Resources for New Americans


Government Information

City of Jacksonville
www.coj.net
FirstGov in Languages Other than English
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/multilanguage/multilang.htm
This site links directly to "Federal Citizen Inforamtion Center", a source for Federal Resources in other languages. Resources include business, civil rights, employment, family health, etc., in different languages.
Social Security Administration: Immigration
www.ssa.gov/immigration
Information for non-citizens and application process for new social security card in several languages.
This Nation: Tools for Citizens
www.thisnation.com/citizens.html
Provides factual information concerning government and politics. A source for important documents online.
United States Federal Government
www.firstgov.gov
Users should search for "immigration and naturalization" and related topics. Use left hand column for links to forms and useful information.
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Health & Social Services Information

Center for Adult Learning-Jacksonville Public Library
jpl.coj.net/lib/adult_learning.html
Information for ESL students.
Children’s Health Insurance Program
www.insurekidsnow.gov
Children’s Health Insurance Program-Florida
www.floridakidcare.org
Immigration concerns, status and protection. Also in Spanish.
Florida Adult ESOL Task Force
www.floridaadultesol.org
Kids Care sign-up page.
Lutheran Social Services
www.lssjax.org
Refugee Health Links
www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/refugee/Links/links.html
University of North Florida: English Language Program
www.studyusa.com/factshts/unf.htm
Information about non-credit English courses for international students.
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Immigration & Citizenship

American Immigration Law Foundation
www.ailf.org
Legal Help for Immigrants
Jacksonville Immigration Statistics
www.fairus.org/news/search.cfm
Information regarding the number of immigrants entering the United States and the local area.
Immigration Superhighway
www.immigration-usa.com/i_suphwy.html
Articles on immigration and immigrant topics and issues.
Immigration Tutorial
www.us-immigration.com/information/citizenship_tutorial
Practice Questions for the U.S. Citizenship Exam
sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/main/pracquest.htm
(Spanish and English)