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Appendix A: Programs Offered by the Office for Refugees and Immigrants Through Various Providers

A listing of the programs offered by ORI
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Programs Offered by the Office for Refugees and Immigrants Through Various Providers6

 

Program Name (with brief description)

Contract

Refugee Health Assessment Program (RHAP)

In collaboration with MA Department of Public Health, ensures newly-arriving refugees receive an initial health assessment and linked to primary care.

Interagency service agreement (ISA) with the Department of Public Health

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (URMP)

Collaboratively administered between ORI and the MA Department of Children and Families, provides residential and foster care services to refugee minors arriving in the U.S. without parents or guardians.

ISA with the Department of Children and Families

Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)

Provides up to 8 months of medical coverage for refugees ineligible for the Medicaid/Mass Health program.

ISA with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. The passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2014 caused an expansion of Medicaid coverage in Massachusetts to include adults without dependent children, including refugees. As a result, there have been no new enrollees in RMA since January 1, 2014.

Employment Support Services Program (ESSP)

Supported by the [Department of Transitional Assistance’s] ISA with ORI, ESSP provides comprehensive bilingual/bicultural employment services to refugees and immigrants with time-limited [Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children] benefits.

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield and Worcester;

Jewish Vocational Service; and

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts)

Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)

Provides up to 8 months of cash assistance for income-eligible refugees without dependent children, who reside in Massachusetts.

Administered directly by ORI

Early Employment Retention Bonus (EERB)

This is a benefit . . . issued to RCA recipients, when they become early employed (within 4 months or earlier) and achieve 90-day retention. Their RCA benefits will be terminated or reduced based on employment income.

Administered directly by ORI

Re/Certification

[This] benefit is, up to $500 per individual provided within 5 years since the date of arrival, issued to assist eligible pre- and post-employment clients to attain their career goals in a profession or trade requiring certification or licensing.

Administered directly by ORI

Refugee Case Management (RCM)

Provides intake, orientation, enrollment into [the Massachusetts Refugee Resettlement Program], employability assessment, referral to mainstream benefits and basic social services as well as employment referral.

The program also provides RCA administration.

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield and Worcester;

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston;

Catholic Charities of Springfield and Worcester;

International Institute of New England—Boston and Lowell;

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest [and Jewish Family Service of] Western Massachusetts;

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Boston and Worcester

Comprehensive Refugee Employment Services (CRES)

Provides integrated English language instruction with core employment services leading to an early and long-term economic self-sufficiency.

Ascentria Care Alliance – Westfield and Worcester;

Catholic Charities of Springfield;

International Institute of New England—Boston & Lowell;

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts;

Jewish Vocational Service; and

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts)

Targeted Assistance Grant/Formula (TAG/F)

Provides intensive integrated English language instruction and employment services with Vocational Skills Trainings (VST) leading to achieving employment within the first year from date of arrival and ensuring client’s long-term economic self-sufficiency.

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield and Worcester;

International Institute of New England—Boston & Lowell;

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts;

Jewish Vocational Service—Boston

TeamWORKS!

Provides focused integration supports, behavioral services, Vocational Skills Training (VST) program, and employability, and employment services leading to self-sufficiency and community integration.

New American Association of Massachusetts

Refugee Community Services (RCS)

Provides orientation to refugee populations regarding how to access and navigate the mainstream service system and local resources.

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield;

International Institute of New England—Lowell;

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts;

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Worcester; Haitian American Public Health Initiative, with:

Eritrean Community Center (sub-grantee);

Ethiopian Community Mutual Assistance Association (sub-grantee);

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Boston (sub-grantee);

Somali Development Center (sub-grantee);

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts), with:

Bosnian Community Center for Resource Development (sub-grantee); Congolese Development Center (sub-grantee);

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Boston (sub-grantee); Southern Sudanese Solidarity Organization (sub-grantee)

Youth Adjustment Services (YAS)

Assists at-risk refugee youth to integrate and assimilate into their communities by providing social, emotional, cultural, vocational, educational, and recreational supports.

Haitian American Public Health Initiative, with:

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Boston (sub-grantee); Somali Development Center (sub-grantee);

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts)

Refugee School Impact (RSI)

Addresses the impact of refugee children on local public school districts by providing support to identify and address gaps in services to elementary, middle- and high-school age refugee children.

African Community Education Program;

Ascentria Care Alliance—Worcester;

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Boston;

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts);

West Springfield Public Schools; and

Westfield Public Schools; Lowell Public Schools

Program to Enhance Elder Refugee Services (PEERS)

Strengthens the existing coordination and collaboration between refugee and elder service providers in Massachusetts to address unmet needs of refugees and asylees 60 years of age or older who have not yet attained citizenship status.

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield and Worcester;

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts; and

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts), with:

Congolese Development Center (sub-grantee)

Refugee Health Promotion Program (RHPP)

Provides on-going individual health care access assistance to the newest refugee arrivals, preventive health information to refugee communities, and cultural information to mainstream agencies.

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield;

Edward M. Kennedy Health Center; Somali Development Center, with:

Ethiopian Community Mutual Assistance Association (sub-grantee); Haitian American Public Health Initiative (sub-grantee);

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Boston (sub-grantee);

International Institute of New England—Lowell;

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts;

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts), with:

Bosnian Community Center for Resource Development (sub-grantee); Congolese Development Center (sub-grantee);

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Boston (sub-grantee); Southern Sudanese Solidarity Organization (sub-grantee)

Financial Literacy for Newcomers (FLN)

Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate financial literacy content to refugees and immigrants.

Catholic Charities of Springfield;

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts;

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts); and

Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA;

Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center—Worcester

Citizenship for New Americans Program (CNAP)

Assists legal permanent residents of the Commonwealth to become U.S. citizens.

Action for Boston Community Development; Agencia ALPHA;

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield;

Ascentria Care Alliance—Worcester; Berkshire Immigrant Center;

Bosnian Community Center for Resource Development;

Catholic Charities of Worcester County;

Center for New Americans;

East Boston Ecumenical Community Council; Haitian American Public Health Initiatives; Immigrants’ Assistance Center;

Irish International Immigrant Center; Jewish Family Service of Metrowest;

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts; Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers; Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition; Merrimack Valley Immigrant and Education Center; Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts);

Somali Development Center; and

United Neighbors of Fitchburg

Massachusetts Refugee Enterprise Achievement Program (MassREAP)

MassREAP supported small business development and micro-loans for refugee populations to build their own business.

Ascentria Care Alliance—Westfield and Worcester; and Jewish Vocational Service

Empowering Families Program (EFP)

An employment-based program that addresses the extensive employment-related needs of families with dependent children.

International Institute of New England—Lowell; and

Russian Community Association of Massachusetts (now called New American Association of Massachusetts)

 

6. The text of this appendix is quoted from a document provided to us by the Office for Refugees and immigrants. 

Date published: December 12, 2019

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