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Refugee and Entrant Assistance - Targeted Assistance


The purpose of the Targeted Assistance program is to provide funding for employment-related and other social services for refugees and other Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) populations in areas of high refugee concentration and high welfare utilization.

The purpose of the Targeted Assistance program is to provide funding for employment-related and other social services for refugees and other Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) populations in areas of high refugee concentration and high welfare utilization.


In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a refugee of Amerasian, Cuban, or Haitian race/ethnicity, who was granted asylum and is now a US citizen.


For more information please visit the ORR website.