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...

iACT for Refugees

Provider Spotlight iACT for Refugees Square One Lunch Program Interfaith Action of Central Texas started the refugee English as a Second Language classes for refugee adults in fall 2002. Since then the program has been growing and developing. One of the developments was the start of the Square One Lunch...

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...

Books about Refugees and US Resettlement

Academic Resources Bosnian Refugees in America. By Reed Coughlan and Judith Owens-Manley Global Changes in Asylum Regimes: Closing Doors. By Daniele Joly (editor) Homecomings:  Unsettling Paths of Return. By Fran Markowitz and Anders Stefansson (editors) Problems of Protection:  The UNHCR, Refugees, and...

Refugee Services of Texas

The Road to Self Sufficiency: RST’s Co-Sponsorship Program By Suzanne Heritage, Co Sponsorship Program Intern For a newly arrived refugee family or individual, the first thirty days in the United States can be quite an overwhelming experience.  Faced with leaving their entire lives behind in their home...