REFUGEE SERVICES. Catholic Charities. Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend

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1 REFUGEE SERVICES Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend

2 Resettlement History Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend 1857: The Diocese of Fort Wayne is established by papal decree. 1975: Catholic Charities establishes its Refugee Resettlement Program as part of a national effort after the fall of South Vietnam. Refugees from: Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Burma Croatia Cuba Dem. Rep. Congo Eritrea Former Soviet Union Iraq Latvia Liberia Russia Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Thailand Ukraine Vietnam

3 Refugee Services Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend Reception & Placement Matching Grant Vulnerable Care Services Job Development Refugee Health Promotion Extended Case Management Homework Help Program

4 Reception & Placement Full Case Management day service

5 Match Grant Service Period: 180-Day program (counted from arrival/eligibility date) Employment Services, including follow-up must be provided through day 180, as needed, or until the case exits the program. Case Management must be provided through day 180 or until the case exits the program. Maintenance Assistance must be provided until the case becomes self-sufficient or by day 120, whichever occurs first.

6 Job Development Services (Services period: up to five years from arrival/granted asylum date) Priority in Provision of Services 1. All newly arriving refugees during the first year in the U.S. who apply for the services. 2. Refugee who are receiving cash assistance 3. Unemployed refugees who are not receiving cash assistance 4. Employed refugees in need of services to retain employment or to attain economic independence. 5. Asylees (Individuals, who, on their own, travel to the U.S., apply for, and receive a grant of asylum. These individuals do not enter the U.S. as refugees)

7 Where do they work?

8 Refugee Health Service Period: up to 2 year (from arrival date) Services include: Promote Health Literacy: To design and lead effective or innovative health activities/interventions that specifically address identified public health needs among refugee communities. Reduce Gaps in Health Services: To ensure that refugees obtain medical and mental health services. Ensure Access to Affordable Health Care including Health Insurance: To increase refugee access to health care in the long-term. Interpretation & Transportation for medical appointment:

9 Extended Case Management Service Period: No restriction Services include: ESL Employment Needs Ongoing cultural orientation Ongoing case management including 1. Interpretation 2. Transportation, 3. Welfare benefit redetermination 4. SSI 5. understanding adjustment of status, and path to the citizenship, etc.)

10 Homework Help Service Period: No restriction Volunteer based program: K-12 The center is being operated under the Refugee Extended Case Management Program. Homework Help is benefiting to the children who live at Autumn Woods Apartments as well as other refugees in the neighboring area.

11 Vulnerable Care Services Full Case Management Service up to 90 day from date of enrollment Eligible clients should be in the U.S. less than one (1) year from the date of arrival or date of eligibility. Refugees, Asylees, Cuban and Haitian Entrant, and Special Immigrant Visa Holders (SIVs) Services include: Basic Needs ESL Health Social Community Child-Specific Needs Transportation Employment Needs

12 A total of 473 newly arrived refugees in Fort Wayne in FY 16 primary 57%, 271 secondary 43%, 202

13 Refugee resettlement last five years in Fort Wayne FY Primary Secondary P&S Total

14 271 primary refugees arrived in FY16 Karen 10% Iraqi 6% 3% 3% 1% 1% Rohingya 27% Rohingya Myanmar Muslim Chin Karen Iraqi barma Chin 23% Myanmar Muslim 26% Mon Rakhine Kachin

15 Clients Served by Program Job Development 450 Refugee Health 674 Reception & Placement 289 Match Grant 121 Extended Case Management 214

16 Accomplishment Job Placement 280 Medical appointment 1681 Health Literacy 449 Homework Help 64

17 Community Consultation and Collaboration Mayor s office Local DOH State Refugee Coordinator State Refugee Health Coordinator FSSA Senator Donnelley's office St. Joseph Community Health Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home Multicultural Health Initiative Caregiver Homes Police Department (Community Liaison s office) East Allen County School Fort Wayne Community School IVY Tech United Way Crime Victim Care Proteus Reclamation Project Multicultural Council Autism Society of Indiana and IN*Source Landlords (Housing) Others

18 Quarterly Community Consultation Meeting

19 FY2017 forecast arrivals Projection number: 225 refugees Mainly U.S. tie cases from Burma Forecast ethnicity ( mainly from Burma/Myanmar) 1. Rohingya (relatively new tribal in the U.S) 2. Myanmar Muslim 3. Chin 4. Karen 5. Others (Congolese, Iraqi, etc.)

20 Future forecast arrivals Burmese refugee resettlement may shrinking in upcoming 2-3 year. Some Burmese (Karen) refugee families in Thailand got sent back to Burma. Catholic Charities expects to see refugees form Democratic Republic of Congo in near future (2-3 year or soonner). Refugee form Congo speak: Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Lingala, French.

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