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General
Information
- Immigrant
life - This well organized website guides you through "what
to do" when applying for Social Security number, driver's license, bank
account, credit card, telephone service, health/auto insurance , filing
US taxes and other aspects of immigrant life.
- Citizen Guide
( New York State) - This NYS official website finds you
short answers to common questions, and links you directly to a wealth of
state services grouped by categories.
Consumer
Protection
- Consumer
Help - Prepared by New York State Bureau of Consumer Frauds
and Protection, this website advises consumers of their rights in
dealing with auto issues, computer/internet issues, credit &
lending, health, housing, family and other general consumer concerns.
- Consumer
Action - This website provided by the Federal Citizen
Information Center provides advice and steps to take when shopping for
goods and services, list of Federal Agencies where consumer complaints
can be filed.
- NYS
Professions Online Verifications -This online verification
website allows searches of licensees by name (within a profession) and
by license number; searches on pharmacies, professional business
entities, and professional discipline actions.
Driver License
- Driver
License - Driver licenses, learner permits, non-driver
photo ID cards, road test schedules and site locations, driving classes,
international driving permit, everything a new driver needs to know.
- Driver's
Manual - An online new driver study guide including test
practice.
- Local DMV
Offices - Find office locations and hours of operation.
Listed in alphabetical order by county.
- Driving
Courses - Accident prevention techniques, safe driving
courses in the Newburgh area.
Education ( Adult/Community
Education) & Language
- Language
Proficiency - Classes in English as a Second Language
(ESL), citizenship courses, high school equivalency preparation in
English and Spanish. SAT prep courses, 5-hr driver's course. Classes are
free or at a minimal charge, available in the Newburgh School District.
- Language
Proficiency - Orange County Community College website for
classes in English as a second language, defensive driving , plus
programs in professional development and continuing education.
- Proliteracy
Program - Search for literacy program (ESL tutorial classes
on a one to one basis) in your local area.
- Vocational
Training - Orange-Ulster BOCES website for a broad variety
of classes in vocational training, classes range from automotive to
building construction, computer drafting, notary public, health and
safety and more.
- Test Practice &
Learning - Online test practices and course resources in
college and graduate school entrance exams, real estate, Teacher
Certification, GED, cosmetology, TOEFL, US Citizenship and more.
- TOEFL
(Test of English as a Foreign Language) - Online registration,
practice online. Portions of the website are available in Espanol,
Francis, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese. \
- GED -- General
information, Testing schedules updates, application for testing,
eligibility requirements, GED Exam in French and in Spanish.
- Translation
dictionaries online - Links to over 3500 bilingual and multilingual
dictionaries and glossaries available free online, links to translator
associations world wide, and free online translation.
- Free
Translation - An easy to use site for rapid translations from
English to Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
Russian, Norwegian and vice versa.
Employment
- Labor
Department (NY) - This State Labor Department official website leads
you to local Labor Department, job openings, career planning, resume
guidance, job training opportunities, counseling, unemployment
insurance, worker protection and other employment services.
- Job Search - This
American Job Bank website allows you to access job listings by selecting
a job category and a location.
- Interjob
Search - Prepared by the Middletown Thrall Library, this well
organized website offers you access and links to everything you need to
know in job hunting, including links to resume writing, local
employment, interviews and other job options.
- New York
State Licensed Professions - This NYS Education Dept. website lists
NYS licensed professions, license requirements/application forms, online
license verifications, information on state boards, and links to state
and national professional associations.
- Social
Security - Information on how to apply for the social security
number and card, change of name on card, card replacement, social
security benefits, and on-line application forms.
Health
- US
Dept of Health &Human Services Resources Locators - This
comprehensive and well-organized website allows you to narrow the search
to local areas on a broad variety of health topics including child care,
nursing homes, physician directories, health care facilities, health
insurance, Medicaid and Schip (State Children Health Insurance Program)
criteria for immigrant eligibility.
- Local
Health Insurance Plan Providers - This website links you to
information on individual/family health insurance, short term /small
business group health insurance, and health insurance coverage plan
providers in Orange County of NY.
Housing
- Home
Buying & Home Shopping -This US Dept. of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) website informs you of your rights as home buyers or
first time borrowers; buy vs rent, local government grants, home buying
programs, responsibilities of the mortgage service providers. (Text also
available in Spanish)
- Mid-Hudson
Real Estate - This site allows you to locate houses for sale, and
apartments for rent in the Hudson Valley area.
- Real
Estate Search -This website from the Times Herald Record Classified
Ad allows you to search housing by city and price.
- Mortgage
Rate -Home loan mortgage rates from local banks and financial
services.
Immigration &
Citizenship
- Visa
Application - Information on how to apply for the US permanent and
temporary visa.
- Citizenship
classes - Free classes for those planning to become US citizens.
Text available in Spanish.
- Immigration Courts
in NY - US Dept. of Justice website on immigration review, links to
frequently asked questions, immigration courts in NY, and a list of free
legal service providers.
- Immigration
Law - Easy to find and easy to understand information on immigration
law from the Legal Database.com, links to Green Card Lottery,
immigration attorneys, legal terms, legal forms, training programs for
the law practitioners, plus links to advocate groups, US Census Bureau
and more..
- Immigrant Weekly - This
on-line weekly updates immigrants/advocates/lawyers on new immigration
laws and legislation, government policies, issues and concerns that may
affect immigrants. Free subscription.
Law and Lawyer
- Find a
Lawyer - Lawyer search by city and state, and practice area . Links
to cases and codes, forms, legal subjects, state and federal laws.
- Law Help for Low Income
Immigrant Families - List of resources in 22 foreign languages (from
Arabic to Urdu) to help low-income immigrant families solve legal
problems on health care, housing, immigration and naturalization, public
benefits ( food stamp programs) , tax credits and more.
- Martindale-Hubble
Law Directory - The leading and authoritative law directory website
to locate lawyers by practice areas and locations. Dispute resolution
centers and their locations.
- Public
Resources - New York State Bar Association guidelines on selecting a
lawyer, and filing grievances against lawyers, lawyer referral service
and pro bono programs available in your area.
Local Information
- Living in
Rural Orange County - This Cornell Cooperative Extension website
provides new residents with access to resources in Orange County and
offers insights on rural living. Additional links to information on
recreation/culture, nature, public utilities, transportation , schools
and libraries.
- Newburgh
Free Library Local Resources - This comprehensive library website
leads you to a wealth of information in the mid-Hudson area grouped by
categories: from local colleges, school districts to airports, local
attractions and recreations, counties and municipalities, plus links to
New York City.
- Orange County
Resources - This easy to use website allows you to search Orange
County information by categories from local attractions and events
calendar to local schools and colleges, libraries, lodging, news media,
publications, stores, transportation, and weather. Also links to Hudson
Valley Guide and tourism in NY State.
- Orange/Rockland
County Resources - An easy to use website leading to key information
in all aspects of living in Orange and Rockland Counties including
education and school districts, emergency numbers, hospitals,
restaurants, transportation, real estate, special events and more.
- RECAP Program for the
Low Income Families - This Regional Economic Community Action
Program (RECAP) website helps low income families in Orange County to
locate local programs and services on supportive housing, home energy
conservation, health insurance, employment and more.
- Shortline
Bus - Bus schedules for service in Orange and Sullivan Counties,
plus commuter service to New York City.
- Metro-North
Railroad - Port Jervis to Hoboken train schedule. Links to NYC
Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Long Island Bus, and Metro-North
Railroad schedules.
News & Media
Regional Library Resources
& Resources in Multi-languages
- New Americans
Program - Established by Queens Borough Public Library in Queens,
NY, the Program is to provide special services to the region's new
immigrants, it includes an international language collection, resource
guides on multicultural web sites, immigrant-serving agencies for
various ethnic groups.
- World Link -
Presented by Queen's Borough Public Library, this web-based
international information resources can be accessed in Arabic, Chinese,
Croatian, French, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian. Its
local resources link up to services in the NYC area for different ethnic
groups.
- Glossary
of Library Terms in Multi-language - Designed to serve international
students and scholars, the Glossary presents a list of commonly used
library terms in 6 languages (English, Chinese, Korean, Japan, French,
and Spanish) with definitions in English for each term.
- Governments on
the web - Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the
world wide web.. Data are compiled in the country's native language.
- Social
Security Online in Multi-language - Public information materials
translated into several languages from Arabic to Chinese, French,
Italian, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese and others. Free
interpreter services on request available, call 1-800772-1213, Mon-Fri,
7AM-7PM.
- Online
news in 8 foreign languages - This MIT Library website allows you
access online domestic and foreign news in Chinese, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
- Voice of America
- Minute by minute news update online in English and 45 different
foreign languages .
Special Interests Groups
- Asian Womenˇ¦s Alliance for Kinship &
Equality
P.O.Box 275
Taliman, NY 10982
Tel.
845-368-2011
Chinese
- Chinese American Cultural Association of
Rockland, Inc.
P.O.Box 2033
New City, NY 10956
Tel.
201722-1478
- Chinese Association,
Orange County (OCCA)
- Chinese Language
Materials from Regional Libraries - More than 350 Chinese language
items including books, videos and audios available from the Ramapo
Catskill Library System (RCLS) and the Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS).
Subject search for "Chinese language materials", or search by Authors /
Titles using Pin-Yin transliteration.
- Chinese Art and
Literature - A primary online resource for comprehensive information
on Chinese culture and heritage. Topics arranged from A-Z with emphasis
on Arts, Classics, History, Literature, Science, Religion. Also included
are maps, dictionaries, language, medicine , and travel.
News in Chinese Language -
http://chinese.news.yahoo.com/
http://www.gov.tw/news/can/
http://www.chineseworld.com/
http://www.bbcchinese.com/
http://www.cnd.org/
- http://www.cnpedia.com/pages/knowledge/baserule.htm
OTHERS
- Filipino Association of Rockland
14
Doscher Ave
West Nyack, NY 10994
Tel. 845-358-2777
- Haitian American Cultural and Social Organization
(HACSO)
32 Grove St
Spring Valley, NY 10977
Tel
845-352-8096
- Hispanic Coalition of Rockland County, Inc.
49 W Broad St, Ste 3
Haverstraw, NY 10927
Tel.
845-429-1100
- India Association of the Catskill Region
P O Box 93
Middletown, NY 10940
Tel 845-342-6199
- Sons of Italy - Rockland Lodge #2176
(Organization of Italian Culture)
46 Van Wyck Rd
Blauvelt
NY
10913
Tel. 845-359-5899
- Jamaican Civic and Cultural Association of
Rockland, Inc. (JAMCCAR)
147 N Main St
P.O. Box 1727
Spring Valley, NY 10977
Tel. 845-425-7327
- Japanese Community
Association of Mid-Hudson
Konbit Neg Lakay Inc. (Haitian
non-profit organization)
25 N Madison Ave
Spring Valley, NY
10977
Tel. 845-425-4623
- New to Nyack
Friends of the Nyacks
Mail to:as.dutt@verizon.net
Tel. 845-480-4622
- Polish Heritage Club
367 Mount Eve Rd
Goshen NY 10924
Tel. 845-651-7505
- Tolstoy Foundation (Human
rights/ethnic Groups)
104 Lake Rd
Valley Cottage NY
10989
Tel. 845-268-6722
- Warwick Newcomers Club (Social group to help new
comers to make friends)
16 Andrew Ct
Florida NY 10921
Tel. 845-651-2308
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