NMRC in the news
Celebrating Immigrant and Refugee Educators in Maine on National Teacher Appreciation Day
In 2015, Nabaa Alobaidi resettled in Portland, Maine, having fled her home in Iraq as a refugee. With a master’s degree and experience practicing interior design and teaching at the university level, she hoped to continue her craft and…
Integrating Immigrant Health Professionals into the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: Barriers and Solutions
Internationally educated immigrant healthcare workers face skill underutilization working in lower-skilled healthcare jobs or outside healthcare. This study explored barriers to and solutions for integrating immigrant health professionals.
Legislation Introduced to Study Removing Barriers to Practice for Foreign Trained Physicians Living in Maine
PRESS RELEASE | On Tuesday, March 21st the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services will hold a public hearing on LD 937 – Resolve, to Establish the Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living in Maine.
Portland immigration clinic helps asylum seekers take ‘first step of a very long road’
We haven’t seen anything like it before. The jobs reports and unemployment numbers of the past 2½ years have repeatedly surprised the American public and confounded even the most imaginative labor economists.
Immigrants may hold a key to solving Maine’s labor shortage
Asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola are among the dozen or so foreign-born workers that Wild Oats Bakery has hired to boost its workforce at a time when workers are hard to come by.
Equivalencies – Credential Evaluations | Part 1: What Are They?
The New Mainers Resource Center at Portland Adult Education works with New Mainers who come to the U.S. with college degrees and years of experience. Most people want to know if their college degrees will be recognized as they look for jobs, apply to schools, or seek licensing in their professions. Will a degree be recognized? The answer is it depends.
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Legislation Introduced to Study Removing Barriers to Practice for Foreign Trained Physicians Living in Maine
PRESS RELEASE | On Tuesday, March 21st the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services will hold a public hearing on LD 937 – Resolve, to Establish the Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living in Maine.
2021-2022 NMRC Annual Report
Since it was founded in 2013, NMRC’s role at PAE has evolved to meet the ever changing needs of students and employers and other programmatic shifts at PAE. There has been a growing recognition of the need to integrate NMRC services more fully throughout PAE programing as the best way to meet those needs.
2020-2021 NMRC Annual Report
Given the everchanging COVID environment, not knowing what to expect even 3-6 months in the future, PAE teachers and staff continue to be in the challenging position of needing to teach and provide services in ways different than before
2019-2020 NMRC Annual Report
Because of COVID-19, the year 2019-2020 was certainly not a typical year and the challenges of functioning remotely will continue into the coming year. However, whenever PAE is ready to return to in-person classes and programs, this years’ experience with remote learning has opened up greater possibilities for how PAE will offer classes and services in the future and will remain a part of PAE’s overall programming as a way to expand access to its services to those for whom physically being at PAE is a challenge.
NMRC-PAE Foreign-Trained Health Professional Licensing Pilot Project Report
The purpose of the NMRC-PAE Foreign Trained Health Professional Licensing Pilot Project Report was to research ways to increase diversity and cultural competence of the health workforce by identifying strategies to reduce the barriers that foreign trained health professionals face.
Foreign Trained Professionals: Maine’s Hidden Talent Pool
The New Mainers Resource Center has produced a report highlighting the skills and education of Maine’s foreign trained professionals and the challenges they face resuming their professions.