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Refugee Resettlement
The Refugee Resettlement program provides effective reception and placement
services, which assists refugees from their arrival into the United
States to early economic self-sufficiency through job placement.
Refugees are leaving war torn countries,
situations involving persecution and a variety of similar circumstances
that are beyond comprehension and seeking a safe and secure living
situation.
Catholic Community Services of Utah, as an affiliate
of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Office of Migration
and Refugee Services, becomes a reliable resource for the refugee.
Through intensive case management, the program immediately begins
moving refugees to self-sufficiency by providing job counseling
and placement, housing, supportive counseling, referrals to healthcare,
access to English language training and other necessary services.
These issues are addressed in the first 90 days after arrival. Long-term
plans are developed and carried out with the assistance of other
service providers in the community.
The following is a listing of
the core services provided to all refugees that come through the
program.
Pre-arrival services involve assuming responsibility
for sponsorship and arranging safe and sanitary housing by submitting
sponsorship assurances to the Refugee Data Center for government
processing. Reception services include meeting refugees at the airport
and transporting them to pre-arranged living quarters. Basic needs
support is provided or insured, for at least 30 days, and include
essential furnishings, food or a food allowance and other necessities,
such as clothing, and transportation to job interviews and job training.
A casefile is maintained by CCS for each arriving refugee family
unit that includes specific information.
An initial 30-day resettlement plan for each refugee
is developed and directed toward obtaining early employment, informing
each adult refugee of the legal requirement to repay the IOM transportation
loan, monitoring the plan for at least 90 days, providing employment
orientation to each refugee including the importance of self-sufficiency
in American society.
All appropriate welfare office(s) receive a notification
and a file of relevant correspondence is developed. A general orientation
to the health care system, including assessment services, is provided
and all refugees are assisted in obtaining health screening and
immunization appointment(s) within 30 days after arrival. Catholic
Community Services of Utah refers refugees to appropriate providers
for continued therapy or preventive treatment for health conditions
affecting the public health, and provides additional information
or counseling to those refugees who fail or refuse to receive health
screenings.
During the 90-day reception and placement period,
CCS provides or ensures provision of assistance in applying for
Social Security cards, assistance in registering children for school,
and orientation concerning the role of all parties involved in assisting
the sponsorship, public services and facilities, personal and public
safety, public transportation, standards of public and private hygiene,
availability of other publicly supported refugee services, and information
on permanent resident alien status and family reunion procedures.
To the extent possible, these materials are made available to the
refugee in the refugee's native language.
All reception and placement activities are conducted
in close cooperation with applicable government entities. Additionally,
CCS verifies through the 90-day report that the situation of each
refugee has been monitored, that core services have been provided,
that monitoring at the national level has occurred, and permits
the monitoring of its own operations. |
