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  • Resettled Refugee Benefit
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  • Citizenship for New Americans Program

    This project strives to help eligible Emergency Aid to Elders, Disabled and Children (EAEDC) recipients attain U.S. citizenship.
  • Benefits Available to Refugees Resettled in Massachusetts

  • Elder Refugee Services

    The Program to Enhance Elder Refugee Services (PEERS) links refugees to elder services in their communities through collaborations between elder service and community-based refugee service organizations.
  • Refugee and Immigrant Safety and Empowerment (RISE)

  • Refugee Health

    ORI offers a portfolio of health programs for refugees, including health assessments for new arrivals, eight months of MassHealth medical insurance coverage for the newest refugees and a small program of preventive health education and assistance.
  • Refugee School Impact Grants

    The grants support tutoring, parent outreach and other support services.
  • Social Services through Refugee Community Organizations

    ORI provides funding and technical assistance to grassroots refugee community organizations.
  • The Mutual Assistance Association (MAA) Coalition of Massachusetts

    A coalition of refugee community organizations that help refugee newcomers to understand and navigate the systems that are part of everyday life
  • Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (URMP)

    The URMP takes responsibility for refugee children who arrive in the U.S. with no parent or guardian.
  • Wilson/Fish Alternative Project (WFAP)

    This project strives to assist clients to become employed as early as possible after enrollment in Refugee Employment Services and to provide employed clients with post-placement support services that facilitate the achievement of financial stability.
  • Program Development

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