In the News
2016
Raleigh Immigrant Community Officially A Non-Profit
July 3, 2016
Our community partner, Raleigh Immigrant Community, officially became a 501(c)3. Check out the newly launched website for more information on this amazing organization!
Hinson Wins UNC’s Bryant Public Service Award
April 12, 2016
“Clinical Assistant Professor Quentin Joshua (Josh) Hinson, MSW ’04, is the winner of UNC’s 2016 Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award for his work on the UNC Global Transmigration – Refugee Mental Health and Wellness Initiative…”
Refugee Wellness Featured in Podcast
February 16, 2016
Raleigh Immigrant Community and UNC Refugee Wellness Director Josh Hinson were both featured in UNC School of Public Health’s fourth podcast “Behind the Scenes: The Refugee Crisis: Invisible Wounds.”
Raleigh Immigrant Community Meets with Legislators
January 15, 2016
The support and social action group advocated for and received the opportunity to meet with local legislators.
2015
UNC Refugee Wellness Expansion
November 13, 2015
The addition of new partners enables Refugee Wellness to expand within Orange and Durham Counties.
Refugee Wellness Research in Toronto
August 19, 2015
“Final-year MSW/MPH student Erin Magee presented a poster at the North American Refugee Conference in Toronto in June. It is entitled, “Refugee Wellness: A pilot test in screening and treating emotional distress in refugees…”
UNC Refugee Wellness Receives Grant
March 17, 2015
“The UNC Global Transmigration – Refugee Mental Health and Wellness Initiative (“Refugee Wellness”), a project of the UNC School of Social Work, has received a grant from the Triangle Community Foundation (TCF) Capacity Building Partnership…”
2014
UNC School of Social Work to Contract With State
November 11, 2014
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work will soon begin contracting with the State of North Carolina to improve access to health and mental health services to refugees in the Triangle region…”
UNC Refugee Wellness Receives Armfield-Reeves Innovation Fund Grant
September 2, 2014
“The Armfield-Reeves Innovation Fund was established in 2008 by Billy and Janie Armfield and Sam and Betsy Reeves to encourage faculty and student researchers at the UNC School of Social Work to become involved in innovative, community-based, engaged research…”
UNC Refugee Wellness Pilot Year Findings
April 10, 2014
“A pilot study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that many newly arriving refugees who resettle in Durham and Orange counties are in need of mental health services and are eager to get that help…”
2013
UNC Refugee Wellness Begins Services
October 25, 2013
“For years, refugees who have resettled throughout the United States have received temporary basic services, such as assistance in finding a job and new home, to help them quickly adjust to life in a new country. But are these services enough?”…