Village Center

The Village Center is a collaboration between churches and volunteers to provide support to refugee families. The Village Center is in an apartment in a complex just off Lamar where a number of refugees, especially Burmese, live. The apartment is paid for by Austin Stone while volunteers from Hope in the...

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...

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...

Refugee Health Screening Clinic

The City of Austin Refugee Health Screening Clinic is funded by a grant from the US Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) given through the State Health and Human Services department. All refugees resettled in Austin are referred first to the clinic for screening. Today while our referral numbers are slightly...

AISD Refugee Family Support Office

As we are ending the 2010-2011 school year, AISD has about 550 refugee/asylee students. Burmese students, at 215, continue to be the most numerous, followed by Iraqis at 85, Bhutanese at 59, and Congo/DRC at 44. There are students from 15 additional countries. While refugee numbers are growing, they are...

Interfaith Action of Central Texas

Interfaith Action of Central Texas (formerly AAIM) cultivates peace and respect through interfaith dialogue, service and celebration. iACT for Refugees is a service program providing English as a Second Language instruction to newly arrived refugees in Austin. The main classes are at Central Presbyterian...