Utah Refugee Resettlement Program

The objective of the Refugee Resettlement Program is to provide for the effective resettlement of refugees; and to assist refugees to achieve economic self-sufficiency within the shortest possible time after entrance to the State through employment and acculturation by use of coordinated support services and cash/medical assistance.

The Refugee Cash Assistance Program (RCA) provides Federal funding to cover the cost of time limited financial assistance to refugees. Refugee Cash Assistance is limited to up to 8 months from the month of entry into the U.S.

The Refugee Cash Assistance Program connects refugees to appropriate activities such as job search, job training, adult education, skill training, community work, English language training, and other employment related activities. By using appropriate, available resources to follow through on an individualized employment plan, including providing supportive services such as financial assistance on a short-term basis, a refugee will move toward their maximum achievable self-supporting level as quickly as possible.

The Refugee Medical Assistance provides Federal funding for limited medical coverage to refugees not eligible for Medicaid. Refugee Medical Assistance is limited to up to 8 months from the month of entry into the U.S.

The Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance Programs are available at all Employment Centers. The program serves eligible refugees.

To be eligible for the Refugee Resettlement Program, a customer must have one of these immigration statuses. Customers are required to provide proof of immigration status, in the form of documentation issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), usually the INS Form I-94.

1. A person from any country who has been paroled as a refugee or asylee under Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA).

2. A person from any country who has been admitted as a refugee under Section 207 of the INA.

3. A person from any country who has been granted asylum under Section 208 of the INA.

4. A person from any country who has an INS Form I-151 or I-551 showing that the person is a permanent resident alien. The person must also verify that the person previously held one of the statuses listed above.

5. Children of a refugee family who are born in the U.S. (or in a refugee camp). These children have the same alien registration number as their mother with a suffix of 01, 02, etc. The suffix shows the sequence of birth in the U.S.

6. Certain Amerasian Immigrants. These persons have either INS Form I-94 (with class code AM1, AM2, or AM3) or INS Form I-551 (a "Green Card") with codes AM6, AM7, and AM8.

7. A Cuban or Haitian Entrant - as defined as any individual granted parole status as a Cuban/Haitian Entrant(Status Pending) or granted any other special status subsequently established under the immigration laws for nationals of Cuba or Haiti, regardless of the status of the individual at the time assistance or services are provided; and any other national of Cuban or Haiti who was paroled into the United States and has not acquired any other status under the INA; Is the subject of exclusion or deportation proceedings under the INA.; OR Has an application for asylum pending with the Immigration and Naturalization Service; AND With respect to whom a final, nonappealable, and legally enforceable order of deportation of exclusion has not been entered.

The following aliens are not eligible for refugee assistance: Aliens not having one of the above immigration statuses; Humanitarian parolees; Public Interest parolees; An applicant for asylum, unless provided by Federal law; Conditional entrants admitted under Section 203(a)(7) of the INA.

LOCAL REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES:

Catholic Community Services (CCS)
250 East 300 South, Suite 380
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
(801) 977-9119

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
1800 South West Temple, Suite 421
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
(801) 328-1091

OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

Office of Refugee Resettlement
370 L’Enfant Promenade SW
Washington, D.C. 20447
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr