ACF Office of Refugee Resettlement

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Programs
•	The Federal Refugee Resettlement Program Click here to find out about the refugee resettlement process and who is eligible to receive assistance and services.
•	Refugee Cash Assistance Click here for a brief history of the refugee cash and medical assistance program. Funding for refugee cash assistance is subject to the availability of funding.
•	Refugee Medical Assistance Click here for a brief history of the refugee cash and medical assistance program. Funding for refugee cash assistance is subject to the availability of funding.
•	Social Services Programs Click here for information on programs funded through formula grant. State program funds (formula grants) vary according to each state's proportion of refugee arrivals during the previous three fiscal year. See Final Notice of FY 2002 Social Service Allocations and Family Set-Aside.
•	Healthy Marriages Grants
•	Targeted Assistance See Final Notice of FY 2003 Targeted Assistance Formula Allocations.
•	Matching Grant Program The Matching Grant Program is an alternative to public assistance bringing together federal and community resources to serve newly arriving refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants and victims of a sever form of trafficking.
•	Other Initiatives Click here for information on programs funded by discretionary grants. Discretionary grants are awarded on a competitive basis pursuant to the Director's discretionary authority.
•	Wilson/Fish Alternative Program Through a standing grant announcement published April 22, 1999 in the Federal Register (64 FR 19793), ORR funds Wilson/Fish projects which offer an alternative means of providing interim financial assistance, medical assistance, social services, and case management to refugees. The Wilson/Fish Alternative program is authorized under section 412(e)(7)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
•	Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Programs The Unaccompanied Refugee Minors program assists refugee and entrant youths under 18 and who are without a responsible adult in developing appropriate skills to enter adulthood and to achieve economic and social self-sufficiency, through delivery of child welfare services in a culturally sensitive manner.
•	Unaccompanied Alien Children This program provides a safe and appropriate environment for minors during the interim period between the minor’s transfer into an UAC and the minor’s release from custody by the ORR or removal from the United States.
•	Cuban/Haitian Initiative The Cuban/Haitian Initiative provides assistance to and serves communities affected by Cuban and Haitian entrants and refugees.
•	Torture Treatment Program The Treatment of Torture Victims/Survivors Program provides treatment for all victims of torture regardless of their immigration status. Services may include mental health and psychological services; legal and social services; and research and training for health care providers outside of treatment centers or programs.
•	Assistance under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act This State Letter provides background information on the trafficking of human beings into the United States, the requirements for certification, the documents that victims of severe forms of trafficking will present and the procedures agencies should follow in confirming eligibility for benefit.
•	Repatriation This program provides assistance to certain U.S. citizens/nationals and dependents of U.S. Citizens in vulnerable situations resulting from voluntary or forced migration across national boundaries.