RECOMMENDATION G:
COORDINATE EFFORTS

Create a system to coordinate statewide efforts to prevent job-related injuries and illnesses among immigrant workers.

G-1.

Create a resource network to assist with outreach, educational and policy efforts. Part of the network’s function should be to seek opportunities to provide educational materials, technical assistance, and support to organizations, workers, agencies, employer associations and others who want to conduct health and safety programs with immigrant workers. Moreover, the network should emphasize the dissemination of concrete tools (such as sample radio spots and training guides) and promote as models those organizations that are successfully reaching immigrant workers. A coordinated network will help bring together the different parties for collaborative educational and policy efforts that can have a significant impact on protecting the health and safety of immigrant workers.

G-2.

Provide a clearinghouse of multilingual resource materials. There is a need for a clearinghouse to collect examples of successful education and outreach strategies and multilingual educational resources on health and safety issues that impact immigrants. This clearinghouse should provide online listings of available materials and links to organizations that produce them. Part of this work should be to identify gaps and develop new materials where they are needed. A review process should be created to evaluate and determine which materials and other resources to include.