Sponsorship Agreement Holders in Canada