https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/37070/archive/files/7fe4c2efc6ecce3840f22cc695b07806.pdf?Expires=1785369600&Signature=ZoyOCFhdxWJsj6PIzdvh5nrhvXhxPgMVn2fmYrCYzeboc8plil6b6jzbFiL3C5ha%7E3%7EtJ-mdTGG87rWpwocJ1KqyMaans28sc4VVX5wuTBcIwFBlMvlcOz2UDVKUIbnyp7bpOal-9PCVlI0YDG6eNKJ3TvtzvteI%7EkRD8bIO1WuvA05Mo6ynnaVBmYGLLei6RN1Rps8qBbAk81oT9lgKDaYH-3tsVJHrbf%7EIADEUlKoR9vV5JXIye0tjHLLDXfQV4%7E7MjQZe8IH26nA9Hbc1O6shRhfI0Bq-T8fhPH4LS5WvDznw%7EcfyUd0AYMOYRNMeIiEuUqzhvdqzo3Ajac612g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 307aa5fcc9d5c3f8626cc6cbbae5ded2 PDF Text Text INDOCHINESE HEFUGEES FO UN DATION, INC. LAO·HMONG COMMUNITY OF MASSACHUSETT S, INC. 79. H1yh SL1 ee t , Lo well , MA 018b2 · Telephone : (617) 454 -4286 INOOCHINESE SELF·HE:LP PROJECT Aug ust 18, 1981 M R HAI B . PHO . PH .D Coord1na1 01 p,.,, M R. TUAN H . NG UY EN . Rel uyeois Foul1ddl1u11 l11docti 1ne~e MR TER YANG , Pr "~ Lao· Hmony Cumm u111 1y o f M a~~ Ms. Patricia Mo ore Exec utive As s i s tant to the Comm i s si one r D partment of Soc i l Se rvi ces e LSO Caus wa y S tre e l 8oston, MA 02114 Dea r M Mo ore: s. W re s ubmitti ng t he e nclose d, unsolici Le d pr opos.Jl for funding to e Lhe Depa rtment of Soci~l Servic es to e~ t ~nd our se rvices unt i l which time the 1981-82 R.F.P . process t a kes place. W would like to take this ope IJ O rtunity to des c ib e our program to you and to brie f ly explain oui: proµosa l for the 198 2 f i sc al yea r. W would a lso l ike to thank you for your e a pprecia tion of our u1 ost di ff icult situa tion. We a re confident that after re viewing the followin g informa tion you will unders t and the ur gency of the µroblems faced by the Lowell r efugees an d ag r e e t o continue our services. Th ~ IL doc inese Refugees Found a tio11 is a private, non-profit Mutual -\ ·sistance Associ at io n (MAA) i nco r por a ted i n M assachusetts in 1977. This year, under t '1 Indochinese Se l r -Help Proj ect , t he Foundation provid<:!d s veral services, including ESL, job coun se ling , and s upport dervic e s. This project was £w1ded wit h a gr ant of $5 0 , 000 f rom the Of fi ce of Refugee Re settlement, of th e De partffient of Health and Human Services. The over all goal for this project is to pron.ate refug ee self sufficiency. Sinc e the tiwe we b(; g 1 our l rug ran1 , t here has been a tremendous in·1ux of re f u5e es int o Lowell . In one yea r's timl.:! (1980-8 1), the city bad rece ived over 700 r efugees, b ot h fr om re se ttlement age ncies and s ~cond H igrations, bring ing Lhe lot a l to we ll over 1000. Be tween 5/80 and 5/81, the n~nber of refugee s receiving cash a nd ffiedical assistance had increased fr om 130 to 561, an inc reas e of over 400%. Cc unity se rvice agencies, )lrun oluntacy organiz a li on s , a nd ch ur c he s we re overwhelme d with the pos t re:; l;!ttlemcnt probl..:!lllS t he y hu<l l o [ ace . R . . .1 liziut, ~he ur ge ncy of this situation, we e xp anded the scope of e ori c; inal project gua ls in order to allevia te some of these problems. In a<lJitiou tu our outreach and Survival English class, we established an extensive Information and Referral networ k wh ich has serviced over 500 callers. We have effected 90 job and skill tra ining placemen s. We also t . No n·µrofil organi dli ons incorporated under the Go1111no11W t; dlth of Mas::;achuselb G .L , Cr1. 180, Sec . 26A �- 2- organized monthly s oci a l adjus tment educ a tion meetings which attract ove 100 refugees e a c h mon th . In a ddi tion, we sponsored a Cross-Cultural Syrr posium with ne n1 l y 800 pe ople a ttending. Al l t he s e activities, and mo P are e xplained in grenter de tail i n the enclosed Progress Reports . The pivota l reaso f or our s uc ces s a re our s trong tie s to the refugee community a nd our acc ess ih ili_ t o the r es t o f. the Lowell community. ty However, t he prob l ems he r e a r e s til.l desper a te, a s many new refuge ~ arrive thr ough r e - u n i f ic~ti on nnd s e c ond migr a tion s , and continue to r e quest our serv i c es . The pr o j ec tion fo r ne x t yea r s hows an increa s e of < additiona l 600 r efug ee s , br iLLging t he t ot a l to app rox ima tely 1700 in th Lowell are a . Since the Indoch i nese S ~ lf - He lp P r. ej ect i s a demonstration projec t and will not be cons i dr. r ed f or r e f und i ng by t he fe de r a l government, thi s project will terminate wi th t he f edera l f i s c a l yea r . The present dela ys in the state' s R. F ·. P . pr ocess eri ous ly j eopa rdizes the continuation of our unique and essent i al serv i c es t o b ot h t he re f ugees and the communi t service a gencies in Lowell . The propo sed non-compe titive, closed technique of contr act ext en si on, f ur the r i nhi bit s our c ap acity to plan an effective progr am f or th e c oming year by not c on irming future funding until a later da t e . Therefore, we wou l d lik e to s ubmit the f ollowing program <!nd budgf' t that would al l ow us to c on t inue until the present R . F . P . process i s c o pleted. Plea se n ote th a t the enclos e d ls an ab s tr a c t , t he f uJ 1 prop . :1 will be availab le u on your r eques t. Thank you f or yo ur c on s ide r a ti on . Sinc e r ely , J ~ r ~u e li n e M. Fidl e r -P r o i cct" Dir. e <: t ( r Mr . Ha i Ba Pho, Ph. D. r,oor d · na tor cc: Thomas DeVou t on J a ck An de r s on �OBJECTIVE PROBLEMS (f) To prov ide cross- (f) To develop and im- (g of info rrr. ati o~ & kn owledgt ab out a va i l a bl e r e sourc e s ~a c k T c pr ov ide in fo rma t ior an ~ r eftrr 2 l s e r v ic ~ t o re f ugees ce!l tt r , et h-ic (g) Follow-u p re po rt s , d a t e; s '.!eets , ir.f 0-:- co~ - r; .u!l :i t · · b u1 1E: .:i:·. b o2rc dc .. e-'1(, - ~r - c 1 · te rE. :c:::-r ::: 1 r. ecc r c'i n.:__ c e: rc < mati n l P.n ~: ~ i~ ~ul 2 ~~ i - ~t ~ uc -1 ti o- (h) f aciliLate cxi:- u-:-: i c at i c· p c ". ,,,it !-._ social, le sal , c= :--1 c med i c a : s e r v :: c es (i) To res ov e 15 0 r ef - uge es f r o~ bec o ~ i n g welfar e de pend en t ( h) ~ c=t e r i El~ ; c~ --- --------~----~-----------~--~~ - · Te n de ncy for Wel f ar e De ? en denc y . counseling Curriculum participant evaluation ( £) E s tc kl i s~ i nf ormation A, -..... Language Barriers (f) Social adjustment plernent 12 bicultural social adjustment group coun seling se s s ,;,_ ons cultural understandin6 within refugee c ommun it y Cross-Cultural Naivet e and Disorientation EVALUATI01; ME':'HOD S c De ·: c ;::. ;.:- T· - · o i: "c . c~ i· r c_, _ t r c= :~ c: i :-· ter ;: :::- E: ~c :- :: _ ~~ E""::::-,: < I < ·' ' I ( -: '<.t.~·r r~ i - - .- e \·c- 1:..: c.. t:.~- =- r...- 1iL' S p i rr : : (i) P ubl ic 255i5 ~ E :--cc re n or ts Fo11 m·· - u p re rc-·rt 5 �1st Quarter CONTINUOUS DAILY SERVICES 2nd Qua rter 4th Quarter 3rd Quarter- l Proiect Director (45% time) ~ l Job Develooer (45% time) ~ 1 Guidance Counselor (33.3% time) => ..... - 1 Voke ESL (33.3% time) ;> 1 Pr e -V ok e ESL (33. 3% t i me ) ;'> 1 Survival ESL (20 hrs /wk) - . 1 Case Manae er (100% time ) ~ - ;> l Cambodian Counselor (100% time ) ~ 1 Lao Counse lor (100% time) 1 Vie tnamese Counselor ( 100% time) RF PORTS -Pr g ress Repor t (Pr ojec t Director) Dev elopmen t Re por t -J -G ui can e ~epo r t ~ x x x x x x x x x -E L ~-P :'.' t - Case . anagemen t Report -E thnic Grouo Counselin £/Educati on OUARTERLY SESSIONS 1 Voe a tiona 1 ESL 1 Pre -Vocat i ona l ESL x x x x x x . x • • . . • 1 Sur v i va 1 ESL 1 Surviva 1 ESL x • I x x x x x . ' . . . ~ . x x x ., ,{ x x x x . ~ . x .< x x x x x x x x x x x x . ' , -. ' . . . . ' x I ' . I • I • . • . • ' ~ . ~ Oct. Nov . Dec . -!an . Feb. March Apri May June I July Aug. Sept . �..,, ,.. '"""'. . ., . _ , ____"""""===========~====-----~~---~~~-~J\ UST IU\l T U l· lNlJOCHlNE S f Nt:ElJS l; l <.Ul'O~ jf\ L FOLl S!:.LF-llELl' l'lWJC:C'l' A S ~ESSMENl' Based on daL<..1 uil ll.'.dl.'.Ll du .. i.n t:, tllc S..;lf-Ht:!lµ l' roject, the 700 plus refugeeG, who arrivtJ bl...!LW1:!~11 1980 - 81, i..lre g t:!ncrally unskilled and un~ducated. These µroblcms <.1r\; fuctht:!r complicated by poor health, inability to communic..itc •..rnd a lack of understanding of the new culture that surrounds tht111 . Tht: fll!td f or pus t rc:Jet t lcment services is critical, for without prupt:r tc c.i nint.; and support, these refugees will join the willionij of alii;nJtcJ puor - l::iolatcd in their ·t>wn couununities and dependent on public assistance for thl!ir life time. OBJECTIVE S The overall ubjc c liVI...! oi tlll.: lnduchinct;e Self-Help Pruject is to ludochi11l: !;1.: Cl:lu1., i.:c :.; i11 tl11.!ir cffuct to ac~1il!VC economic inde- <J~fiist pc11dcncu rnd uu'-i..d w.;ll LH.:la q~ . '1'11 ~ •;c..:1r-11l:lp Prujcc..:l pcupo~&.:d to cou- <Jnd cxpun<l ll !:. Llu: cl: c.:u111 1HH1l.:ut:-.1: ESL, Jub Ucvclup1Ucnt, unJ Soc.,. 1.al Support, fuc <.!11 udditiuud l yc.:..ir . Uy pruviding tl1c s e scrvice.s we will addJ:"(;SS the obuvc u1c..mtiunl.:d. 11rulilc1u::> with the following objectives: tinu~ (a) 1'o inc rcatic Ent. l is h L.1ngua 0 c skills of lndochint!se on three level~ (b) l'o equip lndoc..:hillcse rcfUt)t:!Cs \vith English skills tH.!Ct!ssary to find t.1uµ loywcnt in tlw U.S. (c) 1'o \'nable tht! ce1:ub el! tu plan~ ca~ccr that would renaove hL11/h~r fruw Welfare Jcpendt!ncy (d) Seel< p laccu11;.;nt in stab le l:!ULP lo ymcnt £or 150 ref ut)et:!S prev~nt tiU ~ i~l mala~ju s lrnenl {e) To ( O To incn.!ciSC th~ c.1 bil.ily of lnJochin..:st: effectively with theli; new environment refug~cs Lo intei:<..ict more (~) To develop and u1.:1intain n<..1tivc ethnic pri<ll: and iJentiLy (t1) ·ro facilitut.t: asslstarn,.:e frurn otht:r service ;Jt:,encit:s (i) ·ro rt;u1uvt: 150 rt!iu 0 ~es frulli Welfart! deµt:ntl1;:ncy tvlt:'f ILOO:, Once the t,r..rnt i.s in place, tlh! µrcst.:t\t tiL1 ff s' pusitlo n s will be t!xpanded to full-ciuac. Tlte Proj~ct DirecLor_ will rl!crult and hirt tt\e additional staff as s oon as µoss1ble thcreattt:!r (we have st:vL:r <Jl \.:O\ulnit· ruents for the tiiLLe \H;riod of tbis grant). All , crvict: cutupo r1\.!11ts \1ill s begin the tirs~ wct:k . . ~-·- .. - - - - - - .... .. .. _.,._. '* - - · .. :...,. • - •• , • ,11 '" .• �- 7. - ; r n1T' wi 1 1 '.1 nve t h re e trnc ks of Eng lish, Survival, Pr~v ocationa l a n d Voc .:i tl unril. F:ri~h ~r a ck _ will he repeated each quarter t o r tweleve weel<.s. .i \t t h e b eguun n g of the. program, each student will I e eval.uated nnd p l1ced in the ap propriate track. There will be two : lassed of survi vn l En g li s h eac h da y a nd one class each of prevocationa1 il d vocationril En g, \ ic:; 1 1 i or a tot.1l of [ our English clas· es per day and s ci maximum of 1 20 'ltudc nt s. /\l1 c urrl c ulUtn development will be focused on work rel ated is s u es . Th i!. ES L P r :~ LOYMF NT Each .. tuc\p n [ ,ii 11 h e in tervlewcc.I on ri monthly ba s ls by the Guidance unsel o r to e v < lu .1L th<' : : i t· ucl c nt' s v oc.1 tion<1l interests, experiences, :1d <tptituue. The c 0 urViclo r \v ill work with the s tudent to, develop a n 1ndividua li7 ed plcrn to ach i e v e the st ud e nt's - employment goals. Based 1t1 data c. o llc<.:te d from the C:ul.clrince Counse lor,. the Job De·1eloper will !>•"!gi n t a meet wit h prospec tiv e em plo ye r s in ot·der to identify and deve lop p otenti a l work s itc s. He/ She will then send students on job ine rviews with bilingual co un se lors. The Job Developer will host a job linic on a mon thly hn s is [ or t he re s t o f the refug ee community and dr ;:iw on exp Prtise o t l oc< il pe r sonne l ex perts, etc. The Job ·Developer will .- onti.nually su rvey t lw ttre;:i for job OP'i1o rtunities. 'OCIAL SUPl'ORT Sf.RVI l":Es Ca se 'Man a"'ement : A bili11 1 1 .,;d c1c:c 1 n .: inn 1~e r wll l be assi st ed b y the t1u·ee hilin g u.1 ] c 0unselor-; i n coo r rl i11nt· i n 1' c.1;,c 111 .~m;i g emc nt ser vi ce s Cor 25 inrlivi d ua ls / f amilies per 1110n r h . The Cas e Manc1 g er wi 11 con clue l a n ini tia 1 home visit I n eeds as se s s me nt a t1 d then d eve lop a se r vice pL1n to 111eet the identi f.i. e rl eeds of the [dmil y . Service pl~n s wi ll foc us an removal of barriers o s oci fl l n dj 11 E. l n)C'l1t. n11 d e mp lc1j11ncnt S \lch :Vi : ln c1c•eql1ftte housi.ng , µoor ·\ealth, emotlon n l n .il :1d j u s l mc nt, ccl uc At ion:il n ee<lc; , Ptc. The Ca se MC1n. ge r will emp l oy < v r i.r · L y o[ meth ods to c . r ry out :> ervice plan inc1udi. n )'. : 1 1 1 inf ormation and n · Lerr :1l, c oord in;:ition with other 3e rvi c e provid e r s , f .J n•1 l y and incl i v i..du. 1 i l i le coun s c l in ~ , pro t ec tive ser v lees, arrangemen t o f r~ nsport a tion n nd lnt~rprcl ~ tlan where ind i c a t ed, and most importa~tl , d eveloping tbe cnp.'.'lcit y 0[ the refug ee to he l p him/her s elf. 1 1 The Case Ma n ai:, · r \ '1 i 11 111<' l' t wee k 1. y with the j ob d e v e loper and the Guidanct: Counselor L o cevi.E'w c li. -:! ht. n ee d s. lle/Sl1 e will also meet bi weekly with e qch ~ lic n t to fo ll ow -up 0 11 t he p ro g r~ss of the service pl Hn . 0 �- ')Social Adjustmt::nt l:. clu c at i_on : The Pro}ect Di n .: cL(J r will s uiJ c untract with lucal MAA 1 s to provide tweleve gr oup cuuuseliu g st::s::;ions for each 1::t lrn ic t:, r oup for a total of Thirty-six sessions . L H.:h s e s sio ll will foc us on one aspect of life coping skills in /\i.H.:cica suc.:ll ...is : hL:alth a n<l nutrition, housing, trav e l and conuuunicatiou, e tc. Cross-Cultural Sywpusium: The Project Oi n.:ctor will cour <linate tl 1t:: secun<l annual Indochinese Symposium in LowL:ll. The Syn1pu s iu111 will b e dir ec ted toward area service providers, healtl1 c a r e pro f Ls s iona l s , educators, · sponsors, and volunteers workinr; with InJud1 i11L":> L! re .f ug e e s. The P rugra111 would £ea ture cross-cultura l expt:rts frou. :..icr 0 s s till! cuu1 1Lry . Interpret a tion/Trd11 J.:itiun Services : The Ca ·e M<111:J L, l!C will Jcv C! Jup ii list u l ~ 1vall<.1bll! interprc;;ters who \·J ill be contracteJ l o Jl!livl!r in tl!.r pceter sl!.rvLce~ . Tht:.:se inter.·tJ n:ters will b e ass ignL:<l Lo :1 ~ sis L rl!iu i_~ ees to lwspital/clillic vi si ts and other ~1p poi11tm e nts wherL· no e.1l lt:'rn aLive~ Cdl1 b e r«Jund. The Cast:! Manage r will receive r~q ucs ts cmJ rl! fer iu Ll!Cpre ter s c.br i.ng u ££i'ce ho urs. Li s ts o f interpret e rs wi 11 be J i s tr i.bu t c c.I Lo a ce .:.1 ho s p i L.i ls' and o the r k ey 2!•-hour ie rvices who wi ll be authorized to req ue st the interpreters servic~~ directly on an emeq;euc y ba s is . The interpret.er would 11 .Jve <J voucher s i. .·ned b y the agency receivinb the service a nd subwit th<:: vouc 1 1e r t o t ile l' r o j t!C t fo r reimbur t::went . This - et vice would be J vci ila Gl L to al l ar eJ c ef u~ ecs J 11J s er vice pro vider~ . :·:mcrgen .... y medical nL: e ds would be Lh e fir!:>t pri ur ily f or the ser vi ce . f ollowed by r eq ue sts fr:orn tl}t: D1:! pi.l rt111ent of Sucia l ~~ ervict:s, Wel f ar e , Health c linics 1 Industry, e tc. �l " <..OPO ~ t -': 1 l N IJUCllL 1~! ;- IWDCl·"f FOR: ;Li .lo' m:Ll ' Pl<..OJ EC'l' ~ ~ r-wA ; · 1 .. LY8l -82 l:>L11.11 , l ..._ L \) I I. i. c" <.::lj1..H .:S L\.!U I.R.F. 's Lu-kine. con.tr ibution US S l' · i<. SONNEL - Project Dir e.L: tor/ Job Develop~r 35 hrs/wk- 52 w~~k ~ 9 Oio $ 12 13 . 3 4 / rn u 11 t Ii 1.4,560. Guidanc e Cu uu s clo r / ESL Instructuc lOOio @ $1061. 66 /mu 11L h L. $ 12, 7!,,0. ES L In s t c u c. Lo t· 20 hr s /wk - 52 w c~kb 100% @ $ 60 6 . 6u /111on L Ii J Bi.liu~Ui:ll Aic.k •; / Cu ull St! lo r :, LOO% ~ !?2 502 . 50/wont h Case M anage r 7, 28 0. :.io,o:rn. 10, 92 0 . lOOi.. @ $910.00/u.u11Lll S ecrctary/Bookk~~p8r 9,100. 'J Oio @ $758.33/rnontll . L.-I GE l.H.. NJ.::F ITS "2 0 I 311. ," !.,of per:sonne l u . L3% FICA, 10% Hl u\.! Cro~s , . 5"/u uq c:rnp l oyrnl:nt , 2"/o work... -.:llS . ~ompens .Jt io n ) ; .'-!~; ULTA N T I . SER V lC l::S S ue l a l Adj us L ii l ·1 H Indo c hin~s~ !>ympos iuw 1. Iran s l <lt or/lntcrprc t~ r cunsultant s ...,64 hrs/wk x $6. hr = ($384 . f UU') (; , ') 00. 2 ,00 0 10,000. I } : ·l \VEL -. , 000 mi. x $ . 20/mi ,, t-ip roxim.:i te ly $84. /mu) 1,000 (:• I co o• 2 ,000 l 'uoo . �- 2I WFICE EQUIPMENT (Rl..'. l\ l & U:, ...:) s l. Typewriter 1 -0- $ 350. 2 . 2 File Cabinets -0- 400. 3 . Xerox Machine -0- 4,000. -0- 200. ~ . Ansering Machin~ 5 . Film Projector ( rl..'.ntd l) -0- OFFICE FURNITURE l. 4 Desks ]00-:- l'. O l~ SUMABLE l. Office '' S UPP LIE S Supplic ~ 600. L, 2 on J . Resource 'J • Ma tt ri al ~ Duplicating ~aper & Supµ lie s . JOO . (books) 200 . ESL Ma t1.,;c L.i ls 120 Studtnt s x $ 1.0 / S tud 1.: 11L 1 . 900. 2,500 . (film rental l,000. 500. p OS ta gt! 500 . T ELEPHONE 1,000 . ·) Offices ( 200/muntli) 2 ) '+0 0 . ) Classrooms (300/lllu n l h) 200. l , GOO. 1,200. L Ml!e ting Ha 11 TOTAL $ 134 ,041. 11, 170. 08 pel." luuuLh JJ,510.24 per quarttr ,_.,,..,..... . _ , 4Q¥ _ 7 I . l F - "'T"" •1 • r _..,.._ 15,700. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc. Collection, 1957-1996 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc. Collection, 1957-1996. UML 1. Center for Lowell History, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA. Description An account of the resource The Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc. (IRF) provided services to Southeast Asian refugees that were resettling in Lowell, Massachusetts during the 1980s, due to the ramifications of the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge. This collection includes detailed reports, financial records, correspondence, and resources that reveal the extent of the IRF’s work assisting refugees and its members’ involvement in the Lowell community. <br /><br />View the collection finding aid for more information, <a href="https://libguides.uml.edu/uml1">https://libguides.uml.edu/uml1</a>.<br /><br />Part of the collection is accessible on this site. <br />-------------------- <br />SEADA would like to thank the following individuals for their work in making this collection available online: Monita Chea, Soumeng Chea, Christian Hernandez, Julia Huynh, Sam Kong, and Vivien Zhuo. Relation A related resource <span>The collection finding aid, </span><a href="https://libguides.uml.edu/uml1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://libguides.uml.edu/uml1</a><span>.</span> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Funding proposal to the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, 1981-08-18 Subject The topic of the resource Community organization  Lowell (Mass.) Nonprofit organizations Social service Description An account of the resource Unsolicited proposal for funding to the Massachusetts Department of Social Services dated August 18, 1981. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc. Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-08-18 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource UMass Lowell Library makes this material available for private, educational, and research use. 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