Our reception and placement services welcome newly arrived refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders to the United States through initial airport receptions, providing welcoming housing, and assisting our newly arrived families with all they need to succeed here in the United States.

An early self-sufficiency program focused on employment providing cash assistance, intensive case management, and employment services to help clients immediately find and maintain employment. The goal of the program is to assist clients to become economically self-sufficient within 240 days.

From the client’s date of eligibility, program participants may receive up to 12 months of RCA to help meet their most basic needs, such as food, shelter, and transportation. RCA is linked to programming that provides family self-sufficiency planning and employment services to help clients assess their needs, plan how to meet these needs, and immediately find and maintain employment.

From the client’s date of eligibility, program participants may receive up to 12 months of RMA to cover their medical needs. RMA provides the same health insurance coverage as Medicaid.

Case managers help clients navigate health services, how to apply for healthcare insurance, schedule doctor’s appointments, connect with outside resources, and more. Additionally, experts teach classes that specialize in helping clients understand the American healthcare system so they can become independent in managing not only their health, but also, their family’s health.

A program based on assisting clients gain economic independence through employment, vocational training, skills recertification and development as well as maintaining employment, preferably within their first year here in the United States however may be available for up to 5 years from the date of eligibility.

Education services and English language instruction is provided to clients in person as well as virtually with the aim of assisting clients to reach economic independence here in the United States and may be available for up to 5 years from the date of eligibility.

Case management services are offered to clients to address a broad range of needs beyond employment and English language instruction in order for individuals to successfully integrate into their communities. Case Management Services address barriers and provide health services, emergency services, cultural adjustment, and orientation as well as assistance with federal and state benefits. Case Management Services may be available for up to 5 years from the date of eligibility.

Refugee Services programming is available to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) eligible populations and may be available for up to five years from date of eligibility.

For more information on Unaccompanied Refugee Minor programming, please see Children’s Services.

At Catholic Charities Dallas, we welcome the stranger and strive to serve each individual with compassion, integrity, and respect. Some of the best ways to partner with us is to join us by volunteering with Refugee Services! Head over to the our volunteer page for more information or email us at volunteer@ccdallas.org. Another great way to continue supporting our families is by donating regularly needed items, which can be found on our in-kind donation page, or by making a financial gift through our Make a Gift page. Thank you so much for joining us in welcoming and supporting newly arrived refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa-holders!

Your gift can change someone’s life today. When you donate to CCD, you support newly arrived families and individuals on their journey to self-sufficiency.