Student and Family Services Team

Did you know that the ELLMA Student Services team includes the Refugee and Asylee Student Assistance Program? 

The Refugee and Asylee Student Assistance Program connects newcomer Refugee and asylum-seeking families with supportive resources as they enter and move through the OUSD system. Supports include:

• Support with School Enrollment & School Choice

• Family Orientation to U.S. /OUSD Schools

• School & teacher support & partnerships (including translation and interpretation)

• Provision of school supplies & transportation assistance (as needed)

• Referrals to key academic & enrichment programs (after school programs, tutoring/mentoring services, college readiness programs, technology access programs, job programs, etc.)

• Parent ESL & School Connectedness Programming

• Summer program offerings for Elementary, Middle & High School Students

• Supplemental Enrichment & Academic support (after school tutoring services, soccer programming, gardening groups, and summer soccer camp)

• Case management for particularly high need students and families (families at risk of homelessness, service coordination for severely traumatized students, etc)

For more information about the above servi es, please contact Nate Dunstan at nathanial.dunstan@ousd.org. Contact Nate and the team for any immigrant family facing food or housing insecurity, extreme medical needs, mental health concers or ANY legal issues related to immigration.