Recent News
3.25.08 - Check out our newest map of service-providers!
1.14.08 - Interested in being part of O & I in the coming year?
As of January 14th, 2008, ICIRR is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for new contracts for the Outreach And Interpretation Program (O&I) for a contract period of July 1, 2008- June 30, 2009. The O&I Project is a partnership between the Illinois Department of Human Services, ICIRR, community-based organizations and local public agencies serving immigrants and refugees in Illinois. Its purpose is to facilitate immigrant access to public benefits in Illinois through community outreach, information & referral, case management, and language interpretation and translation, using the skills and resources of community organizations.
All agencies interested in securing an O&I contract for FY 2009 must submit a letter of intent in response to the RFP by January 28, 2008 and a proposal by February 25, 2008. There will also be a bidder’s conference on January 28, 2008 at the ICIRR office.
If you have any questions, or to request the RFP, please contact Ahlam Jbara, O&I Director, at 312-332-7360 ext. 232 ajbara@icirr.org or Jennifer Kons, O&I Assistant, ext. 225 jkons@icirr.org.
Archives and Resources:
10.26.06 - The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has posted a new All Kids Application Agent Alert for All kids Application Agents. You may view the new Alert from the links here: http://www.allkidscovered.com/akaa/notice.html or http://www.allkids-akaa.com/notice.html
10.2.06 - The Outreach and Interpretation Project Promising Practices Guide - O&I releases a "promising practices" guide for service provision. You can download the guide here.
8.15.06 - The WIC Recipe Book! - The Outreach and Interpretation Project is proud to announce the completion of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program Recipe Book, which includes recipes for meals using listed foods on the WIC Program diet. The Recipe Book has been translated into five different languages: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Urdu and Vietnamese.
To download a WIC Recipe Book, right click and choose "Save As..." When printing the WIC Recipe Books, please print them landscape, double-sided.
5.10.06 - AllKids Materials: Powerpoint Presentation and Completing the 2378MC.
1.12.2006 - O&I database update - Download it here: http://www.imtionline.com/icir/download.asp
Visit the AllKids Website here: http://www.allkidscovered.com/
Download the AllKids Pre-Registration Form in pdf form here.
Download an AllKids Powerpoint presentation here.
Download AllKids talking points in doc form here.
9.09.2005 - O&I now has a brochure! Download it here.
8.25.2005 - Significant changes regarding Medicare, Circuit Breaker and SeniorCare will take effect January 1, 2006. Please click on our Resources tab for more informtation.
Welcome to O&I!
Welcome to the new Outreach and Interpretation homepage! We hope that you find this page easy to navigate. This page is meant primarily for the use of our Service Providers, but should be helpful to the general public. To learn more about the Outreach and Interpretation Project at ICIRR, please click here.
The O&I Project forms a contractual partnership between immigrant-serving agencies in the State of Illinois, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)to support immigrant access to public benefits. The goal of the Outreach and Interpretation Project (O&I) is to ensure that immigrant families and other limited English-speaking persons in Illinois are able to thrive by reducing the barriers that low-income immigrants and their children face when seeking public benefits and services (nutritional, medical, housing, psychological, childcare, employment) as well as the cash support they need for proper health, well-being and economic self-sufficiency.
How to Use the O&I Homepage
On the top of this page, there are a number of links to resources for our grantees and the general public, including three sets of brochures, all translated into nine different languages (Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese).
Clicking on IDHS Brochures will take you to a page where you can download six brochures on benefits from the Illinois Department of Human Services, which include:
1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
2. Food Stamp
Program
3. Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)
4. General
Assistance/Transitional Assistance (GA/TA)
5. Medicaid
6. Affordable Child
Care
Clicking on WIC Brochures will take you to a page where you can download four brochures from the Women, Infants and Children Program, which include:
1. "Baby's Best Start"
2. "Feeding Children the Correct Message"
3.
"Feeding Your Baby"
4. "You Can Make a Difference in Your Child's Life"
Clicking on Fact Sheets will take you to a page where you can download eight fact sheets on public benefits for immigrants, which include:
1. Elderly and Disabled
2. Food Benefits
3. Health Care Benefits
4.
Public Charge
5. Victims of Domestic Violence
6. Lawful Permanent
Residents
7. Refugees
8. The Undocumented
Clicking on Resources will take you to a page with a number of O&I resources, including:
1. A directory of O&I service providers
2. A fact sheet on the O&I
program
3. A link to the IDHS website
4. A link to a page where you can
search for your local IDHS office
5. A directory of community services
provided by O&I organizations
6. A chart which explains immigrant
eligibility in Illinois
7. A link to the KidCare application
8. A link to
the Food Stamps application
Clicking on About Us will take you to a page which explains the Outreach and Interpretation project.
Finally, clicking on Contact Us will take you to a page where you can write us directly from a webpage.
