Refugee Individual Development Account Programs Tutorials

Attached are three handouts by a non for profit recertification organization WES in New York City.

International Institute of St. Louis, an ORR Microenterprise grantee,
shared their Financial Education Curriculum in Karen and in English.
For more information, please contact:
 Kathleen Delpha, MBA

The following links to the state letter contain the codes of all legal statuses to help ORR grantees verify if your clients qualify for ORR funded programs.
State Letter 017 is at http:// www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/policy/sl00-17.htm

The Karen or Kayin (Karen: Pwa Ka Nyaw Po or Kanyaw);  are a group of ethnic peoples who reside primarily in southern and southeastern Burma (Myanmar). The Karen make up approximately 7 percent of the total Burmese population of approximately 50 million people.A large number of Karen also reside in Thailand, mostly on the Thai-Burmese border.

          This IRS publication provides valuable information regarding IDAs and how they are regulated and formatted for tax purposes. It addresses frequently asked questions and details the specific categories under which IDAs fall within the tax code. The publication can be viewed here:  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb99-44.pdf  

 Business Planning Document is an interactive tool to help you prepare a business plan. It is geared towards product businesses. 

 Business Plan Outline is a concise, two page checklist that can be used for any business.