Feed 100 Refugees

iACT is looking for groups or congregations to make, cater, or sponsor a lunch for our refugee clients during the monthly Square One Lunch Program. It is a wonderful opportunity for congregations, coworkers, or just a group of friends, to help others and to get to know some of the most interesting newcomers...

Refugees in Austin Find Health Care Home at Lone Star Circle of Care

Each month, between 50 and 100 legally sponsored refugees come to Austin to start new lives in the United States. They come from regions such as Burma (Myanmar), Iraq, Eritrea and Somalia. Many have lived in refugee camps for years awaiting an opportunity to gain legal entry into the U.S. In partnership with...

The U.S. Citizenship Test

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants take the United States citizenship test each year and each year the number of applicants increases.  About 5.6 million people became U.S. citizens between 2001 and 2010.  To accommodate the growing number of applicants, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

Refugees Receiving SSI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program that provides supplemental income to those in need. Non-US citizens can qualify for SSI, but they must meet certain criteria. Non-citizens can be eligible for SSI if: You were lawfully living in the United States on August 22, 1996, and you are blind...

World Refugee Day 2011 Video

A Special Thanks To: Interfaith Action of Central Texas, The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Catering By Rosemary, Heart of Texas Peace Corps Association, Multicultural Refugee Coalition, The Refugee Health Screening Clinic, Refugee Services of Texas, Center for Survivors of Torture and the United...

Films about Refugees and US Resettlement

24 Days in Brooks (2007), Dana Inkster, 42 min In a decade, tiny Brooks, Alberta has been transformed from a socially conservative, primarily Caucasian town to one of the most diverse places in Canada. Immigrants and refugees have flocked here to work at Lakeside Packers – one of the world’s...