Links and resources
Resources for Individuals or Families at risk
At a time when federal agents are actively detaining immigrants, being prepared is enormously important. We encourage anyone who is supporting refugees to consider helping them prepare for the possibility of confrontation with ICE.
Hand in Hand Café
A Guide for starting and operating a refugee restaurant experience
Hand-in-Hand Cafe offered a traditional Middle Eastern menu to our community at large, cooked by refugee women from Iraq and Syria. This guide tells our story. LexRAP would be thrilled to help your group get started! Watch this wonderful video about Hand in Hand Cafe.
LexRAP Family Leads’ Resource Guide
A handbook of methods and best practices for welcoming recently arrived refugees into a local community. It’s our hope that others will use this Guide as a basis for their organizations’ work with new arrivals. LexRAP gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Endowment of Lexington for financial assistance in producing the Handbook.