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New Americans
These services provide sponsorship of refugees and assistance program, or comprehensive employment services with funding Child and Family
with resettlement and job placement, in conjunction with Lu- adjusted annually by the Department of Health and Human
theran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS) and Episcopal Services. In addition, New Americans offers post resettlement
Migration Ministries (EMM). After resettlement, the focus is and intensive case management services, supportive services for
to achieve self-sufficiency through employment. This is ac- school-aged youth and their families, and specialized services for
complished through an early self-sufficiency Matching Grant survivors of torture.
New Americans
Program Program Outcomes Target 2018
Outcomes Self-sufficiency rate at 180 days for those 65% 86%
in the Matching Grant program.
Once employed, client will maintain 70% 77%
employment for at least 90 days.
704 2,520 1,093
Children served in Persons Served New Americans who are
School Impact Program. receiving Post Resettlement
Services.
Persons served represents those served by all programs. Samaritas resettled 198 individuals in 2018. Due to policy changes at the
Federal level, Samaritas has seen a 66% drop in resettlement families since 2017.
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