Resources
Browse our collection of downloadable resources for volunteers.
Can't find the resource you are looking for? Please check out Refugee Welcome Collective, a community sponsorship technical assistance project of CWS at https://refugeewelcome.org/ for additional resources including weekly community lunch and learns and training.
Featured Downloads
Co-sponsorship Manual
This resource was created for communities working with Church World Service local and affiliate offices to welcome refugees resettled in the United States. Portions might be useful in work with other newcomer immigrants and asylum seekers; however, it is important to note that the content was designed for working with the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
Core Service Task Guides
The core service task guides below will be a starting point for you to understand how you might navigate the different core service tasks assigned to your co-sponsorship group by the local office.
Technical Assistance Guide
The guide below provides co-sponsors with weekly guidance and support as you navigate the service delivery period, from pre-arrival planning to the post-90-day neighbor plan. How you use this guide will depend on which core services your co-sponsor group has committed to supporting.
Additional Downloadable Resources
(click on an item to download it to your computer or device)
- Co-sponsorship One Pager
- Co-Sponsor Guide for U.S. Ties
- Community Sponsorship & Advocacy Toolkit
- Key Considerations for a Strengths-based Approach to Involving U.S. Ties as Co-Sponsors
- Sponsor Fundraising Tips
- U.S Tie to Co-Sponsor Toolkit
- Top Five Ways To Join World Refugee Day on June 20th
- A Worship Guide for Reflecting and Praying for the Displaced
- Volunteer Rights, Grievance and Termination Policy
- Photography Guidelines - Community Sponsorship
- Photo-Video Consent for Program Participants
- What is trauma (Spanish)
- What is trauma (Urdu)
- What is trauma (English)
- What is trauma (Kinyarwanda)
- What is Trauma (Pashto)
- What is trauma (Swahili)
- What is trauma (Arabic)
- What is trauma (Dari)
- What is trauma (French)
- What is trauma (Russian)
- What is trauma (Ukrainian)
- Remote Placement Community Partner Flyer
- CWS Neighbor Network - Humanitarian Parole
- CWS Welcome Corps Program
- Co-sponsorship One Pager
- Trauma-Informed Care
- CWS Network Map
- Remote Placement Community Partner Flyer
- CWS Neighbor Network - Humanitarian Parole
- Home Study Post Release Services One Pager
- Welcome Corps Program Flyer
- Refugee Resettlement
- History of CWS
- Co-sponsor Agreement Form
- Apartment and Home Set up Guide
- Community Sponsorship and Allyship
- Important Contact Information
- Arrival Home Orientation
- Post 90-day Service and Neighbor Plan
- Worship Reflection Guide