The below list contains COVID-19 resources that can support the diverse range of needs of California’s immigrants, refugees, and other humanitarian migrants. Starting with the California Immigrant Guide, you will find information and various resources about COVID-19 for immigrant communities.
Health Resources
- CDC Translated Fact Sheets. Fact sheets issued by the Centers for Disease Control translated into multiple languages.
- California Department of Public Health. Latest updates on COVID-19 and translated fact sheets from the California Department of Public Health.
- Switchboard Multi-lingual COVID-19 Resources. This blog post contains fact sheets, posters, multimedia resources, and links to live updates in multiple languages about COVID-19, its symptoms, and how to prevent it; and about handwashing.
- My Cielo Indigenous Language Resources. CIELO is a link, a resource, and a liaison for migrant Indigenous communities residing in Los Angeles.
- Resources on COVID-19 for Cultural Orientation providers on CORE’s website. Translated COVID-19 fact sheets/videos.
- A new animated video about COVID-19 translated into Arabic, Burmese,Dari, Kinyarwanda, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili. Using plain language and informative images, the short video is intended for refugees with limited literacy and highlights the main symptoms of the disease, prevention tips, and steps to take if the viewer feels sick.
Undocumented Immigrant Resources
- California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance. A statewide immigrant youth-led alliance providing COVID-19 resources for undocumented Californians.
- Coronavirus Informed Immigrant Guides. A site dedicated to increasing access to resources and knowledge for the undocumented immigrant community across the country.
Additional Community Resources
- Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) for refugees:
- Resources for refugees on CORE Resettlement Navigator
- A page on the CORE Resettlement Navigator website listing other important videos and fact sheets translated into multiple languages.
- English language COVID-19 resources to support Cultural Orientation providers and other staff can be found on the CORE website.
- EMBARC Crisis Response website has resources in multiple languages and is being updated regularly with COVID-19 information.
- How to Deliver Remote Cultural Orientation: The webinar provides support for utilizing the following resources to deliver Cultural Orientation during the pandemic: COVID-19 Resources page, Telephonic Cultural Orientation Guidance and Curricula, and How to Deliver Remote Cultural Orientation.
- COVID-19 Emergency and Disaster Resources for Immigrants. Includes an assortment of resources, including a multilingual book for children about COVID-19, how to access low cost laptops, how to access 2 months of Comcast internet for free, and more.
- Cell-Ed Coronavirus Guide. This site provides information on how to sign up for a FREE Information Guide in English and Spanish available on any mobile phone. The guide shares practical advice from top experts like the CDC and World Health Organization on how to best protect ourselves, our loved ones, co-workers, and communities from these types of viruses.
COVID 19 Resources in Multiple Languages
- COVID 19 Information in Multiple Language
- Azadi Enterprise
As a result of the recent changes and recommendations, we believe remote, on-line and over-the phone services, where applicable, would be a great step towards minimizing the spread of the virus. Therefore, Azadi Enterprise, the refugee based interpreting agency in Sacramento, is committed to help Limited English Speaking Refugee and Immigrant Community by offering Pre-Scheduled Over-the Phone Interpreting Services for their essential appointments for all the main languages spoken across California including Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Hmong, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian,Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese etc. - Azadi Enterprise under the DBA of AZADI TAX that has been helping individuals and small businesses with their Annual Federal & State Income Taxes for past few years is also considering “REMOTE” tax consultation in addition to the “ IN-PERSON” consultation and filling. So the individuals interested to file their taxes without in-person meeting can contact us. They can fill in a questionnaire and submit their documents (1099-W2s etc) through our online portal.
- At these tough moments, we have dramatically lowered the prices for all our services to the community.
For Interpreting Services: We offer low-cost Interpreting Services and Certified Translation Services for the languages listed above. For those who are really in need of interpreting services in Dari and/or Farsi languages and can not pay for it, we can provide ONE HOUR of FREE On-site or Over the Phone Interpreting Services per family for a maximum of 20 HOURS. The client should be referred to us by any of the refugee agencies. This promotion is running up-to the end of April 2020 or when the maximum number of hours reached. - For Tax Services: We offer 40% OFF for individuals from refugee/immigrant community (Please use CODE 40415 when contacting). This promotion is going on up to the due date of the tax filling for this year which is April 15 2020. All services are by appointments only.
- For questions about On-Site and Scheduled Over-the Phone Interpreting Services:
CALL: 916-298-5492
EMAIL: info@azadienterprise.com
- For questions about TAX services:
CALL: 916-793-9363
EMAIL: azaditax@gmail.com