“The State Department’s Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) coordinates admissions and allocations to specific cities and resettlement agencies, in conjunction with nine national voluntary agencies that oversee a network of some 250 affiliates in 49 states plus the District of Columbia through the Reception & Placement Program. When refugees arrive at their destination, these local affiliates greet them at the airport, help them with housing and access to other resources.
“From the date of arrival, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) at HHS provides short-term cash and medical assistance to new arrivals, as well as case management services, English as a Foreign Language classes, and job readiness and employment services — all designed to facilitate refugees’ successful transition in the U.S., and help them to attain self-sufficiency.
“ORR supports additional programs to serve all eligible populations beyond the first eight months post-arrival, including micro-enterprise development, ethnic community self help, agricultural partnerships, and services for survivors of torture.”
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/policy-guidance/us-refugee-resettlement-program-overview
“Right now, many refugees get short-term health insurance called Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA). It is available for up to eight months. Some refugees may be eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which is available for several years.”
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/health
“The program serves refugees and other ORR-eligible populations who have been in the United States for less than five years. Refugees who wish to save for a car for transportation to school or work must have been in the country for three years or less when enrolling.”
“A match of $1 for every $1 saved by the client. Matches are allowed up to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for households.”
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/ida
“Individual Development Accounts Grants
Current as of: January 27, 2022
GRANTEE CITY STATE
Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment Syracuse NY
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Overland Park KS
Lutheran Services in Iowa, Inc. Des Moines IA
HIAS/Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency Charlotte NC
IRC Atlanta GA
World Relief Aurora IL
Coptic Orthodox Charities, Inc. Clearwater FL
IRC Salt Lake City UT
Ohio CDC Association Columbus OH
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization Portland OR
IRC Phoenix AZ
LSS of CO Albuquerque NM
HIAS/Jewsih Family Services of Western Massachusetts Springfield MA
IRC - San Diego San Diego CA
Business Outreach Center Network, Inc. Brooklyn NY
Somali Bantu Association of America San Diego CA
New Roots Fund Seattle WA
International Institute of New England Manchester MA”
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/individual-development-accounts-grants
Cash & Medical Assistance
Current as of: November 23, 2022
The Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA) grant reimburses states and replacement designees (RDs), non-state entities that administer a resettlement program, for three main services:
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)
Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program
Associated administrative costs for each are also covered. ORR-eligible populations determined ineligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and/or Medicaid are eligible for RCA and/or RMA for up to 12 months from their date of eligibility for ORR benefits and services. Certain categories of unaccompanied children and youth in the U.S. are eligible for the URM Program.
Refugee Cash Assistance
RCA benefits are generally equivalent to public cash benefit levels established by state governments. RCA helps individuals meet their most basic needs, such as for food, shelter, and transportation.
RCA processes and benefit amounts differ by location, depending on the structure the state or RD has put in place for its administration, and on the local public cash benefit levels or the state or RD levels, which have been proposed to and approved by ORR. State governments and RDs describe the features of their RCA program in a state plan and a budget estimate submitted to ORR each year.
Contact your State Refugee Coordinator for information about RCA in your state.
Refugee Medical Assistance
RMA provides short-term medical coverage to refugees ineligible for Medicaid. The benefits are generally similar to Medicaid.
In addition to providing access to healthcare, RMA funds enable refugees to receive a Medical Screening upon arrival in the U.S. States and RDs contract with local public and private health clinics to carry out the medical screenings and are then reimbursed for allowable costs. The goal is to protect the public health of resettling communities and to promote the self-sufficiency and successful resettlement of refugees.
RMA and Medical Screening programs differ by location. Services vary depending on state Medicaid programs and medical screening processes. State governments and RDs are required to outline the delivery of both programs in their annual plans and budget estimates that are submitted to ORR.
Contact your State Refugee Coordinator for information about RMA and your Refugee Health Coordinator for information about medical screening in your state.
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program
CMA funds the URM Program, which provides foster care and other living arrangements, as well as the necessary care and services for vulnerable children and youth without a parent or custodian in the U.S. The participating states and RDs receive reimbursement for direct services and administrative costs.
Funding
CMA awards are allocated to states and RDs in quarterly installment grants based on the grantee’s submission of yearly estimates for reimbursable costs for the fiscal year, identified by type of expense, and a justification statement in support of the estimates.
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/cma
Through Preferred Communities, ORR helps vulnerable populations such as:
Those experiencing psychological conditions, including emotional trauma resulting from war and other violence
Young adults without parents or permanent guardians who have been displaced for extended periods of time
Older adults without a family support system
Those with physical disabilities or medical conditions
Resettlement Agency Grant Recipients
Church World Service: New York, NY
Episcopal Migration Ministries: New York, NY
Ethiopian Community Development Council: Arlington, VA
HIAS: Silver Spring, MD
International Rescue Committee: New York, NY
Lutheran Immigrant Refugee Services: Baltimore, MD
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Washington, D.C.
U.S. Committee for Refugees & Immigrants: Arlington, VA
World Relief: Baltimore, MD
Current projects for the Preferred Communities program run for five years.
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/pc
Initially, only unaccompanied minors with refugee status identified overseas were eligible for the URM program. Over time, Congress has expanded eligibility to other unaccompanied minor populations, to include:
Refugees
Asylees
Cuban and Haitian entrants
Certain Minors with Special Immigrant Juvenile classification or Status
Victims of Human Trafficking 1
U Status recipients
Paroled Unaccompanied Afghan Minors 2
Paroled Unaccompanied Ukrainian Minors 3
With the exception of refugees referred by the U.S. Department of State, ORR requires all other eligible minors, including youth in ORR’s Unaccompanied Children Program, to go through an application process for placement and services. Based on the minor’s best interests and availability of appropriate placement options, ORR determines whether a minor can enter the URM program.
Services Provided to Minors
Programs focus on the safety, education, well-being, and self-sufficiency of minors in their care. Services are based on state child welfare requirements and ORR regulations and policies.
Programs may provide:
Indirect financial support for housing, food, clothing, and other necessities
Intensive case management services by social workers
English language training and education
Independent living preparation
Educational Training Vouchers
Health, dental, and mental health care
Vocational training and career planning
Cultural orientation and social adjustment
Preservation of ethnic and religious heritage
Safety planning
Coordination of immigration assistance
Family tracing and reunification
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/urm
biden is just carrying out his mandate - to finish the fundamental transformation that bammy began. biden’s reward will be 4 mansions when he leaves office plus a few hundred million with no explanation of where it came from.
It seems to me they should be boarding planes to Mexico City, Tegucigalpa, or whatever capital city of their origin.
Courtesy of dingbat Biden is more like it........Americans are being
endangered while M/M Parasites are off on a-n-o-t-h-e-r vacation.
“The Trump administration is looking to hire a private contractor that will be responsible for transporting approximately 225,000 migrant children and families to shelters across the country over the next five years as they wait for their asylum claims to be processed.”
“The private company will be hired to transport approximately 60,000 people a year. It will work to arrange commercial flights and ground transportation for migrant children up to age 17 as well as adults with children and will provide food, clothing and hygiene products during transit.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-hire-contractor-transport-225000-migrant-shelters
Well, we don’t demand the regime stop this crap. They do whatever they want.
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. The TSA makes sure to feel all large-boobed women’s racks to make sure they are real and not bombs. They do confiscate valuables with sharp edges, such as diamond earrings. So they aren’t sticklers with the rules about passports and ID. Who is.*
* all cotton pickin’ minit posts are implicitly sarcastic. No sarc tab is needed.
Their ‘gift’ to America:
Tuberculosis
Measles
Polio
Syphilis
Hansen’s disease
Small Pox
Plague
Yellow Fever
Viral hemorrhagic fever
SARS
Diptheria
SARS
Flesh Eating disease.
Name your pick. Diseases we’d eradicated once here. Back by popular DEMCORAT demand.
loading the precincts with Democrat ballots...