Program Resources

Synergy Texas aims to provide ITP service providers (instructors, intake specialists, career navigators, program coordinators, etc.) with the data, research, resources, guides, toolkits, and essential information required to successfully educate the foreign trained professionals in adult education or workforce programs and elevate them to satisfying career integration opportunities.

Feel free to read, download, and use the materials provided here to break down the barriers confronting our internationally trained professionals and to support them as they pursue their educational and vocational goals.

Click one of the links below to discover useful tools, news, templates, flowcharts, documents and more:

View our Google folder with all presentations and handouts: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Bs5IwaWJ0VOptc5I0pbPxSguRC8lXQas?usp=share_link

Data and Research

https://www.census.gov/topics/population/foreign-born/data/tables/cps-tables.html – This directory links to data tables containing information about nativity/citizenship, year of entry into the United States, world region of birth, and generation based on data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS, sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/migration-data-hub/us-unemployment-trends-during-pandemic – Use the two interactive data tools to track trends in unemployment since January 2019 for U.S.-born and immigrant workers by gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and industry.
https://www.newamericaneconomy.org/issues/entrepreneurship – How many jobs do immigrant entrepreneurs create? The data shows that firms owned by immigrants provide millions of jobs for U.S. workers and generate billions of dollars in annual income.
https://data.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/map-the-impact – Use this interactive map to get comprehensive state and local immigration data. Click your state or county to get started.
https://iir.gmu.edu/idod/immigration-data-on-demand-idod – Immigration Data on Demand (iDod) provides academics, policy-makers, and the public with unbiased and objective information related to immigrants and immigration in the United States. This service is intended to help individuals and institutions examine the immigrant populations of their particular geography and connect people with accurate data on immigrant populations.

Education Documents

AICES member list: https://aice-eval.org/members/
NACES member list: https://www.naces.org/pdf/NACES-Current-Members.pdf

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